Law Enforcement and Society and ADL Virtual Holocaust Museum Tour

ABOUT VIRTUAL LEAS

The development of the online version of Law Enforcement and Society (Virtual LEAS) began in March 2020 in response to disruption to in-person training caused by the COVID-19 public health crisis. Virtual LEAS is a 2-hour and 30-minute program delivered using video-conferencing technology and facilitated by educators from ADL and USHMM. The program consists of three parts which together incorporate much of the content of the in-person training: (1) Overview of the Holocaust, (2) Photo Analysis examining the conduct of police under the Nazis and, (3) Contemporary Discussion of the implications of the Holocaust for law enforcement today.  

The Overview of the Holocaust was written expressly for Virtual LEAS and gives participants the historical framework provided by the guided tour of the Museum’s Permanent Exhibition. The Photo Analysis closely follows the in-person model, including the use of breakout groups. The Contemporary Discussion is driven by the same sequence of questions as in the in-person program but uses photographs in PowerPoint to illustrate the discussion. Virtual LEAS was not created to replace LEAS in-person training, but it was also not created to serve as a stop-gap until law enforcement academies resumed in-person training during or after the pandemic.  

Objectives of Virtual LEAS

Chief Ramsey asked ADL and the Museum to create a training program for his recruits that would (1) strengthen officers' understanding of their role in a democracy, specifically, as guardians of the Constitution and individual rights, and (2) their relationship with the people they serve. Those objectives remain the basis for Law Enforcement and Society and for the newly created virtual training. 

Presenters:

• David Friedman, Anti-Defamation League, Vice President of Law Enforcement and Community Security

 As Vice President of Law Enforcement and Community Security, David Friedman oversees the work of the nation’s leading non-governmental partner with law enforcement and its security resources for vulnerable communities. David joined ADL in 1985 and is the recipient of ADL's highest award, the Milton A. Senn Award for Professional Excellence. He served as an ADL regional director in Washington, DC, and Cleveland, Ohio. David is responsible for creating ADL’s Advanced Training School, Extremist, and Terrorist Threats Course, a training program for senior law enforcement executives and Law Enforcement and Society, a partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum which examines the history of the Holocaust and its implications for policing today and has trained more than 140,000 law enforcement professionals. David has degrees from Brandeis University and Columbia University.

•  Russell Garnett, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Program Coordinator

Russell Garnett is a program coordinator for the Museum’s Law and Justice Initiatives, facilitating programs for local, national, and federal law enforcement agencies, both in-service and recruit. Russell is a native of Washington, DC, and first joined the Museum as a high school student in 1997 as an intern for the Bringing the Lessons Home Program and joined the museum staff to work full-time in 2002.  Previously he worked as a program coordinator for the Museum’s Youth and Community Initiatives, facilitating the Bringing the Lessons Home Program and the National Youth Leadership Seminar. From 2003 through 2016, Russell co-managed the Museum's annual training of the Permanent Exhibition for volunteers, interns, and staff.

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