FILE - In this Sunday, June 29, 2014 file photo, NYPD police officers march along Fifth Avenue during the gay pride parade in New York. Organizers of New York City’s Pride events said Saturday, May 15, 2021 they are banning police and other law enforcement from marching in their huge annual parade until at least 2025 and will also seek to keep on-duty officers a block away from the celebration of LGBTQ people and history. (AP Photo/Julia Weeks, File)
The Suffolk County police department is partnering with the LGBT Network for a new hotline to target hate crimes.
The hotline opens Wednesday for National Coming Out Day.
The goal is to give Long Islanders and New York City residents an outlet for unreported crimes involving the community.
The Number is 888-LGBT-HLP (888-542-8457)
(AP Photo/Julia Weeks, File)