The Bureau of the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Public Security and the National Institute of Justice of the United States have an existing agreement of cooperation since 1999 which was extended in 2003 for another 5 years.

During May 2007 the biannual meetings between the two parties were held. The Israeli delegation consisted of representatives of the Ministry of Public Security, the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service. The American delegation was led by the Director of the NIJ, Mrs. Sarah Hart.
During the discussions various projects were discussed, both existing and new, particularly in the field of research and development, and technology and social sciences. Every delegation presented new ideas for future projects and methods of finance.

It was decided that future projects will focus on long distance bomb and weapon detection, suicide bombers, personnel protection, non-lethal weapons and the police and policing in an era of terrorism.

The NIJ allocated $450,000 to joint projects and prioritized the issue of personnel protection, an issue which is on the top of the American homeland security agenda.

In addition, the NIJ allocated $150,000 towards a project on the police response to terror attacks. The University of Maryland and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem are partners in the project. A bi-national symposium on the subject took place in Jerusalem focusing on the police officer and policing in the era of terrorism.