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Israeli Security Forces
- Israeli Police
The Israeli police is
a civilian force in the State of Israel. As most other police forces in
the world, their duties include crime fighting, traffic control and
maintaining public safety.
The current police commissioner is Rav-Nitzav Moshe Karadi, who
succeeded Rav-Nitzav Shlomo Aaronishki.
In case of emergency, a civilian (in Israel) can reach the police by
dialing 100 in any phone (free of charge).
Roles
* Security
o Counter terror.
o Keep public's security.
o Maintain public order.
o Securing public events, rallies and holidays.
o Handling suspecious objects and explosives (EOD).
o Securing schools.
o Riot control \ crowd control.
* Law enforcement
* Crime fighting
o Fight crime.
o Detective work.
o Covert operations against drug dealers and pimps.
o Investigating suspects.
* Traffic control
* Police and community
o Operating the civilian guard (MASHAZ in Hebrew).
o Handling civilian complaints.
o Handling youth violence and crime.
o Educating the community and participating in educational campaigns.
Organization
The Israeli Police is a professional force, with some 30,000 officers on
payroll. There are also at least 70,000 MASHAZ volunteers who contribute
time to assist officers.
Diagram - Organization tree
The Israeli police is also responsible for operating the Border Police
("MAGAV"). The Border Police is the combat arm of the police and its
mainly serves in unquiet areas - the borders, the West Bank, and the
rural countryside. The Border Police have both professional officers on
payroll and conscripts, serving 3 mandatory years in the Border Police
instead of the Israeli Defence Forces.
The YAMAM is the police elite counter terror unit.
Weapons and gear
Israeli police officers are obliged to carry personal firearms while on
duty. This is because the Israeli 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 home and 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 (9mm). 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).
Issued weaponry
Standard issued rifles (non-combat):
* M1 Carbine (also standard issued weapon of the MASHAZ - Civilian
Guard)
* M1A1 Carbine (modernized M1 Carbine with folding stock)
* M1 Carbine bullpup
* Micro-Galil 5.56mm submachine gun
Standard issued assault rifle (combat):
* M-16 assault rifle, Colt Commando, CAR15, M4 Carbine
* Galil assault rifle
Sniper rifles
* Mauser SP66
* Mauser K98
* M14 (rifle)
* Galatz - Galil Tzalafim (Galil Sniper version)
Handguns
* IMI Jerhico 941
* Beretta 71 .22LR
* Browning Hi-Power
* GLOCK 17 (Yamam and other special units only)
Non lethal weapons:
* police batons
* tear gas grenades
* flash grenades
* rubber-coated bullets
* pepper spray
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_police
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