Smithfield Police Department

One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these trainings is the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). JINSA is a think tank that advocates for US-Israeli security cooperation, increased domestic military spending, and military aid to Israel, and has board members with close ties to US defense contractors. JINSA launched its Law Enforcement Exchange Program (LEEP) shortly after 9/11, and since 2002 has run annual trips to Israel for US federal, state, and local law enforcement. Over 11,000 additional American law enforcement officials have attended LEEP conferences nationwide, which bring in Israeli security officials as experts.

The Police Department of Smithfield, Virginia, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Mark Marshall served as Chief of Smithfield Police Department until 2012. Chief Mark Marshall attended a training in Israel with JINSA as a delegate of the LEEP program in February 2008. Chief Mark Marshall, Fourth Vice President of the IACP, also served served as the Sheriff of Isle of Wight County, Virginia from 2012 – 2018. He served as President of IACP between 2010 andl 2011.

He is currently listed as Chairman of LInX, a regional information-sharing project. This initiative includes the sharing of data between local, state and federal agencies.