By Naomi Kowles May 20, 2021 | 9:17 AM âWhen people think of hate crimes, itâs probably different than simple graffiti,â Janesville police chief David Moore said. Understanding hate and how to investigate and prioritize it starts at the top of a law enforcement agency. In phone calls and interviews with police leaders across Wisconsin as a News 3 Investigation requested hate-based police reports from dozens of agencies reporting crimes across the state, a spectrum of perspectives emerged in how agencies understand and prioritize hate. The Janesville Police Department, which has incorporated bias training into some annual requirements, has had at least seven hate investigations in the past three years. A couple ultimately werenât classified as hate crimesâonce in 2018 because they werenât able to locate the victim after an intoxicated suspect harassed him with a knife on the street. Other instances were graffiti, including an anti-Trump incident that officers at first thought might be an anti-white crime before the classification was corrected. Another was a father threatening his daughter when she chose to date outside the familyâs Muslim culture, or two school-based bullying incidents.