Experts with the ADL presented a series of six briefings to law enforcement agencies across New York State on domestic extremism.

The trainings, co-sponsored by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, were held in Elmira, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and Suffolk and Rockland Counties over a four month period.

Close to 500 law enforcement officers received training during this series. Attendees represented a variety of organizations including the FBI, the New York State Police, Elmira City Police Department, Cornell University Police Department, Chemung County Probation Department, Schuyler County Sheriff's Office, Vestal Town Police Department, Cornwall Town Police Department, Dutchess County Probation Department, Elmsford Village Police Department, Haverstraw Town Police Department, Highlands Town Police Department, Oneida County Sheriff's Office, Madison County Sheriff's Office, New York State Division of Parole, Onondaga County Sheriff's Office, Utica City Police Department, Erie County Police Department, Syracuse City Police Department, Ontario County Sheriff's Department, Seneca County Probation Department, Rome City Police Department, Cortland City Police Department, East Syracuse Village Police Department, Metro NY Developmental Disabilities Service Office, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police, Middletown City Police Department, Mount Vernon City Police Department, New York City Police Department,  Warren County Sheriff's Department, New York State Department of Correction Services, Albany County Probation Department, Albany City Police Department, Rensselaer City Police Department, and the Washington County Sheriff's Department.

The ADL trainings focused on domestic terrorism, including local New York State activity and extremism, defining and identifying hate crimes, steps to investigating a hate crime, determining what evidence is needed to prove a hate crime, identifying hate crimes by bias indicators, review of relevant New York State and Federal hate crime laws, offender profiles and typologies, recruiting tactics of extremist groups, extremists' use of the Internet, Islamic extremism in the United States, and eco-terrorism.