Jerusalem District Police

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Legal jurisdiction Jerusalem City Unsworn members 460		Address Jerusalem, OH 43747, USA
Common name Jerusalem City Police Department Formed 1948; 69 years ago (1948) Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Governing body Ministry of Public Security (Israel) General nature Law enforcement Local civilian police

The Jerusalem District Police (Hebrew: משטרת מחוז ירושלים‎‎) is a regional district of the Israeli Police which is considered to be one of the oldest police departments in Israel, if not the oldest.

Jerusalem's police history goes back to the British Mandate and before that to the administration of Ottoman Syria.

The District's current boundaries include municipal Jerusalem as well as suburbs in Greater Jerusalem including Beit Shemesh, Mevasseret Zion, Abu Gosh, Kiryat Yearim, Givat Ze'ev 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 (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

Jerusalem District Police Wikipedia

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