Lexington Police Department

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 combatting terror since 2003. That same year the ADL established an Advanced Training School that brings delegations of Israeli law enforcement to speak to American law enforcement officials, involving over 1,000 U.S. participants since the program began.

The Police Department of Lexington, Kentucky, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Ronnie Bastin served as Chief of Lexington Police Department between 2008 and 2014. Chief Bastin attended a training in Israel with the ADL as a delegate of the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in September 2008. He was promoted by the Mayor to Public Safety Commissioner in 2014, where he served until 2018. He is currently running for Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, in the upcoming November 2018 elections. Bastin was also named to the LFUC Airport Board, the governing body of Blue Grass Airport, for a 4-year term beginning in 2016 and ending in 2020.