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Israeli police

Israel Police
משטרת ישראל
شرطة إسرائيل
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Israel Police logo
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Israel Police flag
Agency overview
Employees 35,000
Volunteers 70,000
Annual budget 8.383 billion NIS (2010)
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency Israel
Governing body Israeli Ministry of Public Security
General nature
Operational structure
Overviewed by Police Internal Investigations Department
Headquarters National Headquarters of the Israel PoliceKiryat HaMemshala (East Jerusalem)
Agency executive Roni Alsheikh, Police Commissioner
Website
http://www.police.gov.il/

The Israel Police (Hebrew: משטרת ישראל‎, translit. Mišteret Yisra'el‎; Arabic: شرطة إسرائيل‎, translit. Shurtat Isrāʼīl‎) 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.

The Israel Police operates throughout Israel, and the Area C of the West Bank, in all places in which Israel has civilian control. There are no local or "municipal" police departments in Israel.

The National Headquarters of the Israel Police are located at the Government offices named after Begin in Jerusalem.

In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 100 from any telephone in Israel.

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.


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