Israeli Police

The Israeli Police is part of the Israeli security system, responsible for law enforcement, maintaining public order and the internal security of the UISR. The Israeli Police has replaced the Mandatory Police, which dates back to the British Mandate. The Israeli Police is headed by the Police Commissioner (Mafkal), Who follows orders of the Internal Security Minister. Dialing 100 from any telephone in Israel will direct the call to the Israeli Police's emergency call center for the purpose of receiving an emergency call. The Israeli Police Headquarters is located in the Police HQ in Tel-Aviv, near Savidor Central Tel-Aviv Train Station.

In accordance with the requirements of the law, the Israeli Police also manages and maintains a sheet of previous felony convictions of Israeli citizens.

## **Units**

### Human Resources Division

The Human Resources Division of the Israeli Police works to strengthen the human resourcefulness - its quality, professionalism and well-being while adapting it to the goals and needs of the Israeli Police.

#### Sub-Units

* Recruitment Department
* Department of Behaviorial Science
* Discipline Department
* Human Resource Development and Planning Department
* Individuals Department
* Personnel Department
* Chief Medical Officer Unit
* Police Rabbinate
* Wage Planning Unit

### Traffic Division

The Traffic Division is a division of the Israeli Police which is responsible for determining the policy for operating the traffic system in the Israeli Police, directing it and supervising it. The goals of the division are to reduce road accidents in general and fatal and serious accidents in particular and to improve the quality of life of road users by directing and flowing traffic. The division was established in October 1997.

#### Sub-Units

* Planning and Development Department
* Traffic Department
* National Traffic Police
* National Patrol Unit
* Central Unit
* Urban Traffic Department

### Investigations & Intelligence Division

The Investigations and Intelligence Division of the Israeli Police is the unit responsible for detecting, deciphering and thwarting criminal cases in Israel.

In the late 1950s it was decided to establish a forensic laboratory in the wing. For this purpose, Meir Kaplan was recruited, who established the unit and managed it for many years. To this day the laboratory is considered one of the best in the world.

An organizational decision by police chiefs in 1998 led to the establishment of the Intelligence Division, separate from the Investigations Division. On May 1, 2005, the Minister of Internal Security in cooperation with the Commissioner of Police decided to reunite the Investigations and Intelligence Division.

#### Sub-Units

* Lahav 433
	+ National Fraud Investigation Unit
	+ National Unit for International Investigations
	+ National Unit for Economic Investigations
	+ The National Vehicle Theft Investigations Unit
	+ 33rd "Gideonim" Unit
* Intelligence Division
* Investigations Division
* Order and Security Section
* Forensic Laboratory Section

### Operations Division

The Operations Division is a division of the Israeli Police.

The division's responsibilities include building up forces in the area of ​​internal security and public order, preparing the police to deal with scenarios in the routine and emergency operational area, guiding field units in the field of security, quality of life and service. In 2011, a community wing and the civil guard were merged into it.

#### Sub-Units

* Operations Department
* Emergency Department
* Security Section
* Patrol Department
* Sabotage & Bomb Disposal Array
* Director of Coordination of Real Estate Law Enforcement Operations
* Negotiations Unit
* Israeli Police's Aerial Unit
* Community Police
* Civil Guard
* Resuce Unit

### Logistical Support Division

The Logistical Support Division is a division of the Israeli Police that is responsible for providing logistics services to the police units and the Border Police.

The division was formed from an association of departments that at the time of the establishment of the Israeli Police were under the responsibility of the Deputy Commissioner and was formerly called the Warehousing Division, the Administration Division, and the Planning and Logistics Division.

### Training Division

The Training Division is a division of the Israeli Police that is responsible for the theoretical and practical training of all police officers, Border Police fighters and commanders, along the route of their service with the police.

The Training Division includes the National Police College and the Training Section. The division is professionally responsible on the basis of the Border Police training and the vocational schools in the police.

## **Police's Districts**

### **Northern District**

#### Valleys Section

Be'it-Shean, Nazereth, Afula, Migdal ha-Emek, Kfar Caneh & Nof ha-Galil

#### Kinneret Section

Kiryat Shmona, Katzrin, Rosh Pina, Tzfat, Tveria & Ma'alot

### **Coastal District**

#### Esher Section

Nahariyya, Akko, Tzvulun [Kiryat Ha'im], Haifa & Tirat Karmel

#### Menashe Section

Iron, Zikhron Ya'akov, Umm al-Fahm, Hadera, Jasr a-Zakra

### **Central District**

#### Sharon Section

Netanya, Taibe, Kfar Saba, Sadot [Kadima-Tzoran), Petah Tikva, Rosh ha-Ah'in, Kfar Kasem & Tira

#### Shfela Section

Rehovot, Ness Ziona, Rishon Lezion, Ramle, Lod, Modi'in, Yavne

### **Tel-Aviv District**

#### Yarkon Section

Central & Northern Tel-Aviv Neighborhoods [Ramat Aviv, Ramat Aviv C, Neve Sharrett, Tzehela, Afka, Neot Afka & Tel Barukh] & Some Cities & Settlements north of Tel-Aviv [Herzliya, Ramat ha-Sharon, Kfar Shimriyahu & Rishpon]

#### Dan Section

Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Givatayim, Or Yehuda, Kiryat Ono, Yehud, Savyon, Givat Shmuel, Kfar Azar, Ramat Ef'al, Neve Monoson, Ganei Tikva & Ramat Pinkas

### **Southern District**

#### Negev Section

Be'er Sheva, Netivot, Ayarot [Khora, Omer, Meytar & Lakia], Arad, Ofakim, Rahat, Dimona & Aru'ar [Ar'ara ba-Negev, Ksaifa & Shegev Shalom]

#### Lakhish Section

Ashdod, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malakhi, Sderot & Gan Yavne

#### Eilat Section

All Settlements from Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat

#### Gaza Section

Gaza, Jabaliya, Nusseirat, Khan Yunis, Rafah

### **Judea & Samaria District**

#### Shomron Section

Ariel, Modi'in Ilit, Binyamin, Jenin & Nablus

#### Yehuda Section

Hebron, Atzion [Beitar Illit] & Kiryat Arba