Michigan State Police

Name: Michigan State Police
Address: 7150 Harris Dr, Dimondale, Michigan, 48813
Telephone: +1 517-332-2521

Dimondale, Michigan

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In 2002, just months after 9/11, American police officers held their first official training expedition to Israel to learn about “counter-terrorism.” Since then, hundreds of law enforcement officials and government agents from across the country have been sent to Israel to meet with military and police forces, and thousands more have participated in conferences, trainings, and workshops with Israeli officials in the United States.

The American and Israeli governments justify these exchanges on the grounds that the United States and Israel share the mission of the War on Terror. American facilitators and participants of these programs similarly argue that the United States and Israel are allied democracies whose law enforcement agencies play a crucial role in preserving national security.

While framed as an opportunity for US law enforcement to learn policing strategies from a closely aligned democracy with counter-terror experience, in fact these are trainings with an occupying force that rules a population deprived of human and civil rights. Rather than promoting security for all, these programs facilitate an exchange of methods of state violence and control, including mass surveillance, racial profiling, and suppression of protest and dissent.

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The State Police of Michigan is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Officials serving in the Michigan State Police attended a training in Israel with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit in 2017. The business-focused “five-day fact-finding mission” included presentations by Israeli private startups and representatives of the Israeli cybersecurity industry.

The Michigan State Police were joined by private corporate firms, healthcare providers, faith-based business schools, and business-oriented organizations. Among them were AT&T, ChoiceTel, Consumer Energy, Cornerstone Schools, Crains Detroit Business, Downtown Detroit Partnership, General Motors Co., Henry Ford Health System, ITC Holdings Corp., and The Right Place.
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