Israeli-Modeled Police Training Program Exposed Through Public Records

Investigative documents reveal that the Advanced Security Training Institute has presented Israeli law-enforcement tactics as a template for U.S. police and emergency personnel.

Records obtained by Prism demonstrate that the Brooklyn-based nonprofit Advanced Security Training Institute (ASTI) has marketed Israeli policing and intelligence techniques to U.S. law-enforcement agencies as a best-practice model. In June 2018, former U.S. citizen Michael Oren, then a Knesset member, addressed American police, firefighters and emergency managers in Jerusalem, emphasizing shared civilizational values.

ASTI’s founder, Yisroel Stefansky, once proposed a Washington-state program to teach local police how to operate informant networks using "proven Israeli intelligence doctrine," a plan that was not implemented. Training sessions covered topics such as the "Muslim mindset," social-media surveillance, crowd-behavior analysis and weapons drills, some conducted at the Caliber 3 camp in the occupied West Bank. Documents trace ASTI and its affiliate Proactive Global Security back to 2005, linking them to at least 65 agencies—including the FBI, Secret Service, DHS, and numerous state and city police forces.

Former FBI agent Terry Albury warned that the outreach targets major cities with progressive populations, suggesting a strategic effort to shape U.S. policing narratives. While some participants questioned the relevance of the material to U.S. constitutional constraints, the program’s connections to former Israeli intelligence officials raise counter-intelligence concerns.