Shomrim Archives

New York Gets New ‘Muslim Community Patrol’ with Squad Cars the Look Like Police Vehicles

February 6, 2019 NY Post 1

New York is encouraging culture-specific security groups. The Muslim group is joining the Jewish enclave’s Shomrim security force and the Brooklyn Asian Safety Patrol. The American melting pot has been scrapped.

Brooklyn: Leader of Voluntary Jewish Civil Patrol Charged with Rape of 15-Year Old Girl

May 23, 2018 NY Post 0

Brooklyn: Jacob Daskal, the highly politically connected leader of Boro Park Shomrim, a volunteer Jewish civilian patrol that adheres to Jewish law, is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl over a period of several months. [The article does not clarify if the rape was statutory or coercive.] The Shomrim has been accused of bribing police to issue gun licenses, covering up crimes of domestic violence, and violent beatings.