Published: September 30, 2021

THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS RELEASED TWO NEW REPORTS DETAILING THE VOLUME AND NATURE OF HATE CRIME IN TENNESSEE AND THE OTHER DETAILING VIOLENCE DIRECTED TOWARD THE STATE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. AMONG THE FINDINGS FROM "TENNESSEE HATE CRIME 2020": THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES IN WHICH BIAS WAS KNOWN INCREASED FROM 113 TO 118 IN 2020 BUT DECREASED FROM 2018'S TOTAL OF 168. AMONG THE FINDINGS IN "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED OR ASSAULTED IN 2020": THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS DECREASED BY 4.3 PERCENT FROM 2019 TO 2020 AND THE OFFENSE OF SIMPLE ASSAULT CONTINUED TO THE HIGHEST WITH A TOTAL OF 1293 IN 2020. BOTH REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW ONLINE AT T-N DOT GOV SLASH T-B-I.