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‘Detect, deploy, reassure’: Jewish security group launches NYC patrols as threats abound

Long. Much more at the link.

New initiative by the Community Security Service roves city’s streets, providing a ‘subtle additional layer of security’ to detect dangers and reassure Jews

The black SUV squeezed past a double-parked sedan on a Manhattan street, then rolled slowly past a synagogue, its occupants peering out of the partially open windows.

“There’s a guy sitting right in front of the shul. Is he known to security?” the passenger behind the driver aked, noticing a man sitting on a chair near the synagogue’s entrance.

“I’ll reach out,” the driver said.

The team was part of a new street patrol program from the Community Security Service (CSS), a Jewish nonprofit that trains volunteers to protect synagogues and Jewish events around the US. CSS quietly launched the patrols several months ago, part of an expanding array of measures to protect Jewish communities as antisemitism and threats spike in New York City and around the US.

CSS granted The Times of Israel exclusive access to the patrol program, on the condition that the participants’ identities, specific locations, and some operational procedures remain confidential due to security risks.

The patrols, known as Mobile Protection Units (MPUs), began in January and operate in parts of Manhattan and the Bronx with high concentrations of Jewish residents. CSS plans to expand the program to other cities.

Funded and organized within the community, manned by volunteers. Like the Jewish ambulances in Bath, the wider community gets the to share the results for free, while the Jewish residents use less of the wider community’s resources.

During patrols, CSS vehicles roam the city streets, looking for anything suspicious or out of place that could constitute a threat. Until recently, CSS stationed guards at synagogues and Jewish events, but had not formally operated moving patrols.

The UJA-Federation of New York helped fund the program, which was developed in partnership with the Community Security Initiative, a group that coordinates with law enforcement, tracks threats, and provides security assessments to Jewish institutions in the New York region.

The purpose of the patrols is to “detect, report, deploy and reassure,” said Richard Priem, the head of CSS.

Detecting means providing an extra layer of security by opening a wider perimeter for static guards at events. The patrols can spot approaching threats and report them to law enforcement. CSS reporting of threats has led to arrests in the past, averting potential attacks. For deployment, the patrol members can join guards who are already stationed at Jewish institutions and events if needed.

A central concern is vehicular ramming attacks, and the large SUVs can be parked in strategic locations as an obstacle.

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1815 views ] Top

1 Private security is legal but usually only operates on private property like gated communities. These are just driving around on our streets?
Patrols that go unchalleneged are what we did when we occupied Iraq. This lets the population know they were conquered and who was in charge. This has been a standard move taught since Napoleon. If our patrols did get attacked, we wiped out the attackers with maximum force and were not shy about collateral damage. If they escaped we hunted them down with Hellfire-armed Predator drones. Who doesn't remember the Obama-era videos of a missile homing in on a group of military-aged men then BOOM, body parts flying everywhere.

Posted by Cretle Fleregum5456 2026-04-05 11:41|| 2026-04-05 11:41|| Front Page Top

2 They are roaming the specific very Jewish neighbourhoods that are threatened by jihadis hired by the IRGC and Moslem colonists and others who feel permitted by the current government to attack Jews at will. Basically, they’re doing the job that the professional police decided not to do anymore because they have come to consider Jews an attractive nuisance by definition.

They aren’t going out into the rest of the city looking to cause trouble with innocent residents elsewhere.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-04-05 12:01|| 2026-04-05 12:01|| Front Page Top

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