Police Chiefs Adopt Resolution Defining Anti-Semitism

By unanimous decision, the Miami-Dade County (FL) Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution recognizing the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism when investigating crimes.

This decision is in response to statistics recently released by the FBI revealing that of the 1,584 victims of religious hate crimes, over half the incidents were motivated by anti-Semitism. These figures, based on incidents during 2016, indicate a growing pattern, a fact supported by the Anti-Defamation League’s “2017 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents” that showed a 57% increase in anti-Jewish activity from the previous year.