Overland Park Police Department

The Police Department of Overland Park, Kansas, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. John Douglass served as Chief of the Overland Park Police Department between 1995 and 2014. Chief John Douglass attended a training in Israel with the AJC as a delegate of Project Interchange in November 2009. Some of the training Chief John Douglass received includes a briefing on the “Israeli-Arab conflict” from former Israeli military intelligence spokesperson Miri Eisen, as well as trainings in airport security, terrorist financing, the effectiveness of the Separation Barrier, and protecting civil rights while combating terrorism amid the threat of “global jihad.”

First, from a professional standpoint, there was an invaluable transmission of ideas from the true experts in this area, he said. Second, from a historical standpoint, and from ancient history to more recent, this is right in the middle of where its all happening. And finally, there is the religious significance. You cant be there without being overwhelmed with its significance to all three of the (monotheistic) religions. ~ Chief John Douglass