Israel Police
The Israel Police (Hebrew: משטרת ישראל, romanized: Mišteret Yisra'el; Arabic: شرطة إسرائيل, romanized: 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 Ministry of National Security. The National Headquarters of the Israel Police is located at Kiryat HaMemshala in Jerusalem.
| Israel Police משטרת ישראל شرطة إسرائيل | |
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Israel Police logo | |
Israel Police flag | |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 35,000 |
| Volunteers | 70,000 |
| Annual budget | 8.383 billion NIS (2010) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Israel |
| Operations jurisdiction | Israel |
| Governing body | Ministry of National Security |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Police Internal Investigations Department |
| Headquarters | National Headquarters of the Israel Police – Kiryat HaMemshala (East Jerusalem) |
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| Website | |
| http://www.police.gov.il/ | |
The Israel Police operates throughout Israel, the Area C of the West Bank and the Golan Heights, in all places in which Israel has civilian control. 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.
In an emergency, the police can be reached by dialing 100 from any telephone in Israel.