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N. American Police Call Israel Visit a "Sobering Experience"

(Jerusalem Post) Etgar Lefkovits - A group of 30 senior law enforcement officials from the U.S. and Canada was in Jerusalem Tuesday during a four-day visit to Israel on "Police and Law Enforcement in the Era of Global Terror." "For Americans, Israel is so far away and here we have seen what you deal with on a daily basis; it's really phenomenal," said Michael Grossman, a captain in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. "You are left with better respect for what Israel police faces and what we [in America] may potentially face," he said. "What was particularly interesting for me is how the principal source of information for police is the common citizen," said Portland police chief Mark Kroeker, after hearing of the hundreds of attacks averted thanks to alert citizens. "After all the scientific intelligence gathering, ultimately the most powerful source of information is the community," he said.
2003-01-17 00:00:00
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