Eleven police chiefs from cities all over the United States discussed crime, counterterrorist activities and other mutual concerns with their Israeli counterparts here Tuesday.
They are attending the first board meeting of the International Association of Police Chiefs, ever to be held outside North America.
The five-day meeting, combined with tours of the country, is being sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith.
Following a study tour of security arrangements at Ben-Gurion Airport, New York State Police Chief Thomas Constantine left early, called home because of the killing of a New York state trooper during a drug bust Shootout Monday in lower Manhattan.
The meeting was briefed by Supt. Yair Must, police commander in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Must observed that the tiniest incident in Jerusalem becomes magnified into international proportions because of the special sensitivities in the city. He praised the cooperation of Jewish, Moslem and Druse police officers on his force.
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