Tampa Bay 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 Tampa Bay, Florida, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. John Bennett served as Major of Tampa Bay Police Department between 2009 and 2015. Major Bennett attended a training in Israel with the ADL in 2008. Bennett’s training included receiving briefings from the Israeli army, field lieutenants, and a police chief in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.