History
Shomrim was first established in the Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boro Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Williamsburg in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Similar patrols were later established in Hasidic and Haredi neighborhoods in Monsey, New York, Baltimore, Miami, Waterbury, Connecticut, and London, England.
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