Summer Camp Security - Community Security Initiative

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CSI Regional Security Directors. Please contact members of the team.

Security Grants Updates. CSI’s guidance, tutorials and videos for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) and the NY State Securing Communities against Hate Crimes grant programs.

Post-grant Assistance. Tips for once a grant is awarded for contracting and procurement.

Summer Camp Security Initiative. CSI can enhance security at summer camps to help develop Emergency Operations Plans, among other services.

CSI Trainings. CSI provides a range of training for your staff, leadership, and constituencies.

CSI Security and Emergency Resources. Download a broad range of tips and guidance.

Consultants’ Corner Archives. Review past CSI episodes to learn next steps after you receive a grant, how to ensure your security installations achieve your goals, and how to navigate the complex process.

Cybersecurity. CSI provides a cybersecurity assessment and a cybersecurity training for your organization.

For summer camp season, summer 2023 CSI has expanded and now has a full-time dedicated
security expert to help enhance security at summer camps in New York State.

Upstate Summer Camp Security Initiative Summer 2023

For summer camp season, summer 2023 CSI has expanded and now has a full-time dedicated security expert to help enhance security at summer camps in New York State, specifically north of Westchester and Rockland counties. [Camps in Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City will be covered by the existing CSI Regional Security Directors].

CSI’s Upstate Summer Camp Security Director and the Regional Security Directors will assist summer camp leaders to develop emergency operations plans, provide active threat & counselor training; serve as a liaison to local law enforcement and furnish security assessments for grants.

About Upstate Summer Camp Security Director Pat Regan

CSI’s Upstate Summer Camp Security Director, Pat Regan, is a:

30+ Year Veteran of New York State Police (NYSP)
Former Deputy Superintendent – Field Commander (Chief of Department)
FBI National Academy Graduate
Former Commander, Hudson Valley Troop F, Sullivan and Ulster Counties

Contact Pat Regan to make an appointment.

He is available to meet with camp directors to help develop emergency operations plans, provide active threat & counselor training; serve as a liaison to local law enforcement and furnish security assessments for grants.

Click here to send an e-mail to Pat Regan.

What is the Community Security Initiative (CSI)?

The greater New York City Jewish community is home to approximately 1.6 million Jews and
2,400 Jewish institutions, including synagogues, schools, camps, and other Jewish facilities. In
December 2019, UJA and JCRC-NY announced the creation of the “Community Security
Initiative (CSI)”, a comprehensive program to protect and enhance the security for the Jewish
communities and institutions of New York City, Long Island and Westchester (recently
expanded to Rockland County).

CSI’s genesis came in the wake of a rising tempo of Antisemitism in the U.S., including the
deadly attacks against the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 and in Poway in 2019, as well the
significant increase in documented attacks and threats directed at Jewish schools, synagogues, agencies and individuals during 2019. These incidents included deadly attacks in Jersey City and Monsey as well as verbal harassment, anti-Jewish/anti-Israel graffiti and hate speech.