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  • Montgomery Police Department

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    The Police Department of Montgomery, Alabama, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Tom Manger has served as Chief of Montgomery Police Department since 2004. Chief Manger attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in 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 [...]

  • Nashville Police Department

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    The Police Department of Nashville, Tennessee, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Officials serving in the Nashville Police Department attended a training in Israel with the ADL as delegates of the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in April 2011.

    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 [...]

  • Nassau County Police Department

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    The Police Department of Nassau County, New York, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Lawrence W. Mulvey served as Commissioner of Nassau County Police Department between 2007 and 2011. Commissioner Mulvey 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 [...]

  • Nevada Highway Patrol

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    Nevada Highway Patrol spent $695 to crack into phones using Israeli tech firm Cellebrite. The Nevada Highway Patrol uses Cellebrite's technology to bypass phone passwords and security mechanisms to retrieve call logs, text messages, and in some cases even deleted data.

    The Highway Patrol of Nevada State is one of the departments that uses Israeli private-sector technology. Private Israeli security firms have contracts with both public and private security sectors. One of the private security companies that transfer technology to US police departments is the Israel-based Cellebrite. Cellebrite is a “mobile Read more [...]

  • 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 [...]