Community Security Enterprise of the

Jewish Community Federation of Richmond

In 2020, The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond partnered with Secure Community Network (SCN) to enhance our community’s safety, security, and preparedness posture. SCN, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), is the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America. Founded in 2004 under the auspices of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, SCN works on behalf of 146 federations, the 50 largest Jewish nonprofit organizations in North America, and over 300 independent communities as well as with other partners in the public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors to ensure the safety, security, and resiliency of the Jewish people.

Our Regional Security Advisor serves the Jewish community for the state of Virginia (excluding Northern Virginia and Tidewater) 

Regional Security Advisor



David Brackins joined the Secure Community Network (SCN) in 2019 as the Regional Security Advisor for the Richmond and Peninsula Jewish Communities.

Mr. Brackins has over forty years of experience including law enforcement, government, and private homeland security sectors. Mr. Brackins served honorably as a Supervisory Special Agent with the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Diplomatic Security Service for 27 years, both domestically and internationally, operating in law enforcement, protection, security management and working within US Embassies and consulates as well across the U.S. He has worked with government entities, foreign governments, foreign law enforcement and security organizations in protecting communities in over 15 different countries in Africa, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. He retired as the Deputy Director of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center as the Senior DSS representative.