What exactly do you mean by "have required police protection?"

Are you saying that there have been attacks and therefore the local authorities are providing the protection, or that like most other churches...they have chosen to hire off-duty police with their own funds?

I'm just curious, as I don't recall (not saying there hasn't been, I just don't remember)...any systematic attacks on synagogues.

When I took the class years ago to become a Certified NRA Pistol Instructor two of my classmates were pastors. In talking with them, they were aware of the vulnerability of churches and their flocks during services and wanted to be prepared to face any outcome.

In the department I worked for in Virginia, police were assigned to synagogues. This was not an overtime assignment.

Let me start by saying that I think attacks or threats against ANY houses of worship...are ABOMINABLE!! :mad:

But my question to your post would be...was it just synagogues?

If so...why just them?

Particularly given that it is black churches that have suffered the most incidents/threats...over the years.

A Long History of Attacks on Black Churches - The Atlantic

Not to mention the shocking increase of threats/violence against Mosques.

Anti-Muslim Violence Is Everywhere—Except in the American Media


And of course, for those places where the local police do not provide protection and the church has to pay for it...black and Muslim churches typically are poorer and don't have the funds to do so.


Here's a balanced article on church shootings.

The truth about church shootings - CNN


I strongly encourage all to read the links before posting...as FACTS MATTER. :ho:

It was because of threats which were made.

During Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur, the holy days when Jewish attendance in places of worship are high,it is unfortunate that various threats have been made nation-wide. Congregations have asked for police protection as a result of those threats. I do not know for certain whether most Jewish places of worship pay the police department. My guess is that it is part of their operating budget.