About RIHSC
RIHSC has assembled a consortium of internationally acclaimed members representing senior police executives, community relations professionals, gang and human trafficking experts, hate crime educators and NGO thought leaders; all of whom have performed in such senior roles as command of police and intelligence units, development of internationally recognized hate crime response and investigation programs; design of anti-violence and human rights initiatives; capacity building and partnership development at the state, community and organizational levels.
Our fellows have demonstrated a commitment and achieved success in addressing international conflict through research, education, mediation, awareness, and rapid deployment measures to respond to areas and events of conflict wherever warranted. Our fellows also specialize in employing creative methodologies and approaches to understanding complex economic, political, regional, and homeland security trends and issues that impact upon the human dimension.
Our team accomplishments include co-authorship of the United States Government’s Bias Crime Training Curriculum, which has become the adopted model for all federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout North America.
In 2007, our international police consortium created model hate crime and anti violence legislation and engineered Europe’s first definitions for hate-motivated violence and extremism adopted as the model by the European governing body representing 56 nations. Our work is widely considered to be the benchmark of success in this field, heralded as one of the most productive programs of its kind.
The RIHSC Mission
The Research Institute for Human Security and Cooperation (RIHSC) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan international organization uniquely qualified to provide research, thought leadership and training that will positively impact upon the human dimension of global security. RIHSC is a comprehensive, academic, and practitioner-based consortium without equal.
Hate crimes and violent attacks targeting communities, private sector, and faith-based institutions are events that can create tension where none had existed, breed dissent where once there was harmony, incite distrust where once there was collaboration, and propagate fear where once there was trust. In short, these are the crimes that threaten democracy and democratic institutions.
International Hate Crime Information Sharing Network
Through the portal of CyberCop, the world leader in bridging global law enforcement communities via an ultra secure network, the International Hate Crime Information Sharing Network will provide a fully secure forum for law enforcement agencies to share information and intelligence on hate crime, extremism, human trafficking, violent acts and domestic terrorism cases.
In addition, users will have the opportunity to discuss and develop cross-border responses and strategies to strengthen the prevention and investigation of hate crimes and extremism. Members of this unique network will have access to tools, resources, signs and symbols database, as well as training materials developed for both onsite and web-based delivery.
To apply for access to CyberCop, please click the image below to start the process.
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Committed to building far-reaching relationships between law enforcement and the communities they are sworn to protect. RIHSC provides a catalyst for cross-border collaboration among governments, police services, faith-based and non-governmental organizations to stem the tide of violence, extremism, hate crimes and domestic terrorism.
Senior Leadership
Brian Levin, Esquire
Director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University
- Served as Associate Director-Legal Affairs of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Klanwatch/Militia Task Force in Montgomery, Alabama; Legal Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnic and Racial Violence in Newport Beach, California
- Author of influential Supreme Court briefs in the Supreme Court case of Wisconsin v. Mitchell in 1992-3; Authored, Limits of Dissent, a publication about the Constitution and domestic terrorism
- Court certified expert on extremism in the United States and England
- Executive Director of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives
- Former Deputy Commissioner of Training for the New York City Police Department
- Former Executive Director of the District of Columbia Police Training Standards Board
- Former Chief of FBI Unit providing management oversight for the national Hate Crime Data Collection Program
- Developed national hate crime initiatives for the United States Senate
- Co-authored hate crime legislation in the United States and abroad
Tim Parsons
Chief Inspector for the City of London Police and head of the Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights section
- Completing his doctoral thesis from the University of London in the practice of policy/community relations
- Has lectured on race and diversity issues in numerous countries across Europe and Asia with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR); the human rights branch of the Organization for Human Security and Cooperation (OSCE)
- Recently completed a field mission to Romania to assess the relationship between the local police service and the Roma communities in Transylvania and Moldavia
Paul G. Goldenberg
Former Chief, Bias Crime and Community Relations for the NJ Office of the Attorney General
- Special advisor to U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Faith Based initiatives
- Co-authored the Department of Justice and Department of Treasury Hate Crimes Training Program, which was adopted as the national model for US and Canadian law enforcement agencies
- Co-authored Europe’s first official model hate crime definition adopted by 51 nations
- Led international law enforcement cadre responsible for training thousands of officers throughout North America and Europe