Places by: Eitan

  • New Hampshire State Police

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    The Public Safety Department of the State of Nevada is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. George Togliatti served as Director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety between 2003 and 2007. Togliotti attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in 2006.

    One of the organizations that sponsors these trainings is the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL is a non-profit that works to combat anti-Semitism and advocate for Israel. In this context, the ADL runs a National Counter-Terrorism Seminar that has sent hundreds of top ranking officials to Israel to learn about Read more [...]

  • New Jersey State Police

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    The State Police of New Jersey is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel and use Israeli-made private-sector technology to crack into mobile phones.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]

  • New Mexico State Police

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    The State Police of New Mexico is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel and use Israeli private-sector technology to crack into mobile phones.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]

  • New York Police Department

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    The Police Department of New York City (NYPD) is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. In 2002, the NYPD sent 5 officers to a training in Israel. In 2012, the NYPD officially opened an office in Israel (Kfar Saba) staffed with an NYPD detective that it continues to maintain today. Charlie Ben-Naim, a veteran NYPD police detective of Israeli origin, opened the department’s Israeli branch.

    The Police Department of New York City (NYPD) is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. The first official delegation JINSA organized in 2002 included former Chief of the department Louis Anemone from the NYPD and Chief Joseph Morris of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Read more [...]

  • New York State Police

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    The State Police of New York is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Roderick "Rod" Covington held the title of Major and served as the head of the Executive Services Detail (ESD) of the New York State Police from 2006 to 2008 under then-Governor Eliot Spitzer. The ESD has the responsibility of protecting the governor and other state officials. Covington attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in February 2008. Bart R. Johnson was serving as a Colonel in the New York State Police when he attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in June 2006.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]

  • Newton County Sheriff’s Office

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    The Sheriff's Office of Newton County, Georgia, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Ezell Brown has served as Sheriff of Newton County since 2008. He attended a two-week GILEE training in Israel in summer 2011 with 15 other Georgia delegates and one other U.S. delegate. As of 2018, Sammy Banks is a Captain in Newton County. Banks attended a two-week GILEE training in Israel in 2016 with 14 other Georgia delegates as well as leaders from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department in New York, and police departments in Alabama and Washington.

    The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) is one of the organizations that organize and sponsor these joint trainings. As a joint program of the Georgia State University and local law enforcement, GILEE works to foster cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Georgia and Israel, educating Israeli law enforcement on Read more [...]

  • Newton Police Department

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    The Police Department of Newton, Massachusetts, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Matthew Cummings served as Chief of the Newton Police Department between 2009 and 2012. Cummings attended a training in Israel with the ADL as a delegate of the National Counterterrorism Seminar in October 2011. Howard Mintz served as Interim Chief after Cummings and served as Police Chief from 2013 to 2015. He attended ADL's National Counterterrorism Seminar in Israel in November 2014, which was funded by the Gal Foundation.

    One of the organizations that sponsors these trainings is the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The ADL is a non-profit that works to combat anti-Semitism and advocate for Israel. In this context, the ADL runs a National Counter-Terrorism Seminar that has sent hundreds of top ranking officials to Israel to learn about Read more [...]

  • NJ Transit Police Department

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    The Police Department of New Jersey Transit is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Joseph C. Bober served as Chief of the New Jersey Transit Police Department. Chief Bober attended a training in Israel with JIJSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in 2006. Bober was ousted in a gender discrimination suit, and was later the center of a racial discrimination suit by nine African-American officers and one Latino officer serving under his leadership, which ultimately settled.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]

  • North Las Vegas Police Department

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    The Police Department of North Las Vegas, Nevada, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Joseph Chronister served as Chief of North Las Vegas Police Department between 2011 and 2015. Chronister attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in February 2008.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]

  • NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority

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    The New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is among the transportation agencies that have sent delegates to Israel. Louis Anemone served as Chief of the New York Police Department from 1994-1999, and then as Director of Security at the MTA between 2001 and 2003. William A. Morange served as Director of Security and Deputy Executive Director of the MTA between 2003 and 2011.

    One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense Read more [...]