Community Security Service

[1][2][3][4] As of December 2022, CSS fields over 2,000 active volunteers in more than 150 synagogues across the U.S.[5] In 2021, CSS helped the NYPD identify the suspect responsible for a series of vandalism incidents targeting synagogues in the Bronx.

[7] In September 2020, CSS and the Community Security Initiative (CSI) announced an "operational partnership" to "synchronize field operations, coordinate deployments of volunteers, share intelligence, and conduct both joint training and joint tabletop exercises."

[8] In April 2021, CSS co-founded the Interfaith Security Council, a coalition of New York City faith-based organizations that promotes communal security and combats violent extremism.

[9] In September 2021, the Anti-Defamation League and CSS announced a partnership to improve the safety of the American Jewish community.

[10][11] In March 2022, CSS announced it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Secure Community Network (SCN), which "recognizes CSS as the volunteer security partner of SCN and calls on both organizations to promote each other’s efforts.