Omaha 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 Omaha, Nebraska, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Eric Buske served as Interim Chief and then Chief of the Omaha Police Department from 2008 to 2009. Chief Buske attended a training in Israel with the ADL as a delegate of the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in September 2008. In his time in Omaha, he was known for creating and leading the “Weed and Seed Neighborhood Policing Team.” Chief Eric Buske resigned in 2009 to become Chief of Bryan, Texas Police Department. He was a finalist for Lincoln, Nebraska Chief in 2016 but ultimately did not win.