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8 AUGUST 2022 | REPORTER NEWSPAPERS
BY BOB PEPALIS Sandy Springs Police Department Maj. Michael Lindstrom returned from Israel after a two-week public safety leadership training with the country’s top police executives. Lindstrom was part of a 16-member delegation including eight Georgia police chiefs and command staff and four Georgia sherSandy Springs Police Major Michael Lindstrom, third from left, attended an exchange public safety training program in Israel. (Special) iffs. “I think one of the SSPD Criminal Investigation Division used most important lescontacts gained through the GILEE prosons I learned from our time in Israel was gram to contact Israel Police to obtain more how important it was to connect with the information on a suspect who happened to community that the officers were workbe an Israeli citizen,” DeSimone said. ing in,” Lindstrom said. “Although some He said contacts like these save valuable of these areas demanded a more serious time and allow the department to operate at approach to the tasks at hand, they never the most efficient levels. wavered from their willingness to connect While in Israel, the delegates partnered with their citizens.” with the Israel Police and were shown best Sandy Springs Police Capt. Norman Vik practices and the latest technologies in popreviously attended Georgia Internationlicing and public safety. al Law Enforcement Exchange’s (GILEE) “To say that the experience was surreal 28th annual peer-to-peer executive training would be an understatement,” Lindstrom program, while Lindstrom took part in the said. “We had an opportunity to visit a na29th program. tion loaded with centuries of history all “We have been a continuous supporter while being exposed to some of the world’s of the Georgia International Law Enforcegreatest leaders in law enforcement.” ment Exchange as it provides valuable crossGILEE is a research center within Geortraining between law enforcement agencies gia State University’s Andrew Young School in the U.S. and abroad,” Sandy Springs Poof Policy Studies. It enhances public safelice Chief Ken DeSimone said. ty by nurturing partnerships within and The connections made by the SSPD across public law enforcement agencies and through the GILEE program have paid divthe private sector. idends. “In a recent homicide investigation, the reporternewspapers.com
