芝加哥郊区Naperville加强礼拜场所安保：Aurora印度庙袭击图谋被挫败后警方提供免费安保评估
伊利诺伊州杜佩奇县 Naperville 市消息：芝加哥郊区 Naperville 警方已加强宗教场所巡逻，并为礼拜场所提供免费安保评估。此举发生在邻近 Aurora 市一座印度教寺庙的袭击图谋被挫败两周多之后。
警察局长 Jason Arres 在 Wesley United Methodist Church 举行的跨信仰“仇恨犯罪对话”会上说明上述措施，50 多人、至少七个信仰社区的代表与会。他表示：“我们有一个小组可以上门为你们的礼拜场所做评估——从摄像头装在哪里、是否需要装，到哪里该修剪灌木或增加照明以保安全，各种免费服务我们都会做，来帮助我们社区的安全。”他还鼓励信仰领袖参加警方免费的“平民应对活跃枪手事件”课程，并表示看到可疑情况时拨打 911 不是打扰警方。
这场对话由 United for Peace 与 Naperville Interfaith Leaders Association 组织。此前被指图谋袭击的是 Aurora 的 Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple，日期为10月11日、即 Navaratri 首日。United for Peace 董事会成员 Shalini Gupta 说，涉案者的宣言对犹太社区、非裔、印度裔等多个群体表达了仇恨。市长 Scott Wehrli 表示，有人对在 Aurora 印度庙礼拜的本社区居民图谋袭击，其充满仇恨的想法为本社区所不容。
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Naperville Steps Up Worship-Site Security After Foiled Aurora Hindu Temple Plot: Police Offer Free Security Assessments
NAPERVILLE, DuPage County, Illinois — Police in Naperville, a Chicago suburb with a large Indian American population, have added patrols at religious sites and are offering free security assessments to places of worship, more than two weeks after an alleged plot to attack a Hindu temple in neighbouring Aurora was foiled.
Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres outlined the measures at an interfaith 'Dialogue on Hate Crimes' held at Wesley United Methodist Church, attended by more than 50 people from at least seven faith communities. 'We have a group that will come in and does assessments of your places of worship,' Arres said. 'Everything from where you have cameras, if you need them, where you may even trim bushes or add lighting to keep [your facility] safe, all kinds of free things that we'll do to help the security of our community.' He also encouraged faith leaders to take part in the department's free Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events course, and said that if residents see something suspicious they are not bothering the department and it is okay to call 911.
The gathering was organised by United for Peace and the Naperville Interfaith Leaders Association after the alleged plot targeting the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora on October 11, the first day of Navaratri. 'The manifesto the shooter had expressed hate towards many communities and the Jewish community, African Americans, Indians, and others,' said Shalini Gupta, a board member of United for Peace. Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli said: 'There was an attempted attack on our residents, members of our community, who were at a Hindu temple in Aurora, by somebody who was full of hate and all sorts of ideas that our community just does not tolerate.'
In the United States, freedom of speech and freedom of religion are both protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Every citizen, of every faith background and every political view, is protected under the same legal framework. This report presents the facts and the positions of each side; GSM takes no position of its own.
Source: GSM News
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