Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism Policing (Blue Team Exercise)

A hands-on, tactical analysis of the “on-the-ground” situation, this workshop will focus on the issues of policing in the world of terrorism. A blue team exercise will provide a controlled setting to examine the pros and cons of methods and to analyze the dilemmas that policing units are confronted with when responding to an attack. Questions of jurisdiction, of command and control, of mitigation and recovery will be discussed; aiming at creating the dialogue between policing and counter-terror actors, before such dialogue is operationally imperative.

Chair: Mr. Denis Monette, Associate, ICT, IDC Herzliya; Chairman, STARCOM & Former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Nassau, New York, United States of America

Ms. Ana B. Hinojosa, Director, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, World Customs Organization

Maj. Gen. (Res.) David Tzur, Former Member of the Knesset & Former Commander, Tel-Aviv District Police Israel

Inspector (Ret.) Kenneth Honig, Former Commanding Officer, Port Authority of NY & NJ, John F. Kennedy & LaGuardia International Airports, United States of America

Commissioner Luc Van Der Taelen, Project Manager, Community Policing and the Prevention of Radicalisation (CoPPRa), Belgium

Simulation led by ICT Experts:

Chair: Lt. Col. (Res.) Adv. Uri Ben Yaakov, Senior Researcher, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel

Mr. Ishan Hill, Research Assistant, ICT, & MA Student in Counter-Terrorism, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel

Ms. Leigh Jacobson, Research Assistant, ICT, & MA Student in Counter-Terrorism, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, ICT, IDC Herzliya, Israel

Discussion Exercise with the Workshop Audience on Operational and Tactical Dilemmas in Law Enforcement and Counter-Terrorism Policing