Cantor Yoel Ausch and Shira at NYPD Security Briefing

NYPD executives, clergy members, and community leaders convened at 1 Police Plaza for the annual High Holy Days briefing. Every year the department holds a meeting to discuss security measures and address community concerns as the Jewish community prepares for important religious observances throughout the city. Since its inception in the late 1970s, this longstanding tradition has fostered open lines of communication between community members and the NYPD.

Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill presided over the event and reassured those present that the NYPD is dedicated to protecting all religious communities.