Salem 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 Salem, Massachusetts, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Paul Tucker served as Chief of Salem Police Department between 2009 and 2014. Tucker attended a training in Israel with the ADL as a delegate of the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in January 2013. As of 2018, he serves as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, elected in 2014 as a Democrat to represent the 7th Essex district.