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provision of the data to appropriate state authorities and the FBI in compliance with the Federal <br /> Hate Crime Statistics Act. <br /> 9. ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO REPORT HATE <br /> INCIDENTS AND CRIMES, INCLUDING USING HOT LINES AND ONLINE TOOLS <br /> Mayors will encourage residents—both victims and witnesses—to report hate incidents and hate <br /> crimes to local authorities, and provide the tools necessary to facilitate such reporting, including <br /> hot lines and online tools, as possible and appropriate. <br /> 10. MAINTAINING CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT AND STRENGTHENING HATE <br /> CRIME LAWS WHEN NECESSARY <br /> Mayors will work with executive and legislative partners at the federal and state levels to assure <br /> that civil rights laws are aggressively enforced, existing hate crime laws are strengthened as <br /> needed, and new laws are enacted to ensure that all hate crimes are prosecutable in their <br /> jurisdictions to the greatest extent possible. <br /> A-3 <br />