Our Stance

Ventura Police Officers and all Ventura Police Department employees are committed to safeguarding the rights of all individuals irrespective of disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Any acts or threats of violence, property damage, harassment, intimidation, or other crimes motivated by hate or bias are taken seriously and given high priority.

We will employ reasonably available resources and vigorous law enforcement action to identify and arrest hate crimes perpetrators. Also, recognizing the particular fears and distress typically suffered by victims, the potential for reprisal and escalation of violence, and the far reaching negative consequences of these crimes on the community, we will take all reasonable steps to attend to the security and related concerns of the immediate victims and their families.