Hackettstown police, Division on Civil Rights, WCPO talk about bias at Hackettstown HS

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) – Hackettstown police, New Jersey Division on Civil Rights, Warren County Prosecutor’s Office (WCPO) and the New Jersey OAG office talked about bias with 9th and 10th grade students at Hackettstown High School on Monday.

The assembly is designed to educate students on their protections under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the difference between bias incidents and bias crimes, understanding the positive and negative effects of social media, and how to report bias incidents and bias crimes.

The Hackettstown Police Department instituted this assembly which will also be presented to students in grades 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th.