The Israel Police (Hebrew: משטרת ישראל, Mishteret Yisrael) is a civilian force in the State of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control and maintaining public safety. It is under the jurisdiction of the Internal Security ministry.
The current police commissioner is Rav-Nitzav Dudi Cohen, who succeeded Rav-Nitzav Moshe Karadi.
The headquarters of the Israel Police are located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. [1]
In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 100 from any telephone.
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The Israel police 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.
The Israel Police are a professional force, with some 30,000 officers on the payroll. There are also 70,000 Civil Guard volunteers who contribute time to assist officers in their own communities.
The police are divided into the following main divisional groups:
Israeli police officers are obliged to carry personal firearms while on duty. This is because the Israel Police duties include also counter terror and each police officer must be able to supply an emergency reaction in case of terrorist attack. Another reason is that there are threats of kidnapping officers by Palestinian terrorist groups such as Hamas or Fatah's Tanzim.
Each policeman is armed with a pistol (handgun) which he or she usually also carries at 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 police's 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 defence weapon for their police 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.
Heavy armaments such as assault rifles, sniper rifles and non-lethal weapons are assigned according to activity and not on personal basis.
Border policemen, however, carry an M16 assault rifle as a standard personal weapon and can carry it home while off-duty (like regular infantry in the Israel Defense Forces).
| English equivalent | (Hebrew) | Rank |
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| Enlisted | ||
| Constable | שוטר | Shoter |
| Lance Corporal | רב שוטר | Rav Shoter |
| Corporal | סמל שני | Samal Sheni |
| Sergeant | סמל ראשון | Samal Rishon |
| Sergeant Major | רב סמל | Rav Samal |
| Staff Sergeant Major | רב סמל ראשון | Rav Samal Rishon |
| Advanced Staff Sergeant Major | רב סמל מתקדם | Rav Samal Mitkadem |
| Senior Staff Sergeant Major | רב סמל בכיר | Rav Samal Bakhir |
| Senior NCO | רב נגד | Rav Nagad |
| Officer | ||
| Sub-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 |
| Brigadier General | תת ניצב | Tat Nitzav |
| Major General | ניצב | Nitzav |
| Commissioner | רב ניצב | Rav Nitzav |
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