San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office

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 Sheriff’s Office of San Luis Obispo, California, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Ian Parkinson has served as Sheriff of San Luis Obispo since 2011. In 2013, Sheriff Ian Parkinson attended a training in Israel with the ADL as a delegate of the Western States Counter-Terrorism Seminar, a training modeled after the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar. Sheriff Parkinson stated that it was really a trip that [he] will never forget.

There are new calls for Sheriff Ian Parkinson to resign after the death of inmate who was strapped naked to a chair for over 46 hours. The Countys Democratic Central Committee also called for his resignation. The editorialboard of the San Luis Obispo suggested the District Attorney’s office should conduct an investigation because the Sheriff’s cannot be trusted to be impartial.

According to Cal Coast News, he opposes California’s state sanctuary rules that bar the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office from cooperating with ICE.