The Israel Police operates throughout Israel, the Area C of the West Bank and the Golan Heights,[7] in all places in which Israel has civilian control.[8][9] It is the sole civilian law enforcement agency in Israel: there are no municipal or regional police forces, though some municipalities operate municipal enforcement units that deal with low-level offenses and provide additional security and as such have the power to issue fines, but do not have police authority.[10]
In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 100 from any telephone in Israel.[11]
Honor guard of the Israeli Police and Border Guard for Israel's Memorial Day
The Israel Police was established in 1948.[12] It is responsible for public security, maintaining public order, securing public events and rallies, dismantling suspicious objects and explosives (EOD), riot and crowd control, law enforcement, crime fighting, detective work, covert operations against drug networks, investigating suspects, road traffic control, operating the Civil Guard, handling civilian complaints, handling youth violence, educational campaigns.[13]
The Israel Police is a professional force, with some 35,000 persons on the payroll. There are also 70,000 Civil Guard volunteers who carry out part-time work in helping to police their own communities.[14]
The police are divided into the following main divisional groups:[15]
The Security and Community Policing Branch is responsible for ordinary law enforcement tasks such as conducting patrols in public and responding to emergency calls.
The Israel Border Police ("MAGAV") is the combat arm of the police and mainly serves in specific areas – the borders, Jerusalem, and the West Bank. It is responsible for law enforcement in the rural countryside and for putting down civil unrest, particularly rioting. It participates in counter-terrorism operations. The Border Police has both professional officers on payroll and conscripts who serve in the Border Police as their mandatory three-year national service.[16] It also has volunteer personnel.
The Yamam (acronym for Special Police Unit) is the police's counter-terrorism and hostage rescue unit. It is known as one of the most experienced and specialized units of its kind in the world. The unit has taken part in hundreds of operations in and outside the borders of Israel.[17]
The Yasam is a riot police and crowd control unit, and also participates in counter-terror operations. The unit, originally started as Riot Police, was called upon to assist with counter-terror operations, as well as dismantling settlements in accordance with the Israeli court decisions.[18] The Yasam has sub-units of Rapid Response Motorcycle Units.[19]
The Yamas is a counter-terrorist commando unit. It's operators are trained in conducting operations undercover, disguised as civilians. Although officially part of the Border Police, it is directly subordinate to Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security service.
The National Traffic Police is the police's traffic enforcement arm. It is divided into five regional districts and a national patrol unit.
The Civil Guard is the police's force of part-time volunteer officers, who comprise the majority of Israeli police officers. It is officially a division of the Security and Community Policing Branch. Civil Guard volunteers have limited police powers. They carry out patrols in public, are trained to provide the initial response to any security situation they encounter until regular police forces arrive, and partake in traffic control. The Civil Guard also has search and rescue teams.
Lahav 433 is the police's unit for investigations of serious crimes and corruption.
The Police SIGINT Unit is responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) activities.
The Dog Handling Unit is responsible for operating police dogs.
The Police Aerial Unit operates police helicopters.
The Police Marine Unit is responsible for operating boats and has police divers.
The Israel Police Bomb Disposal Unit is the bomb squad of the police. It deals with operations and investigations which involve suspicious objects, explosive devices or military ordnance.
The Seif Unit is responsible for tackling crime in the Israeli-Arab population.[20]
The Division of Identification and Forensic Science is responsible for forensic science in investigations. It has laboratories dealing with latent fingerprint analysis, arson investigation, mass spectrometry and explosive analysis, digital evidence, DNA and other areas of biology, firearms, and questioned document examination.[21]
The Internal Investigations Department is responsible for investigating wrongdoing by police personnel. It is officially independent from the police and under the jurisdiction of the Justice Ministry.[22]
Each patrol officer is armed with a pistol (handgun) which he or she usually also carries while off duty. Also, each patrol car must have at least one long-arm (i.e. rifle). Police volunteers are usually armed with an M1 Carbine, which they return to the armory after they finish their duty (they do not take the rifle home, but may sign one out for escorting field trips, etc.). Volunteers who have a gun license may use their own personal handgun as personal defense weapon while on duty, under the condition that the gun and ammunition type is authorized by the police (9 mm). Common pistols owned and carried by volunteers include Glock and CZ-75 designs.[23]
Specialized armaments such as automatic rifles, bolt-action rifles and non-lethal weapons are assigned according to activity and not on personal basis. Border Guard personnel, however, carry an M16 or M4 rifle as a standard personal weapon and can carry it home while off duty (like regular infantry in the Israel Defense Forces).[24]
July 6, 2004: Received an award from the Anti-Defamation League for its counter terror efforts and for passing seminars of counter-terror measures to FBI and local USA police.,[26][27]
In October 2010 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the "Urban Shield" SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office setting a new record in the competition.[28]
In October 2011 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the "Urban Shield" SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office again.[29]
In 2015, the editorial of Haaretz claimed "Women constitute at least 30 percent of the police force" and criticized there were no women who have reached the rank of major general.[30]
Controversies
A 2014 analysis by Yesh Din questioned the professionalism of the police force of the Judea & Samaria District (also known as the West Bank) as only 7.4% of reported attacks by Israeli citizens on Palestinian persons and property had led to indictments.[31] In 2015, several senior officers resigned due to criminal investigations or accusations of sexual harassment of employees. Five police at the rank of major general resigned in the preceding 18 months amid scandal.[32] The February 2015 announcement that another senior Israel Police officer was under investigation for sexual harassment was criticized by women's and rape victim advocacy groups, who held protests at police headquarters in a number of cities.[33]
An ongoing Israeli programme of inviting U.S. police groups to study Israeli policework in sponsored visits has been the object of controversy for several years.[34]
^Andrade, John (January 9, 2016). World Police & Paramilitary Forces. Springer. ISBN9781349077823. from the original on May 11, 2018 – via Google Books.
^Official definition of Mission and Functions June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at the official Israeli police website
^"The Israeli Civil Guard volunteer police force". police.gov.il. from the original on June 16, 2011.
^all following information according to the official Israel police website cited above
^"Mishmar Hagvul" (Hebrew) August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Israel Police website
^. www.jpost.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2010.
^Alon, Gideon (March 1, 2006). "Preventative Medicine". Haaretz. from the original on November 4, 2012.
^Kosharek, Noah (December 24, 2009). "Inspectors, Police, Civilians All Chase 'Jewish Pony' in Holon". Haaretz. from the original on December 2, 2010.
^Boxerman, Aaron. "With new policing division, Bennett unveils plan to tackle crime among Arabs". www.timesofisrael.com.
^Cohen, Gilad; Tzimuki, Tova (August 18, 2020). "Justice minister: Israel Police will no longer investigate itself". Ynetnews – via www.ynetnews.com.
^Weapons and equipment at official Israel police website. All following lists of weaponry are from this source as well.
^According to Hebrew Wikipedia entries on M16 and the Galil rifles, which preceded the M16 and was used for 20 years as the main task gun.
^"מסלולי קידום במשטרת ישראל" [Israel Police Promotion Routes]. gov.il (in Hebrew). Government of Israel. June 12, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
^. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved July 6, 2004.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^"Satellite News and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post". fr.jpost.com.
^"Everyone wins at Urban Shield 2010". policeone.com. from the original on November 3, 2011.
^Israeli Police press release April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 2.11.2011 (Hebrew)
^On gender equality, Israel police get criminally low marks February 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 6 Feb 2015
^. Yesh Din. September 12, 2006. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^Police in crisis as sixth top cop quits in disgrace January 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 27 Jan 2015
^‘Latest police sexual assault scandal just tip of the iceberg’ February 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine The Jerusalem Post, 6 Feb 2015
^Alex Kane and Sam Levin, 'SCOOP: Internal ADL Memo Recommended Ending Police Delegations to Israel Amid Backlash,' Jewish Currents 17 March 2022
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The Israel Police Hebrew משטרת ישראל romanized Misteret Yisra el Arabic شرطة إسرائيل romanized Shurtat Israʼil is the civilian police force of Israel As with most other police forces in the world its duties include crime fighting traffic control maintaining public safety and counter terrorism It is under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Public Security 5 The National Headquarters of the Israel Police is located at Kiryat HaMemshala in Jerusalem 6 Israel Policeמשטרת ישראלشرطة إسرائيلIsrael Police logoIsrael Police flagAgency overviewEmployees35 000 1 Volunteers70 000 2 Annual budget8 383 billion NIS 2010 3 Jurisdictional structureNational agencyIsraelOperations jurisdictionIsraelGoverning bodyIsraeli Ministry of Public SecurityGeneral natureCivilian policeOperational structureOverviewed byPolice Internal Investigations Department 4 HeadquartersNational Headquarters of the Israel Police Kiryat HaMemshala East Jerusalem Agency executiveKobi Shabtai Police CommissionerWebsitehttp www police gov il National Police Headquarters Jerusalem The Israel Police operates throughout Israel the Area C of the West Bank and the Golan Heights 7 in all places in which Israel has civilian control 8 9 It is the sole civilian law enforcement agency in Israel there are no municipal or regional police forces though some municipalities operate municipal enforcement units that deal with low level offenses and provide additional security and as such have the power to issue fines but do not have police authority 10 In an emergency the police can be reached by dialing 100 from any telephone in Israel 11 Contents 1 History 2 Regional districts 3 Operational units 4 Weapons and equipment 5 Ranks 6 Awards and recognition 7 General Commissioners 8 Women police 9 Controversies 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksHistory Honor guard of the Israeli Police and Border Guard for Israel s Memorial Day The Israel Police was established in 1948 12 It is responsible for public security maintaining public order securing public events and rallies dismantling suspicious objects and explosives EOD riot and crowd control law enforcement crime fighting detective work covert operations against drug networks investigating suspects road traffic control operating the Civil Guard handling civilian complaints handling youth violence educational campaigns 13 The Israel Police is a professional force with some 35 000 persons on the payroll There are also 70 000 Civil Guard volunteers who carry out part time work in helping to police their own communities 14 The police are divided into the following main divisional groups 15 Israeli riot police Yasam Kia Sorento patrol car Toyota Hilux police vehicle National Traffic Police patrol car Israel Police patrol cars Israel Police bomb disposal operatorsRegional districtsThe Israel Police is divided into six regional district commands Central District Southern District Northern District Judea amp Samaria District Tel Aviv District Jerusalem District Coastal District PoliceOperational unitsThe Security and Community Policing Branch is responsible for ordinary law enforcement tasks such as conducting patrols in public and responding to emergency calls The Israel Border Police MAGAV is the combat arm of the police and mainly serves in specific areas the borders Jerusalem and the West Bank It is responsible for law enforcement in the rural countryside and for putting down civil unrest particularly rioting It participates in counter terrorism operations The Border Police has both professional officers on payroll and conscripts who serve in the Border Police as their mandatory three year national service 16 It also has volunteer personnel The Yamam acronym for Special Police Unit is the police s counter terrorism and hostage rescue unit It is known as one of the most experienced and specialized units of its kind in the world The unit has taken part in hundreds of operations in and outside the borders of Israel 17 The Yasam is a riot police and crowd control unit and also participates in counter terror operations The unit originally started as Riot Police was called upon to assist with counter terror operations as well as dismantling settlements in accordance with the Israeli court decisions 18 The Yasam has sub units of Rapid Response Motorcycle Units 19 The Yamas is a counter terrorist commando unit It s operators are trained in conducting operations undercover disguised as civilians Although officially part of the Border Police it is directly subordinate to Shin Bet the Israeli internal security service The National Traffic Police is the police s traffic enforcement arm It is divided into five regional districts and a national patrol unit The Civil Guard is the police s force of part time volunteer officers who comprise the majority of Israeli police officers It is officially a division of the Security and Community Policing Branch Civil Guard volunteers have limited police powers They carry out patrols in public are trained to provide the initial response to any security situation they encounter until regular police forces arrive and partake in traffic control The Civil Guard also has search and rescue teams Lahav 433 is the police s unit for investigations of serious crimes and corruption The Police SIGINT Unit is responsible for signals intelligence SIGINT activities The Dog Handling Unit is responsible for operating police dogs The Police Aerial Unit operates police helicopters The Police Marine Unit is responsible for operating boats and has police divers The Israel Police Bomb Disposal Unit is the bomb squad of the police It deals with operations and investigations which involve suspicious objects explosive devices or military ordnance The Seif Unit is responsible for tackling crime in the Israeli Arab population 20 The Division of Identification and Forensic Science is responsible for forensic science in investigations It has laboratories dealing with latent fingerprint analysis arson investigation mass spectrometry and explosive analysis digital evidence DNA and other areas of biology firearms and questioned document examination 21 The Internal Investigations Department is responsible for investigating wrongdoing by police personnel It is officially independent from the police and under the jurisdiction of the Justice Ministry 22 Weapons and equipment Israeli police boat on the Sea of Galilee An Israeli Police Bell 206 helicopter Israel Border Police vehicle Each patrol officer is armed with a pistol handgun which he or she usually also carries while off duty Also each patrol car must have at least one long arm i e rifle Police volunteers are usually armed with an M1 Carbine which they return to the armory after they finish their duty they do not take the rifle home but may sign one out for escorting field trips etc Volunteers who have a gun license may use their own personal handgun as personal defense weapon while on duty under the condition that the gun and ammunition type is authorized by the police 9 mm Common pistols owned and carried by volunteers include Glock and CZ 75 designs 23 Specialized armaments such as automatic rifles bolt action rifles and non lethal weapons are assigned according to activity and not on personal basis Border Guard personnel however carry an M16 or M4 rifle as a standard personal weapon and can carry it home while off duty like regular infantry in the Israel Defense Forces 24 RanksEnglish language equivalent Hebrew Rank Insignia 25 EnlistedConstable שוטר Shoter Corporal רב שוטר Rav Shoter Sergeant סמל שני Samal Sheni Staff Sergeant סמל ראשון Samal Rishon Sergeant First Class רב סמל Rav Samal Master Sergeant רב סמל ראשון Rav Samal Rishon First Sergeant רב סמל מתקדם Rav Samal Mitkadem Sergeant Major רב סמל בכיר Rav Samal Bakhir Command Sergeant Major רב נגד Rav Nagad OfficerSub Inspector מפקח משנה Mefake ah Mishneh Inspector מפקח Mefake ah Chief Inspector פקד Pakad Superintendent רב פקד Rav Pakad Chief Superintendent סגן ניצב Sgan Nitzav Commander ניצב משנה Nitzav Mishneh Assistant Commissioner תת ניצב Tat Nitzav Deputy Commissioner ניצב Nitzav Commissioner רב ניצב Rav Nitzav Awards and recognitionJuly 6 2004 Received an award from the Anti Defamation League for its counter terror efforts and for passing seminars of counter terror measures to FBI and local USA police 26 27 In October 2010 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the Urban Shield SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff s Office setting a new record in the competition 28 In October 2011 the elite unit YAMAM of the Israeli Police won the Urban Shield SWAT competition held by the Alameda County Sheriff s Office again 29 General Commissioners Flag of Chief of Israel Police Police Commissioners General Commissioner Start year End yearYehezkel Sahar 1948 1958Yosef Nachmias 1958 1964Pinhas Kopel 1964 1972Aaron Sela 1972Shaul Rosolio 1972 1976Haim Tavori 1976 1979Herzl Shapir 1980Arieh Ivtsan 1981 1985David Kraus 1985 1990Yaakov Turner 1990 1993Rafi Peled 1993 1994Asaf Hefetz 1994 1997Yehuda Vilk 1998 2000Shlomo Aharonishki 2001 2004Moshe Karadi 2004 2007Dudi Cohen 2007 2011Yohanan Danino 2011 2015Bentsi Sao interim 2015 2015Roni Alsheikh 2015 2018Motti Cohen 2018 2020Kobi Shabtai 2020Women policeIn 2015 the editorial of Haaretz claimed Women constitute at least 30 percent of the police force and criticized there were no women who have reached the rank of major general 30 ControversiesA 2014 analysis by Yesh Din questioned the professionalism of the police force of the Judea amp Samaria District also known as the West Bank as only 7 4 of reported attacks by Israeli citizens on Palestinian persons and property had led to indictments 31 In 2015 several senior officers resigned due to criminal investigations or accusations of sexual harassment of employees Five police at the rank of major general resigned in the preceding 18 months amid scandal 32 The February 2015 announcement that another senior Israel Police officer was under investigation for sexual harassment was criticized by women s and rape victim advocacy groups who held protests at police headquarters in a number of cities 33 An ongoing Israeli programme of inviting U S police groups to study Israeli policework in sponsored visits has been the object of controversy for several years 34 See also Israel portalLahav 433 Palestinian Civil Police Force Administration of Border Crossings Population and Immigration Law enforcement by countryReferences Israel Police Israel Police Archived from the original on June 16 2011 Retrieved May 11 2011 The Israel Police and the Community Israel Police Archived from the original on July 25 2011 Retrieved May 11 2011 Police Budget in Hebrew Israel Police Archived from the original on March 6 2011 Retrieved May 11 2011 המחלקה לחקירות שוטרים מח ש Police Investigations Department in Hebrew Ministry of Justice Israel Archived from the original on June 28 2011 Retrieved May 11 2011 Ministry of Public Security mops gov il Archived from the original on May 24 2012 Jerusalem Issue Briefs Archived from the original on June 9 2010 Retrieved September 4 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Jack Khoury July 11 2010 Druze protesters clash with police searching restaurant in Golan village Haaretz Archived from the original on July 14 2010 Israeli Palestinian Interim Agreement mfa gov il Archived from the original on May 10 2010 Suspicious Arguments Against saying Hallel on Yom Ha atzmaut Bloging Ha Gufa Kashya Archived from the original on March 26 2012 Retrieved November 29 2018 Municipal Policing Emergency telephone number Emergency numbers See Israel in the list Andrade John January 9 2016 World Police amp Paramilitary Forces Springer ISBN 9781349077823 Archived from the original on May 11 2018 via Google Books Official definition of Mission and Functions Archived June 13 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the official Israeli police website The Israeli Civil Guard volunteer police force police gov il Archived from the original on June 16 2011 all following information according to the official Israel police website cited above Mishmar Hagvul Hebrew Archived August 12 2011 at the Wayback Machine at Israel Police website Israel News All Breaking News The Jerusalem Post www jpost com Archived from the original on September 2 2010 Alon Gideon March 1 2006 Preventative Medicine Haaretz Archived from the original on November 4 2012 Kosharek Noah December 24 2009 Inspectors Police Civilians All Chase Jewish Pony in Holon Haaretz Archived from the original on December 2 2010 Boxerman Aaron With new policing division Bennett unveils plan to tackle crime among Arabs www timesofisrael com Department Testing Laboratory ISO IEC 17025 Accreditation No 087 Cohen Gilad Tzimuki Tova August 18 2020 Justice minister Israel Police will no longer investigate itself Ynetnews via www ynetnews com Weapons and equipment at official Israel police website All following lists of weaponry are from this source as well According to Hebrew Wikipedia entries on M16 and the Galil rifles which preceded the M16 and was used for 20 years as the main task gun מסלולי קידום במשטרת ישראל Israel Police Promotion Routes gov il in Hebrew Government of Israel June 12 2018 Retrieved May 12 2021 Archived copy Archived from the original on June 6 2004 Retrieved July 6 2004 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Satellite News and latest stories The Jerusalem Post fr jpost com Everyone wins at Urban Shield 2010 policeone com Archived from the original on November 3 2011 Israeli Police press release Archived April 25 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2 11 2011 Hebrew On gender equality Israel police get criminally low marks Archived February 6 2015 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz 6 Feb 2015 Semblance of Law Yesh Din September 12 2006 Archived from the original on November 29 2014 Retrieved November 14 2014 Police in crisis as sixth top cop quits in disgrace Archived January 27 2015 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz 27 Jan 2015 Latest police sexual assault scandal just tip of the iceberg Archived February 6 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Jerusalem Post 6 Feb 2015 Alex Kane and Sam Levin SCOOP Internal ADL Memo Recommended Ending Police Delegations to Israel Amid Backlash Jewish Currents 17 March 2022External linksEnglish website Diagram organizational structure Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Israel Police amp oldid 1102147908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
