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Homeland Security
Counter –Terrorism Detection, Prevention & Response Immersion Course for
Homeland Security SWAT and EOD Technicians and Policy-makers
“..Israeli law enforcement has more experience with modern
terrorism than anyone else in the world. Any big city police force
would benefit from joint planning sessions, exercises, training, and
rotation with their counterparts in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. “
-- Dr. Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies-Army War College*
*Cetron, Dr. Marvin J. & Davies, Owen (2008). 55 Trends Now Shaping the Future of Policing. Army War College , Issue 1, Vol. 1.
Our Company & Our Philosophy
Proactive Global Security is a security training company dedicated to producing and
presenting an array of expert-driven immersion training courses and computer-based
training courses to Homeland Security first responders, emergency management
policy-makers and private-sector business interests concerned about the real and
present threat of terrorism to their populations, employees and businesses
throughout the world.
Founded in 2005, Proactive Global Security has it’s clients the most unique
opportunity for intensive “real world” training. All training meets DHS standards and
can be funded through the following grant programs:
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UASI (Urban Areas Security Initiative)
OPSG (Operation Stone Garden)
MMRS (Metropolitan Medical Response System) grant programs.
HSGP (State Homeland Security Program)
LETPA-UASI (Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activity)
TSGP (Transit Security Grant Program)
FY2010 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Details:
https://www.rkb.us/contentdetail.cfm?content_id=227109&GetAELSELCats=1
The Purpose of the Course
The purpose of this immersion course is to provide our clients direct access
to the most experienced counter-terrorism, experts in the world. The
modern urban and rural security issues with which Israel contends daily,
provide important insight and useful detection, prevention, and response
tactics that are weighed against the varying landscape back in the United
States. Participants will learn how to apply these skills and how to use them
when they return to their job.
Israel’s counter-terrorism strategies have been developed and tested by
terrorist acts over decades. They are the most advanced of any peacetime
country. All PGS courses use world renowned subject matter experts in
prevention, detection and response to terror threats and terrorist
operations.
Why We Are Different
The Counter–Terrorism SWAT and EOD Immersion Course is the most unique immersion
opportunity available anywhere in the world. Proactive Global Security couples two vital
components:
Direct Interaction
Through the direct interface with experts from Israel’s most elite law enforcement and
military veterans, participants are offered an opportunity to interface with and receive first
hand instruction from agency experts including those from the following fields:
SWAT
Bomb Squad
Law Enforcement
Intelligence
Border Security
Practical Knowledge
Experience and knowledge of the United States’ law enforcement, intelligence and emergency
management culture shapes every discussion and presentation. Many of these experts have
worked directly with United States law enforcement and intelligence agencies and are familiar
with the agencies’ cultures. This added perspective allows for important scenario based discussion
with seminar participants. Proactive Global Security presenters and instructors will show
participants how to apply these lessons to their work.
Who Benefits From This Course?
This course is designed for sworn law enforcement SWAT, EOD and law enforcement
practitioners* seeking to enhance their skills and learn the latest techniques from the Israeli
forces who have perfected them.
This program is intended to teach state of the art tactics and procedures used by the Israeli
elite hostage and counter terrorism forces. Participants should expect to be taxed physically
and mentally by being placed in stressful situations consummate with real high risk SWAT,
HRT and EOD operations. This program is designed for the practitioner who is looking to
enhance their skills and learn the latest techniques from the Israeli forces who have
perfected them.
*Law enforcement commanders, policy makers and planners may attend but may not necessarily participate in the hands
on training.
Curriculum Schedule
Saturday: Arrive in Israel
Sunday : Foundational Classes in Hotel:
EOD, Intelligence, Israeli SWAT interdiction
The difference between Israeli SWAT (YASAM) & YAMAM
The roll of YAMAM in the state of Israel- Presentation by the Senior YAMAM Leadership
*Monday: Training Day-Hebron Facility
*Tuesday: Training Day-Hebron Facility
*Wednesday: Training Day-Hebron Facility
*Thursday: Training Day-Hebron Facility
*Friday: Training Day-Hebron Facility
Saturday: Golan Heights
Sunday: Masada & Dead Sea
Return Home
*Schedule may include a visit to Yamam base, drill with
YASAM, exchange program with YAMAM, YASAM and PGS
participants.
Curriculum Overview
The curriculum for this course transcends theoretical training approaches currently available in
the United States. It allows participants direct access to the leading counter-terrorism and SWAT
technologies, techniques and expertise currently utilized in Israel. Through extensive practical and
scenario-based drills, defined learning objectives and practical subject- matter expert instruction,
the tactics and strategies will be applied in real time. The ability of participants to experience the
actual impact of these lessons demonstrates how this knowledge can be used in their current
positions as they participate in an array of drills, lectures and discussions.
The SWAT/EOD Counter –Terrorism Detection, Prevention & Response Course is includes
the following:
Israel History and Politics: Understanding the Training Grounds
EOD, Intelligence, Israeli SWAT structure and interdiction protocol
The difference between Israeli SWAT (YASAM) & YAMAM
The roll of YAMAM in the state of Israel- Presentation by the Senior YAMAM
Leadership
Current Terrorist Trends & Tactics
Effective Interdiction & Management of Improvised
Explosive Device Threats
Weapons Handling and Drills with Rifles and Pistols
Vehicle Combat Technique Drills and Scenarios
Hostage Rescue Drills Including Vehicles and
Buildings
Anti-Terror CQB Techniques
Krav Maga Defensive Techniques
Curriculum
The training curriculum can be further tailored to one or more specific core functions depending upon the requirements of a given Agency.
The Role of a Country’s History, Geography, and Politics in Shaping CounterTerrorism Strategy and Tactics for SWAT (YASAM)
Jerusalem
These briefings are important elements that will set the stage for the participants’ week of
immersion with the expert SWAT and EOD teams on the front line of prevention, detection and
response to Israel’s terrorism threat. This first encounter with experts from intelligence, Israeli
SWAT (YASAM), law enforcement and politics is foundational for the participants’ understanding of
the strategy and tactics experts will address throughout the week.
The Profile of a Terrorist Threat and Detecting, Preventing, and Responding to
Suicide Bombing Attacks
Jerusalem
Israel’s modern, urban society offers important lessons about infrastructure protection, prevention
and response to terrorism that US policy makers and SWAT/EOD responders can immediately
consider and implement upon returning home. Israel’s society offers similar targets to those in
America, but have had to prepare Israeli society to successfully respond in real time to those
threats.
Learning objectives from this day include:
History and geography of Israel
Political structure of Israel
Law enforcement and Intelligence agency structures
The roll of YAMAM in the state of Israel
The difference between Israeli SWAT (YASAM) and YAMAM
EOD, Intelligence, Israeli SWAT (YASAM) interdiction Protocol
Curriculum
Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Tactics for SWAT and EOD Teams
Training Facility, City of Hebron
For decades Israel has faced threats from suicide bombers, car bombs and dynamic hostage situations.
Mitigating the risk of such events occurring is the primary goal, but being prepared for other the
possibility of such attacks through the use of highly trained response teams makes Israel a leader in
hostage rescue, close quarter combat tactics and hand to hand combat training. This preparedness
requires effective high-level training of firearms and weapons handling, EOD and tactical response
training and scenario-based hostage rescue training. This training over a number of days is drawn from
the expertise of SWAT, local police and EOD teams. They offer participants invaluable insight, expertise
and practice of effective threat detection and response. Participants will have access to the strategies,
tactics and experts that have made Israel’s special response teams exceptionally prepared for terrorist
threats.
Learning objectives include:
Mastering hostage rescue techniques in public spaces.
Close quarter tactics and techniques for successful hostage rescue.
Describing IED and bomb recognition and response techniques.
Identifying explosive threats
Participating in an array of scenario-based live-fire drills.
Practicing vehicle search techniques
Comparing and contrasting the preparedness of
communities both in Israel and in the United States.
Scenario drilsl for securing soft targets such as schools,
shopping centers, public buildings, from terrorist attacks involving
IEDs and hostage rescue elements.
Curriculum
Multi-Discipline Practical and Tactical Training
Training Facility, City of Hebron
Over the course of multiple intense training days at the training facility near Hebron, participants will garner
important skills and insights from Israel’s top intelligence, law enforcement and military experts. Through live
drills and an array of scenario-based training, participants will be challenged physically and mentally to
master and integrate the important tactics and technology into their training and response protocol upon
returning stateside.
Participants will participate in training that includes:
Anti-Terror Response Tactics
CQB Techniques
Combat Pistol Shooting Drills and Scenarios
Krav Maga Defensive Tactics
Assault Rifle Shooting and Scenarios
Vehicle Combat Techniques
Curriculum
Anti-Terror Response Tactics
Learning objectives include:
Understanding how to “inspect” and “comb”
Understanding suspicious signs and how to respond
Learning to identify potential terrorists or hostage takers
Understanding crowd behavior- signs and indicators.
Understanding inspection protocol for people, sites and vehicles
Understanding the ‘MO’ of terrorists
Reading and Detecting suspicious terrorist behavior
Quick Reaction Techniques
Understanding the tactical differences between how first responders contend with the threats in an
urban Israeli city close to the border, versus a city of tourist sites surrounded by a parameter.
Field drills/ Scenarios
Curriculum
Understanding Assault Rifle Techniques and Tactics
On-Site Drills and Training, City of Hebron
Handling weapons effectively and accurately is key to the success of drills and actual events involving
terrorists or hostage takers. This section will ensure that each participant is familiar with the handling of and
effective use of an array of weapons.
Learning objectives include:
Israel’s “point-and-shoot” training method
Instructive and selective shooting
Shooting from a car
Multiple shooting positions
Transition from primary to secondary weapons
Night shooting drills and scenarios
Weapons malfunction
Multiple target drills and scenarios
Prioritization of targets in hostage or terrorist situation
Combat build-up areas
CQB tactics
Curriculum
Krav Maga– Defensive Tactics
On Site Drills and Training, City of Hebron
Learning objectives include:
Describe combat philosophy and mindset
Understand aggressiveness and hand-to-hand
combat
Control and restrain techniques
Searching a suspect
Suicide bomber ‘take-over’
Takedowns
Multiple opponents
Edge weapons defense
Blunt weapons defense
Disarming the opponent
Body and weapons combo
Team defense Against Assailant
Curriculum
Vehicle Combat Techniques
On-Site Drills and Training, City of Hebron
Scenario based learning will be a key element to the days spent focused on this type of training.
Experts from the most elite Israeli teams will guide the instruction during these lessons.
Learning objectives from this day include:
Shooting from a moving vehicle
Contending with a suspected suicide Bomber
in a vehicle.
Shooting positions from and around a vehicle
Stopping a suspicious car
Engaging the enemy from a moving vehicle
Multiple shooting positions
Curriculum
Combat Pistol Techniques and Tactics
On-Site Drills and Training, City of Hebron
Handling weapons effectively and accurately is key to the success of drills and actual events involving
terrorists or hostage takers. This section will ensure that each participant is familiar with the handling
of and effective use of an array of weapons.
Learning objectives from this day include:
Drawing pistol from concealed positions
Crowd crossing techniques in combat
Target selection and shooting in civilian areas
Team combat and room clearing
Israel’s “point-and-shoot” training method
Instructive and selective shooting
Shooting from a car
Multiple shooting positions
Transition from primary to secondary weapons
Night shooting drills and scenarios
Weapons malfunction
Multiple target drills and scenarios
Prioritization of targets in hostage/terrorist situation
Combat build-up areas
CQB tactics
Who Has Attended This Course?
The following is offers a sample of some of the SWAT, EOD and law enforcement
professionals and policy makers who have attended this course.
Law Enforcement : SWAT
Sgt. Michael Richard Holm – SWAT- City of Aurora, Colorado Police Department
Sgt. Bradley Dale Johnson- SWAT- City of Denver , Colorado Police Department
Deputy Peter Thomas Mills – SWAT-Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff Department
Sgt. Trevor Jerome- SWAT-City of West Minster, Colorado Police Department
Director/Captain, Luther Thomas Reynolds, Special Operations Section, Montgomery County, Virginia
Police Department
Law Enforcement : Municipal
Sgt. Tony Abuan, Tacoma Police Department
Captain HLS/ Assistant Chief Paul McDonagh, Seattle Police Department
Jeffery Shipp, Tacoma Police Department
Captain HLS Michael Arthur Sanford, Seattle Police Department
Lt. HLS-Donnie Lowe, Seattle Police Department
Lieutenant Criminal Intelligence, Eric Richard Barden, Seattle Police Department
Lt. ABS/CBRNE, Gregory Calder, Seattle Police Department
Captain, Mitzi Johanknecht King County Sheriff Department
Captain/ Assistant Chief, Michael Sanford, Seattle Police Department
Who Has Attended This Course?
Law Enforcement : State Patrol
John Batiste, Washington State Patrol
Paul Beckley, Washington State Patrol
Gregory Miller, Washington State Patrol
Mark Drew Thomas, Washington State Patrol
Deputy Director / Captain, Robin Mills Taylor, Criminal Intelligence Section,
Maryland Fusion Center
Law Enforcement : County
Master Police Officer. Kenneth Gerard Brennan, WMD Special Ops, Fairfax County Police Department
Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Police, Steve Lee Sellers-Fairfax County Police Department
Deputy Sheriff, Patrick Vern McCormick, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Judy Murphy, Central Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
James Heishman, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Chad Redinbo, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Roger Toles, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Shane Heiter, Adams County, Colorado Police Department
Peter Mills, Arapahoe County, Colorado Police Department
Who Has Attended This Course?
Law Enforcement : Bomb Squad Technicians/EOD
Joe Tennant- Bomb Squad-Denver, Colorado Police
Joel White- Bomb Squad- Douglas County, Washington Sheriff Department
Jon Vaala- Bomb Squad Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff Department
Rick Searle- Bomb Squad Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff Department
Scott Pierce- Bomb Squad- City of Longmont Police Department
Sgt. Daniel Boardley- Bomb Squad-Everett, Washington Police Department
Christopher McOmber- Bomb Squad, Bellevue, Washington Police Department
Timothy Shook-Bomb Squad, King County, Washington Bomb Technician
Sgt. Verner O'Quin Jr.-Bomb Squad, Seattle, Washington Police Department Bomb Squad
Deputy Sherriff, Patrick Vern McCormick, Bomb Squad/EOD, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Roger Toles-Bomb Squad/EOD, Pierce County, Washington Sheriff Department
Scott Little- Bomb Squad/EOD, Boulder, Colorado Police Department
Shane Heiter-Bomb Squad, Adams County, Colorado Police Department
Lieutenant Mike Jackson- Bomb Squad/EOD, Oklahoma City Police Department
Who Has Attended This Course?
Fire Service
Battalion Chief John Donnelly - Washington D.C. Fire Department
Battalion Chief Jerome Hagen, Emergency Preparedness Officer, Seattle Fire Department
Matthew Rush, Austin Fire Department
Lieutenant Walter Webb- Washington D.C. Fire Department
Battalion Chief, Joseph Michael Reshetar, Special Operations, Arlington Fire Department
Deputy Chief/Special Ops, John Alan Burke, Fairfax Fire Department
Fire Marshall/Assistant Chief, Carl Hadden Culp Jr., Community Safety Division, Prince William County Fire Department
Assistant Chief, Scott Edgar Goldstein- Special Operations Section, Montgomery County Fire Department
Battalion Chief, Steve Gervis, Safety and Training Division-Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire & Rescue
Division
UASI
Tom Witowski, Coordinator, Denver , Colorado UASI, Liaison
Captain, Jennifer Steck, Denver, Colorado UASI
Who Has Attended This Course?
Homeland Security
Jeffery Stern, Homeland Security
John Perry, RTD (Transportation)
Emergency Management
Mike Guditus- PEM MEP, Emergency Management Specialist, Training and Exercise Analyst,
Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management
Steve Bailey- Pierce County Washington Emergency Management
Richard Buell- Washington State Department of Health
Peggi Shapiro- Washington State Hospitals
Jody Woodcock- Washington State Office of Emergency Management
Stephanie Hackett- City of Aurora, Colorado Office of Emergency Management
Melinda Johnson- EMS
Dr. Charles Little- University of Colorado Hospital
Kyle Roodberg- Denver, Colorado Health & Hospital Authority
Steve Bennett- Westminster, Colorado Police Department EMS Liason
Jesse Weaver- Jefferson County, Colorado Public Health Department
Melanie Simons- Denver, Colorado Department of Public Health
Director, John Joseph Brown- Arlington County, Virginia Office of Emergency Management
What People Are Saying
“There is no way to replicate the benefit of being on the ground in Israel. The ability to observe
the prevention tactics, ask experts questions in the field and review response tactics by visiting
actual hard and soft targets within Israel offers participants an unprecedented degree of
understanding. Being in the field allows for discussion between and amongst participants and
experts and allows scenario-based discussions to uncover stateside techniques and tactics that
may not be as effective as perceived. Meeting this challenge requires observations that can only
be made on site in Israel.
---Battalion Fire Chief, John Donnelly, DC Fire and EMS, Washington D.C.
“I was very fortunate to have been able to participate in this training program in its infancy and
learn how the Israeli Police and Defense Forces have fought the war on terror. As a bomb
technician, I was able to discuss specific issues with the Israeli Bomb Technicians, as it related to
my field of expertise. More importantly, I developed relationships with my Israeli counterparts
that will be valuable, both professionally and personally, for years to come.”
---Joe Tenant, Denver Police Bomb Squad
It has helped in understanding the multiple levels of training and cooperation that must be done
here in US. This training program has it all... in my opinion one of the best levels of advanced
training available today.
---Glen Rudner, CRA-USA Inc
What People Are Saying
“As a professional trainer I highly recommend this training and the methods used by PGS for all
disciplines. Nowhere else can you live and experience the threats and security issues faced by a
community in constant peril of terrorism and learn the best practice methods to mitigate,
prepare, respond, and recover from the threats.”
--- Michael Guditus, CEMA, MEP/ Emergency Management Specialist, Training and
Exercise Analyst, Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management
"We sent twenty seven of our professionals to Israel last year. It was a diverse group of students
from Medical, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement and Fire disciplines. It was an extremely
valuable experience where we heard incredible speakers and had the opportunity to sit down and
speak with groups of our peers. We were so impressed with the speakers that we are hosting
several of them at our Denver UASI Shared Strategies for Homeland Security conference in
December 2010. Their expertise and openness was refreshing and we look forward to bringing
them in to share their knowledge with our first responder community.
---Captain Jennifer Steck, Denver UASI
Our Team
Yisroel Stefansky
Founder and Director of International Business Development
As Proactive Global Security’s Founder and Director of International Business Development,
Yisroel Stefansky plays a fundamental role helping organizations throughout the US
understand terrorism from the perspective of the victim. He is an international lecturer and
recognized expert in practical disaster response & relief.
A true veteran of the war between terrorists and civilization. Stefansky has worked with
police forces, emergency response teams, and many other first-responders in various
countries throughout the world as a consultant and response trainer.
As a young man Stefansky found himself at the site of a violent terror attack in Jerusalem. Rather than turn away he
took action and became part of the rescue effort. This experience led him to found ZAKA, an organization that
carries out the important and difficult task of recovering body parts for burial whenever and wherever a disaster or
terror attack occurs. The ZAKA foundation today consists of several hundred young volunteers who are stationed
across Israel, poised and ready to respond to any disaster.
Stefansky was sent to Houston when the Space Shuttle, Columbia, disintegrated and subsequently aided in
recovering victims in the U.S. following hurricane Katrina. He established the Israeli civilian search and rescue dive
team, and is a founder of the Israel SupportFund, a charitable organization supporting low profile hospitals,
institutions and families that are normally overlooked by donors.
He has appeared on FOX News, Israel National News, Radio Israel and CFRB Toronto.
Our Team
Sharon Gat
Director of Instruction
Sharon Gat is a Major in the IDF Special Forces (now a reservist), and Certified Firearms
Instructor(CFI), with vast operational experience in guerrilla warfare and counter
terrorism in the field. This includes commanding units in operations in Lebanon, the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Gat was chosen by the Defense Ministry and the IDF to lead a special project to fight terrorism in high
risk areas. He established and commanded anti-terror and security units for the Israeli Ministry of
Defense and the IDF. Under Gat’s command, the personal safety of the civilians in these areas improved
dramatically. As part of the project, Gat led a team of technology experts who found innovative and
successful solutions in these areas.
Together with his team, Gat has developed new methods and tactics that have proven to be efficient in
this kind of war.
Sharon graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently studying for his PHD in Bar–
Ilan University in Tel Aviv.
In his reserve duty Sharon is a battalion commander in one of the top units of the IDF. He led the unit in
the last Lebanon war.
Our Team
Pazi Zafrir
Chief Instructor
(Ret.) Colonel Pazi Zafrir is a former senior director and chief instruction of the Israeli Secret
Service and its VIP Protection unit.
Professional Experience:
Israeli Security Agency (Secret Service) for 25 years
Former senior director (Col) in the Israeli Security Agency.
Instructor and director in El-Al security unit (Israeli National Air lines)
Expert Combat Shooting Instructor
Operative director at the Israeli VIP Protection unit
Responsible for all the instruction in the Israeli VIP Protection unit, worldwide.
Responsible for tactical Instruction of all the units in the Israeli Security Agency
Charged with setting up, training and commanding the Dignitary Protection unit of the Israeli
Parliament.
Our Team
Michael Cardash
Director of EOD Programming
Michael Cardash is one of the world leading experts in the field of defeating improvised explosive
devices (IED's). He provides deep expertise, insight and guidance e in understanding, recognizing
and responding to the IED threat.
Cardash, the former deputy head of the Israeli police bomb disposal division retired after a 27 year
career as a senior bomb technician with the rank of Chief Superintendent. During those years he
participated in numerous missions defeating IED's and other counter terrorist operations. He
commanded bomb disposal units within the border guards and police during intense terrorist
conflicts (first & second intifada) gaining immense experience investigating and responding to the
variety of terror attacks and in particular to suicide bombing devices and attacks.
During his career Cardash instructed law enforcement personnel and bomb technicians from
around the world. He headed the Israeli police bomb disposal school teaching and guiding bomb
technicians, assisted in founding counter terror security procedures and shared his experience
with counter terror operatives around the world.
He was responsible for R&D bomb disposal projects, researching and developing new tools and
equipment for mitigating and defeating IED's used by bomb technicians and other protection
agencies.
Cardash has a professional reputation within the world bomb disposal community as one of the
most valued experienced bomb technicians
Our Team
Mordecai Dzikansky
Director of Investigation & Intelligence Programs
Mordecai (Morty) Dzikansky brings an unsurpassed level of global experience in the field of urban
terror. He worked 25 years for the NYPD and was their first Overseas Liaison to Israel following the
9/11 attacks. He helped shape the current NYPD’s strategy on terror prevention by personally
attending and analyzing over 2 dozen international terror events in five years including Turkey, Russia,
Spain, Egypt and Israel. His vast interactions with government officials, law enforcement agencies,
and security personnel worldwide have helped him develop an expansive and in-depth understanding
of the modern phenomenon of terrorism.
Dzikansky is recognized by both Israel & the US as a highly respected expert in international
terrorism. He was the Lead Investigator for the legendary Torah Task Force for 10 years resulting in numerous
convictions and the recovery of many sacred Torah Scrolls. He was awarded the Detective Bureau, Certificate of
Achievement for the arrest and conviction of a serial killer and served over 20 years as a detective on the streets of
New York. He has been a featured expert on terrorism for such media outlets as: ‘CBS’s 60 Minutes’, The New York
Times, The Boston Sunday Gloghfgbe, Esquire, the New Yorker, amongst others.
Twenty-five year NYPD veteran – rank Detective 1st Grade.
NYPD’s first Overseas Liaison to Israel, following the 9/11 attacks.
Unsurpassed global experience at urban terror scenes.
Expert in Risk/Threat Analysis, Security Strategies, Human Security Tactics and Emergency Response.
Lecturer/consultant for worldwide law enforcement agencies and institutions including: International
Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel -featured speaker at 2008 annual international conference on
global terrorism, The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C, The Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, Russia, Columbia University, New York and Williams College, Massachusetts
Our Team
Gil Kleiman
Director of Public Information & Preparedness Programs
Gil Kleiman, an Israel National Police (INP) veteran and foreign press spokesperson with over 23
years experience. He has an unsurpassed knowledge of on-site terror scene investigations, security
assessments and media relations. With a BA from George Washington University and an L.L.B. in
Law from Bar-Ilan University, Gil has a keen eye for analyzing terror crime scenes. In 1983, after
serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) as a Sergeant in the Combat Engineers, Gil Kleiman began
his career in the IINP as a bomb disposal technician. Within a few,years Kleiman became an EOD
instructor. While in law school, Kleiman joined the Nazi war crimes
unit, assisting foreign law enforcement officers with the prosecution of accused Nazi war criminals residing in various
countries by locating and interviewing Nazi crime victims in Israel.
While serving in the Security Section of the INP from 1997-2001, Kleiman inspected, assessed and advised on the
security apparatuses at government and public installations. He developed training and instructional programs for
hundreds of security officers across Israel and served as an adviser at legislative planning meetings for Public Security
Installation Law. During the period of intense terror attacks that struck Israel in September 2000, Kleiman served as the
INP’s foreign press spokesperson, and quickly became Israel’s face and voice to the world. He was present at all the
major terror attacks and suicide bombings, providing on- site interviews and press statements for media outlets
including; CNN, Fox , BBC, SKY, al-Jazeera, El Arabia, RTV, RTL, NTV, amongst others. In addition, Kleiman provided
background explanations, information and professional technical briefings to hundreds of law enforcement agencies
around the world. He presently consults about all facets of media and terror.
Kleiman has given presentations at EUROPOL Hague in the Netherlands on “Media and Terror.” He was part of the INP
anti-terror team sent to Greece prior to the 2004 Olympics. He has lectured throughout the United States to both
private and public/police organizations and is considered an expert on media relations, developing civilian resilience to
terror, and understanding a Police officer’s role in preventing and responding to terrorist attacks.
Our Team
Contact:
Yisroel Stefansky:
Joan Sammon:
email: [email protected]
call: 917.803.0694
email: [email protected]
call: 206.715.5057