Law Enforcement Training

ADL offers a variety of interactive training opportunities for law enforcement professionals including extremist training and hate crime training. The St. Louis Regional office of ADL has a long track record of working effectively with the law enforcement community to combat extremist groups and the threat they pose to American security.

The office maintains an ongoing liaison with law enforcement agencies and has also assisted many states, as well as the federal government, in developing hate crime training curriculum and internal policies for law enforcement agencies and educational institutions.

Key programs include:

• Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust
  Presented with the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center
  
• US Attorney's Hate Crimes Task Force
  The idea to develop a regional response to hate crimes and bias incidents grew out of the St. Louis 2004 Living Together in Community Task Force. The task force brought together more than 70 representatives of organizations and agencies engaged in the work of decreasing racism, bias, bigotry and discrimination and promoting diversity and inclusion from throughout the region.
  
  The original goal of the hate crimes initiative was to make St. Louis a zero tolerance community in response to acts of bias, bigotry, racism, oppression and discrimination. To achieve this goal, the task force outlined five specific objectives and developed complementary program initiatives. The resulting programs include the Hate Crimes Taskforce, law enforcement training, the Hate Crimes Registry, education and outreach efforts, and a regional media campaign. ADL staffs the work of the Task Force led by the US Attorneys for the Eastern District of Missouri and Southern District of Illinois.