On Thursday the heads of Crown Heights schools and organizations met with a team of consultants from T&M Protection Resources. Organizations attending included NCFJE, Beis Rivka, Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Colel Chabad and the Shluchim Office.
The meeting was the first in an initiative to maximize security for Chabad organizations and centers in the US and abroad.
“We owe it to everyone who relies on our mosdos to be as responsible as we can with security,” said Shea Hecht of NCFJE.
While the specific security measures explored are not being made public,
intelligence and crisis management procedures were considered to be a priority.
“One of the important messages stressed was the need for everyone to be watchful,” said Hecht. “There’s not any police force in the world that can have an officer on every corner. We have to drill it into our own minds that we are the eyes and ears of the police.”
T&M Protection Resources is one of the largest providers of protective, technical, investigative, intelligence services in the industry. Their staff includes former members of the NYPD, CIA and Mossad, and they protect a number of high-profile institutions such as Yankee Stadium, Yad VaShem,
the Jerusalem Mall and the Central Bus Stations of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
There should be training for our children in schools and adult classes for protection. The attitude of trust in Hashem has to be founded on Hashem will bless you in all that you DO. The actions that each one of us take should be discussed by the rabbinical leadership.
its about time. we demand to see police in front of every entrance, of every yeshiva and school in crown heights, during school hours. this is a must.its not a joke. “strangers” must see, and be aware that there is full time security, its gotta be VISIBLE .
There is a grant available for Target Hardening…in other words, reducing the risk of a successful terrorist attack on institutions considered to be the most vulnerable.
In the past we have been successful in obtaining this Dept. of Homeland Security grant for Crown Heights. If you are concerned about the security of your institution & the safety of its occupants, call us on 347 657 1755. We will not undertake more applications than we can handle as we individualize every one, so please call soon. The due date is February 20th (New York.)