An environment where everyone, client or not, can come in if they have been a victim of a hate crime or any crime or threat. As a gay owned small business with a multi-culteral and diverse group of people, we strive to remain a Safe Place for everyone.
The San Diego Police Department's Safe Place Program is designed for ALL HATE CRIMES in the City of San Diego that includes: Race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, mental, physical, or sensory disabilities, homelessness, marital status, political ideology, age, or parental status.
The Safe Place program is a partnership between the Police Department and businesses. It gives victims of bias or hate crimes a Safe Place to go after their incident, where the business will give them shelter while they call for help.
This program does two things. First, it lets your patrons know where you stand on bias and hate crimes because hate has no place in our communities. But more importantly, it says to any victim: That no matter your background or status you will be heard, you will be treated with care, dignity, and respect from the business you enter, as well as from the Police Officers who respond out to investigate.
The members of the San Diego Police Department strive to serve all members of our community. We work collaboratively with our communities to have an understanding of what challenges minority communities may face.
POLICY: The San Diego Police Department has focused on the accurate reporting of any bias or hate crime reporting so that any incident reported to an Officer or 911 call taker is properly documented, with near real-time notifications to Detectives and Command staff that a bias or hate crime incident occurred.
It starts the long process of empowering the victim to report their incident to the Police so we can properly investigate the crime. Suspects depend on putting and keeping the victims and the community in fear, allowing them to further victimize others.
Standing up to these suspects gets them off the street and strengthens your community!
SAFE PLACE IN SCHOOLS I STUDENT BULLING Safe Place is authorized for both schools, businesses in proximity to schools, and now individual teachers/rooms within the school. Teachers may utilize the Safe Place program for their individual classrooms to denote that your classroom is a Safe Place to go for Student Bullying within the school.