Source: https://www.securecommunitynetwork.org/
Publisher: Secure Community Network (SCN)
Relevant To: Private-public security/intelligence-sharing infrastructure; federal facility-security grant programs (NSGP)
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: Confirmed via full-text fetch. Secure Community Network (SCN) is the official, established safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America — a legitimate protective/nonprofit entity, not an extremist or fringe group, formed in response to real antisemitic threats and attacks (site testimonials include survivors of the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the 2022 Colleyville, TX synagogue hostage incident, and the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting). SCN received SAFETY Act Designation from DHS in 2026, becoming the first faith-based organization to earn this liability-protection status. Key figures reported on the site: 5,409 incident reports monitored in 2024; 1,095 facility security assessments; $23.7 million in government security grant funding secured (via the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program, NSGP); 40,000+ community members trained; 1,364 referrals to law enforcement in 2024; SCN describes itself as “the only faith-based entity with a direct line to the FBI,” with direct testimonials from FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate and former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas describing routine two-way intelligence sharing. Relevant to BPA’s tracking of private-public security/intelligence-sharing infrastructure and federal facility-security grant programs (parallel structure to how fusion centers and RTCCs operate, though SCN is a private/nonprofit coordination layer rather than a government body) — also directly relevant context given the Flock/Dunwoody GA JCC gymnastics-room surveillance story found elsewhere in this session (ID 3604), since SCN would be a natural point of contact for JCC-related facility security concerns. Cataloged factually and neutrally; this is a legitimate protective organization, and BPA’s interest here is in the broader private-security/federal-intelligence-sharing ecosystem and grant-funding mechanisms, not in casting SCN itself as a surveillance-accountability target.