Today, as the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office hosts a second Safe from Hate Roundtable at Delaware Valley University, District Attorney Joe Khan announces a third Roundtable on November 16 in Perkasie, continuing a series that brings together leaders from diverse communities across Bucks County to meet with experts and law enforcement to discuss collaborative solutions for preventing and addressing hate crimes. 

A live stream link to the Roundtables will continue to be made available on the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office Facebook page.  

The series kicked off in late September with a successful first roundtable at the Peace Center in Langhorne, setting the stage for ongoing open dialogue and proactive community safety strategies across the county. 

“We were so grateful to hear from a diverse group of stakeholders and local leaders at the Peace Center in September,” said DA Khan.  “We are looking forward to continuing the conversation about how our office can do more to ensure that everyone in Bucks County feels safe from hate.”   

The second Safe from Hate Roundtable will take place at 3:00 p.m. today at Delaware Valley University. 

Following today’s event in Central Bucks County, the third installment of the roundtable series is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 3:30 p.m. at the So Fresh So Green Cafe, a local Black-owned business in Perkasie. 

The Safe from Hate Roundtable Series follows recommendations outlined in the District Attorney’s Transition Committee report, “Building a 21st Century DA’s Office: The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office 2026 Transition Report.” Co-authored by retired attorney Tom Jennings and DA’s Office Chief of Staff Brendan Flynn, the report recommended that DA Joe Khan visit houses of worship from every faith community, meet with leaders representing the county’s diverse ethnic and racial groups, and map out proactive strategies to address hate crimes. 

Since taking office, DA Khan has engaged with police departments, houses of worship and community organizations in every corner of Bucks County to hear questions, concerns and suggestions, and the conversations in Langhorne, Doylestown, and Perkasie are a continuation of this effort to bring together the diverse communities within Bucks County to ensure that all people are safe from hate.   

The initiative aims to establish direct, ongoing lines of communication between law enforcement and community leaders to ensure that potential hate crimes are prevented when possible, properly reported, thoroughly investigated, and swiftly prosecuted. 

The series comes following recent incidents of hate crimes, including the arrest of a Bucks County man charged with a felony count of ethnic intimidation and related charges after sending explicit death threats, anti-Muslim statements, and violent racial slurs to a leader of a local historically Black church. 

Police also continue to investigate a vandalism incident in which a swastika and racial slurs were carved into the 10th green of the Yardley Country Club last month. Anyone with information about this incident in Yardley is encouraged to call the Yardley Borough Police at 215-493-2782, extension 411.   

In addition to criminal prosecution for ethnic intimidation, District Attorney’s offices in Pennsylvania hold the statutory authority to seek civil equitable relief on behalf of victims, a tool DA Khan intends to help victims and survivors of these crimes.