Santa Barbara Sheriff’s 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 sheriff’s department of Santa Barbara County, California, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Bill Brown has served as Sheriff of Santa Barbara County since 2006, and joined an ADL delegation to Israel in 2014. The delegation reportedly received “anti-terror and anti-bias training” in Israel.