(Salem, OR) -- Reports to Oregon's Bias Response Hotline increased 229 percent from 2020 through 2023. The Oregon Department of Justice says this is the fifth year for the hotline, and the number calls increases along with awareness of the program. The number of bias crime and non-criminal bias incidents increased from 910 in 2020 to two-thousand-932 in 2023. The Department of Justice launched the "You Belong" campaign this year to make people aware of the hotline.



