Hate Crimes Reporting

UMMC does not tolerate bias based behavior by any of its students, faculty, staff, contractors or even patients and visitors. Any report of bias based behavior or a hate crime is taken seriously and will be immediately investigated. In compliance with the Clery Act and other state or federal hate crimes reporting requirements, UMMC PD documents all reported hate crimes in the ASR. An incident would be considered a hate crime should one of the following be the basis or motivation for the act:

• Race: A preformed negative attitude toward a group of persons who possess common physical characteristics (e.g., color of skin, eyes, and/or hair; facial features, etc.) genetically transmitted by descent and heredity, which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind (e.g., Asians, blacks, whites).
• Gender: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons because those persons are male or female.
• Religion: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or nonexistence of a supreme being (e.g., Catholics, Jews, Protestants, atheists).
• Sexual orientation: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their sexual attraction toward, and responsiveness to, members of their sex or members of the opposite sex (e.g., gays, lesbians, heterosexuals).
• Ethnicity/national origin: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons of the same race or national origin who share common or similar traits, languages, customs, and traditions (e.g., Arabs, Hispanics).
• Disability: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their physical or mental impairments/challenges, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age, or illness.

For the purpose of the ASR, hate crimes include any of the offenses listed above and the offenses motivated by bias below:

• Larceny-Theft: The unlawful taking of property of another.
• Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another causing minor injury. Intimidation:
• Placing another person in reasonable fear of injury through threats and/or conduct.
• Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property: To maliciously damage someone else's property.

There were no bias-based crimes reported at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2019, 2020, or 2021.