Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white OCR: ADL Welcomes Release of FBI Statistics on Hate Crimes Page 88 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 /U.S. Newswire: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the release of the first FBI statistics on hate crimes in the United States. The data was compiled by the FBI pursuant to the Hate Crime Satistics Act (HCSA), passed by Congress in 1990. "The data released today is an important step forward in improving the national response to the problem of hate violence," said Melvin Salberg, ADL's national chairman, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL's national director. "While we can be quite certain that more than 4,558 hate crime incidents occurred in 1991, these first statistics -- and the fact that more than 2, 700 law enforcement agencies across the country participated in the collection effort -- reflect well on the FBI's initial outreach and education efforts." Since the passage of the HCSA, ADL has served as a principal resource for the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in implementing the act. ADL and other groups with expertise in analyzing and responding to hate crimes have participated in a number of training seminars for state and local law enforcement authorities on how to identify, report, and respond to hate crimes .
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