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Jerusalem District Police ( he, משטרת מחוז ירושלים) is a regional district command of the
Israel Police The Israel Police ( he, משטרת ישראל, ''Mišteret Yisra'el''; ar, شرطة إسرائيل, ''Shurtat Isrāʼīl'') is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fightin ...
. It is considered one of the oldest police commands in Israel.


History

Jerusalem's police history goes back to the British Mandate and before that to the administration of
Ottoman Syria Ottoman Syria ( ar, سوريا العثمانية) refers to divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of Syria, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and sout ...
. The Jerusalem District's current boundaries include municipal Jerusalem as well as suburbs in
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, Mevasseret Zion,
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,
Kiryat Yearim ( he, קִרְיַת יְעָרִים), also known as Telz-Stone, is an strictly Orthodox town in the Jerusalem District of Israel. It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name. ...
,
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and other regional councils. There are 734,000 people within the jurisdiction, approximately 68% of them Jewish, 28% Muslim and 2% Christian.


Jerusalem Police Commander

*Yeshurun Sheif (1948–1949) *Levi Abrahami (1949–1958) *Yoav Pelleg (Felic Kamp) (1958–1961) *
Shaul Rosolio Shaul Rosolio ( he, שאול רוזוליו; 1923–1992) was the 5th Israeli Police Commissioner. He held this post from 1972 to 1977. Biography Rosolio was born in 1923 in Tel Aviv. Rosolio's brother Daniel later became a Knesset member. He is bu ...
(1962–1970), commander of the Southern District *David Ofer (1970–1972) *Aharon Shloush (1972–1973) *Haim Tavori (1973–1975) *Arieh Ibtzen (1975–1981) *Joshua Caspi (1981–1984) *Abraham Turjeman (1984–1985) *Rahamim Komfort (1985–1990), Commander of the Southern and Jerusalem District *Haim Ellbalads (January 1991 – 1993) *Rafi Pelled (February–April 1993) *Yehuda Wilk (March 1993–May 1994) *Arieh Amit (1994–1997) *Yair Itzchaky (1997–2000) *Michael (Mickey) Levy (December 2000 – 2003) *Ilan Franco (July 2004–June 2007) *Aharon Franco (June 2007–March 2011) *Nisso Shacham (May 2011 – 2012) *Yossi Parienty (July 2012 – 2014) *Moshe 'Chico' Edri (2014–2016) *Yoram Ha-Levy (since 2016)


References

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External links


Official Website
(In Hebrew) Israel Police Jerusalem District Organizations based in Jerusalem Government agencies established in 1948