The Statewide Hate Crime Information Act mandates reporting and data collection on hate crimes in Illinois.
The Statewide Hate Crime Information Act requires law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes to the Illinois State Police. This includes submitting reports after any arrest with probable cause of a hate crime, providing a narrative description of the incident, and notifying prosecutors of any history of hate crimes by the accused. The Illinois State Police must adopt a uniform reporting format and compile information about hate crimes to develop techniques for investigating and prosecuting offenders. Evidence of other hate crimes is admissible in criminal prosecutions for hate crimes.
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