Blumenfeld (center) with officers

Commander of the Ashkelon Police Force in Israel Speaks at Two Law Enforcement Briefings

Date: December 5, 2008

Haim Blumenfeld, Commander of the Ashkelon Police in Israel, spoke to the Suffolk County Police Department and the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI in two separate briefings in New York on Friday, December 5, 2008. Commander Blumenfeld, who works just eleven miles from the Gaza Strip, discussed Counter-Terrorism in Israel, specifically related to grad rocket attacks and suicide bombings.

Pictured above from left to right: Mark White, Deputy Chief, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Bureau, Suffolk County Police Department; Karen O'Callaghan, Assistant Chief, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Bureau, Nassau County Police Department; Haim Blumenfeld, Commander, Ashkelon Police; Richard Dormer, Commissioner, Suffolk County Police Department