Garrison Completes Counterterrorism Training In Israel

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Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison has returned home after spending two weeks training in the latest counterterrorism techniques and technologies by Israel’s top police officers.

He was joined by a delegation of sheriffs, police chiefs, a deputy commissioner and an inspector from 17 Georgia public safety and law enforcement agencies who participated in the 23rd annual peer-to-peer public safety training program.

The delegation from the Peach State was also joined by law enforcement leaders from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the initiative, which was organized by the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) at Georgia State University.

GILEE hosts public safety exchanges, conferences and experts who introduce new, best practices in law enforcement to police and other public and private safety professionals to enhance their capabilities to serve citizens in this area. Among other honors, GILEE received the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police President’s Special Service Award for its work in 2014.

Since its 1992 founding, GILEE has graduated more than 1,050 public safety and law enforcement officials from all over the world – about half from the U.S., mostly from Georgia – through 312 training exchanges.

More than 23,000 public and private safety leaders have attended GILEE’s special briefings, seminars and workshops.

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Photo credit: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office