New: Israel’s National Violence Report

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Israel’s first “National Violence Report” will be presented at a national civil security conference taking place in Jerusalem, May 2014.

Officials at Israel’s Internal Security Ministry have completed the new National Violence Report – a comprehensive document covering violence in Israel.

This type of report has never been done before. The report will be revealed and presented at the National Civil Security Conference, taking place May 13 at Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’Umah Convention Center. New York City’s police chief is among the attendees. The full report will be presented there, but according to what’s has been revealed so far it was prepared by Internal Security Ministry personnel, based on a violence database collecting data from all Israeli government offices and law enforcement agencies.

The database includes violence data based on parameters such as geographical location, gender, ethnic groups and more. Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich will present the report, ahead of its first public appearance, in the upcoming ministerial committee hearing on combating violence.

iHLS – Israel Homeland Security

More than a thousand representatives from various government offices and law enforcement agencies will take part in the conference, in addition to experts and representatives from the academy. The conference will cover the following issues:

• The National Violence Report
• Inter-departmental joint efforts aimed at increasing civil security and reducing crime and violence
• Raising public awareness to violence and criminal activities
• Cooperation between national authorities on violence and civil security

The convention center, on the day of the conference, will host a special professional exhibition covering the following issues:

• “Parent patrol” activities
• “City Without Violence” projects
• Municipal law enforcement activities
• Safe internet surfing

There will be a focus on safe surfing for youths, including discussing the dangers of social networks, increasing awareness to online threats, bringing parents closer to issues of internet surfing and the importance of reporting online violence and abuse.