Local Enforcement Units Law, 5771-2011
חוק מערכי אכיפה מקומיים, תשע"א-2011
Published: 2011-08-15Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2026-07-30 · Last amended 2026-07-27✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-29
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Chapter I: Purpose
Purpose§
1.
(a)The purpose of this Law is to assist the Israel Police in operations for the prevention of violence, theft, serious damage to property and life-endangering acts by means of a vehicle carried out in the public space, in a manner and at a place that will ensure maximum protection of human dignity, privacy and rights, all without derogating from the functions of the Israel Police and of the local authority under any law.
(b)For the purpose of achieving the objects of this Law, a local enforcement unit shall operate in local authorities to assist the Israel Police in operations under this Law, alongside the performance of supervision and enforcement operations by local authorities in respect of offences within their sphere of responsibility and under any law, with the objective that such units be established in every local authority.
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Definitions§
2.
In this Law –
"Firearms Law" – the Firearms Law, 5709-1949;
"the Unit" – the National Unit for Local Enforcement Units established under section 7f;
"local enforcement unit" – a unit as referred to in section 7;
"public space" – a road, place or means of transport to which the public has, at that time, a right or permission of access, unconditionally or subject to payment, and any building or place serving at that time for public assembly, except for any of the following:
(1)a place serving at that time for an assembly that is a protest or demonstration, or a party-political or religious assembly;
(2)a place in which security is provided under any law, unless the local policing inspector was called to the place by the occupier of the place, the security force or the Israel Police;
"weapon" – any of the following:
(1)an instrument capable of firing a bullet, projectile, shell, bomb or the like, having the capacity to kill a person, and includes a part, accessory and ammunition of such an instrument;
(2)an instrument capable of emitting a substance intended to cause harm to a person, including a part, accessory and ammunition for such an instrument, and including a container that contains or is capable of containing such a substance, but excluding a tear-gas container as defined in the Firearms Law;
(3)ammunition, a bomb, a grenade or any other explosive object having the capacity to kill or harm a person, including a part of any of these;
(4)a knife or penknife as defined in section 184 of the Penal Law, 5737-1977;
(5)any other weapon, object or substance that is, or the use of which is, capable of harming public security;
"large city" – a local authority whose population is at least 300,000 residents;
"Search Ordinance" – the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Arrest and Search) [New Version], 5729-1969;
"Police Ordinance" – the Police Ordinance [New Version], 5731-1971;
"local policing inspector" – an employee of a local authority authorised under the provisions of section 10;
"municipal inspector" – an employee of a local authority authorised under the provisions of section 337a of the Municipal Corporations Ordinance, or section 13g of the Local Councils Ordinance, as the case may be;
"senior police officer" – as defined in the Police Ordinance;
"Head of the Unit" – a senior employee of the Ministry for National Security authorised by the Minister for this purpose;
"local authority" – a municipality or a local council;
"the Minister" – the Minister for National Security.
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3.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
4.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
5.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
6.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
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Establishment and Operation of a Local Enforcement Unit§
7.
(a)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior and with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, shall determine, by Order, local authorities in which a local enforcement unit shall be established and operated, to be composed of the following two elements (hereinafter – local enforcement unit Order):
(1)a dedicated municipal supervision unit of local policing inspectors;
(2)a dedicated policing force of police officers.
(b)The Minister shall publish on the website of the Ministry for National Security notices concerning all of the following:
(1)an updated list of the local authorities included in the local enforcement unit Order;
(2)the establishment of a local enforcement unit in a local authority and its inclusion in the local enforcement unit Order;
(3)the cessation of activity of a local enforcement unit in a local authority, the date of cessation of activity and the reason therefor.
Criteria and benchmarks for the inclusion of local authorities in a local enforcement unit Order§
7a.
(a)The criteria for the inclusion of a local authority in a local enforcement unit Order are as follows:
(1)an extensive scope of criminality in the local authority in respect of a list of offences formulated by the Minister, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Israel Police, in the fields of quality of life, violence, and causing serious damage to property in the public space;
(2)the size of the population within the area of the local authority;
(3)the level of personal security in the local authority in accordance with a personal security index published by the Ministry for National Security pursuant to the following benchmarks:
(a)the total number of calls received at the emergency centre of the Israel Police in that local authority in the last three years;
(b)the number of calls received at the emergency centre of the Israel Police in relation to the number of residents in that local authority in the last three years;
(c)an intelligence assessment by the Israel Police regarding the level of crime in that local authority in the last three years;
(d)the distance of the local authority from the edge of the area of application of the law, jurisdiction and administration of the State pursuant to the Law and Administration Order (No. 1), 5727-1967;
(4)the police response within the area of the local authority as expressed in the volume of incidents and the distance from a police station, and in the case of a regional council — also the average response time.
(b)The Minister, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a senior police officer on his behalf, and with the consent of the Minister of the Interior, shall prescribe by Regulations the relative weight of the criteria set out in subsection (a), and may prescribe in the said manner a relative weight and benchmarks in respect of different types of local authorities, and with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset — also additional equitable benchmarks in respect of subsection (a).
(c)
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, where the Government has adopted a decision in respect of a priority area or national focus area, the Government may decide that a local enforcement unit shall be established and operated in local authorities situated in such an area, if the Inspector General of the Israel Police has recommended that there is a need to strengthen personal security in those local authorities; where the Government has so decided, the Minister shall add the said local authorities to the local enforcement unit Order in the manner set out in section 7(a);
(2)In this subsection, "priority area or national focus area" means a national priority area by virtue of Chapter XXVI of the Economic Efficiency Law (Legislative Amendments for the Implementation of the Economic Plan for 2009 and 2010), 5769-2009, or a national focus area by virtue of section 18(a) of the Broad Rehabilitation of the Tkuma Region as a National Focus Area and Assistance to Communities Adjacent to It Law, 5785-2025.
Force Structure of a Local Enforcement Unit§
7b.
(a)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of the Interior and with the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a senior police officer on his behalf, shall determine, by procedure, the total number of police officers and local policing inspectors in a local enforcement unit according to the size of the population in the local authority, and in a regional council – also according to the number of communities in the regional council and the average response time.
(b)The ratio between local policing inspectors and police officers in local enforcement units shall be one local policing inspector per police officer, unless the Minister has determined a different ratio under subsection (c).
(c)In the procedure referred to in subsection (a), the Minister, in consultation with the Minister of the Interior, shall determine the following:
(1)a reduction or increase in the number of police officers in a local enforcement unit, in consultation with the head of the local authority and on the recommendation of the Head of the Unit and a police officer appointed by the Inspector General of the Israel Police who is responsible for the field of local enforcement units – by up to one half of the number of police officers determined, provided that the ratio between police officers and local policing inspectors does not exceed three local policing inspectors per police officer, and in large cities – four local policing inspectors per police officer; the provisions of this paragraph shall not oblige the local authority to increase the number of local policing inspectors;
(2)an increase in the number of local policing inspectors in local enforcement units, at the request of the head of a local authority, provided that the ratio between police officers and local policing inspectors does not exceed three local policing inspectors per police officer, and in the case of a large city – four local policing inspectors per police officer; however, a determination that the said ratio shall exceed two local policing inspectors per police officer requires the approval of the Minister of the Interior.
(d)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a ratio of more than three local policing inspectors per police officer in a large city as referred to in that subsection shall not be determined except in local authorities in which a local enforcement unit has been operating continuously for at least five years, and also with the consent of the Minister of the Interior and on the recommendation of a police officer responsible for the field of local enforcement units that such a ratio is required in that local authority.
(e)The Minister shall publish in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry for National Security the procedure under this section.
(f)Without derogating from the ratio determined between the number of local policing inspectors and the number of police officers in that local authority, a local enforcement unit shall be entitled to avail itself of a volunteer within the meaning of section 49c(1) of the Police Ordinance, who assists the patrol units of the Israel Police and has received appropriate training as referred to in section 49b(d) of the Police Ordinance, and such volunteer shall be entitled to act in the presence of a police officer forming part of a policing force as referred to in section 7(a)(2) and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV-A of the Police Ordinance.
Consent of the Local Authority and Its Undertaking to Comply with Conditions§
7c.
(a)The Minister shall not determine in the local enforcement unit Order a local authority in which a local enforcement unit is to be established and operated, unless the local authority has given its consent and undertaken to comply with the conditions required for the establishment and operation of the local enforcement unit within its jurisdiction as communicated to it.
(b)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior and in consultation with the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a senior police officer on his behalf, shall formulate conditions to be published on the website of the Ministry for National Security, which are required for the establishment and operation of a local enforcement unit, on the following subjects, having regard, inter alia, to the characteristics of the type of local authority and the resources allocated for that purpose:
(1)allocation of manpower;
(2)allocation of means including vehicles;
(3)a facility for the operation of a local enforcement unit;
(4)uniforms and personal equipment;
(5)completion of training courses;
(6)establishment of a joint management body of the Israel Police and the local authority;
(7)reporting and monitoring obligations.
Participation in the Funding of a Local Enforcement Unit§
7d.
(a)The Ministry for National Security may assist in the funding of local enforcement units; funding provided to a local authority under this section shall be used for the purposes of the local enforcement unit only.
(b)The rate of participation in funding for local authorities shall be in accordance with a weighting of the socio-economic index and the peripherality index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (in this Law – the combined index), and shall be published on the website of the Ministry for National Security.
(c)The rate of participation in funding as referred to in this section shall be determined having regard to the following:
(1)the rate of participation for a local authority at a given combined index level shall not be higher than the rate of participation for a local authority at a lower combined index level;
(2)the rate of participation shall be identical for all communities at the same combined index level.
(d)The Minister, with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, may determine, by Regulations, additional criteria in addition to the criteria referred to in subsection (b).
(e)Where a Government decision has been adopted in respect of a priority zone or national focus area as defined in section 7a(c)(2), or in respect of a national focus area under another law or under another Government decision, the Minister may direct that funding assistance be provided to local authorities in such a zone, in an equitable manner, otherwise than in accordance with the criteria referred to in this section, during the period of validity of the said Government decision.
Cessation of Activity of a Local Enforcement Unit§
7e.
(a)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior, may determine, by Order, that the activity of a local enforcement unit in a local authority shall cease, upon the occurrence of one of the following:
(1)the local authority has requested the cessation of the said activity;
(2)the local authority has not complied with the undertakings required of it for the establishment or operation of the local enforcement unit within its jurisdiction for a continuous period of not less than 18 months in respect of establishment and 12 months in respect of operation.
(b)The Minister shall determine and publish a procedure in respect of the process for the cessation of activity of a local enforcement unit in a local authority.
(c)The Minister shall not direct the cessation of activity of a local enforcement unit in a local authority under subsection (a)(2) except after having given the local authority an opportunity to present its arguments and after having given the local authority a reasonable period of time to comply with its undertakings.
(d)Where a local authority has not complied with the undertakings required of it for the establishment or operation of a local enforcement unit within its jurisdiction, the Ministry for National Security may reduce the extent of its participation in the funding of local policing inspectors in the local enforcement unit in that local authority, having regard, inter alia, to an assessment of its economic capacity to comply with its undertakings, after having given the local authority a reasonable period of time to comply with its said undertakings and after having given it an opportunity to present its arguments in that matter.
The National Unit for Local Enforcement Units§
7f.
(a)The National Unit for Local Enforcement Units is hereby established within the Ministry for National Security.
(b)The functions of the Unit are:
(1)responsibility for the operation of local enforcement units in local authorities, including in respect of the weighting of the order of inclusion of local authorities in the local enforcement unit Order, the establishment of a local enforcement unit in a local authority and the cessation of its activity;
(2)formulation of an evaluation research study on the activity of local enforcement units, the findings of which shall be submitted to the National Security Committee of the Knesset once every three years;
(3)control and supervision of resources allocated by the Ministry for National Security to local enforcement units in local authorities, compliance with standards and manpower establishment, and fulfilment of the conditions required for the establishment and operation of local enforcement units in local authorities;
(4)handling of complaints concerning the exercise of authority not in accordance with law by a local policing inspector, in accordance with section 17.
Direction by the Israel Police§
8.
The municipal enforcement unit, in assisting the Israel Police in operations for the prevention of violence, theft, serious damage to property and life-endangering acts by means of a vehicle carried out in the public space, shall operate under the direction of the Israel Police; local policing inspectors shall be directed by the Israel Police in respect of the exercise of powers under the provisions of this Law; the Israel Police shall establish a procedure for the uniform exercise of powers under the provisions of this Law.
Preservation of Continued Enforcement and Supervision§
9.
(a)The Israel Police shall not reduce the existing police effort at police stations within the framework of which a dedicated municipal policing force operates, and shall not reduce the extent of police officer forces and the extent of activity solely by reason of the establishment of the dedicated municipal policing force, except for the purpose of police activity in emergency situations, including hostile sabotage activity or a civil emergency incident as defined in section 90a of the Police Ordinance.
(b)A local authority shall not reduce the existing municipal supervision effort in an authority within the framework of which a dedicated municipal supervision unit operates, and shall not reduce the extent of municipal inspector forces and the extent of activity by reason of the establishment of the dedicated municipal supervision unit, except with the approval of the Minister of the Interior.
Authorisation of Local Policing Inspectors§
10.
(a)The Minister, at the request of a local authority in respect of which it has been determined in the local enforcement unit Order that a local enforcement unit shall be established and operated within its jurisdiction, and with the consent of the Minister of the Interior, may authorise a municipal inspector as a local policing inspector who shall be vested with the powers under this Law, for the purpose of assisting the Israel Police in operations for the prevention of violence, theft, serious damage to property and life-endangering acts by means of a vehicle carried out in the public space, provided that a local policing inspector shall not be authorised unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1)he is an Israeli citizen or a permanent resident of Israel;
(2)he has produced a certificate from a licensed physician attesting to his medical fitness;
(3)he holds a licence or permit to carry a firearm as referred to in section 4 of the Firearms Law, insofar as it has been decided by the Israel Police that he is to carry a weapon;
(4)there is no objection, in the opinion of a senior police officer authorised by the Inspector General of the Israel Police for this purpose, to his authorisation as aforesaid on grounds of public safety or public security, including by reason of his criminal record;
(5)he has completed 12 years of study at a recognised educational institution within the meaning of the Compulsory Education Law, 5709-1949, or has produced a certificate from the Ministry of Education attesting to a general education equivalent thereto;
(6)
(a)he has received appropriate training in the field of the powers conferred upon him under this Law, including in respect of the exercise of such powers, all as directed by the Minister or a person authorised by him for this purpose;
(b)appropriate training as referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be given in accordance with the approval of a senior police officer authorised by the Inspector General of the Israel Police for this purpose, to be given, inter alia, in respect of the following matters:
(1)the fitness of the body providing the training and of the controlling shareholders and trainers within it, provided it has been found that there is no objection thereto on grounds of public safety or State security, including in respect of their criminal record;
(2)appropriate professional competence of the trainers;
(3)the manner of providing the training, its content, scope and venue, including in respect of the exercise of the powers referred to in section 13, and in section 13a during its period of validity, including in relation to minors and helpless persons, as defined in sections 34x and 368a of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, respectively;
(4)the dates of refresher training for local policing inspectors in post, at least once a year.
(a1)
(1)If one of the conditions listed in subsection (a) ceases to be met in respect of a local policing inspector, or if he ceases to work as a local policing inspector in that local authority, the authorisation shall lapse;
(2)The Minister, with the consent of the Minister of the Interior, may revoke the authorisation of a local policing inspector if he has exercised his authority not in accordance with law, or has conducted himself in a manner unbecoming his position, including if he has breached directives and instructions of the unit commander in a manner that prevents him from continuing to fulfil his role, or if he has ceased to be suitable to serve as a local policing inspector for any other reason, provided that the Head of the Unit has recommended accordingly.
(b)Notice of the authorisation of a local policing inspector or of the expiry of the validity thereof under this section shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry for National Security and the relevant local authority.
Exercise of Powers – General Provisions§
11.
A local policing inspector shall not exercise his powers under this Law except for the purpose of assisting the Israel Police in operations for the prevention of violence, theft, serious damage to property and life-endangering acts by means of a vehicle, carried out in the public space, while performing his duties, and where all of the following conditions are met:
(1)he is acting in the presence of a police officer or in accordance with the directions of the commander of the police station within whose area of responsibility he is operating, or a person on behalf of such commander, as shall be given from time to time;
(2)he is wearing the uniform of a local policing inspector, provided that it does not appear to be a police uniform and is distinct from the uniform of a municipal inspector in the local authority, and he visibly wears a badge identifying him and his position;
(3)he holds a local policing inspector's certificate which he shall present upon request;
(4)he is within the jurisdiction of the local authority.
Local Policing Inspector's Certificate§
12.
(a)A local policing inspector's certificate shall be signed by a senior police officer authorised by the Inspector General of the Israel Police for this purpose, and shall state the position and powers of the local policing inspector.
(b)The validity of a local policing inspector's certificate shall be two years from the date of its issue, provided that the holder of the certificate is serving in the position of local policing inspector.
Powers of a local policing inspector§
13.
(a)For the purpose of assisting the Israel Police, a local policing inspector may exercise the powers set out in subsection (c) in the following cases, provided that the inspector has received appropriate training in the sphere of the powers under this Section:
(1)if a person has committed in the public space an act of violence, an act of theft or an act that caused substantial damage to property, or has committed an act that poses an immediate and real danger to life by means of a vehicle in the places listed in items (1) to (6) and in item (8) of the Schedule, in the presence of the local policing inspector or in the presence of another person who calls for assistance and points that person out to the local policing inspector;
(2)if the local policing inspector had reasonable suspicion that a person is about to commit in the public space, within an immediate time frame, an act of violence or an act that will cause substantial damage to property, or that prior to the commencement of driving a vehicle the person is under the influence of dangerous drugs or intoxicating beverages within the meaning of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version], in the places listed in items (1) to (6) and in item (8) of the Schedule, and that as a result thereof the person is about to endanger lives within an immediate time frame by means of a vehicle;
(3)if a local policing inspector in the public space had reasonable suspicion that a person is carrying an unlawfully held weapon or is about to make unlawful use of a weapon, or that an unlawfully held weapon is found in a vehicle.
(b)Where a safety hazard has occurred in the presence of a local policing inspector or in the presence of another person who calls for assistance and points it out to the local policing inspector, the local policing inspector shall have the power to prevent access to the hazard and its immediate vicinity, and to give directions for the guidance of traffic in the immediate vicinity of the safety hazard until the arrival of a police officer, provided that the inspector has received appropriate training for that purpose.
(c)For the purposes of subsection (a), a local policing inspector shall have the following powers:
(1)to require a person to provide the inspector with that person's name and address and to present before the inspector an identity card or another official document identifying that person;
(2)to conduct a search of a person's body or of a vehicle if the inspector has reasonable suspicion that that person is unlawfully carrying a weapon or is about to make unlawful use of a weapon, or that an unlawfully held weapon is found in the vehicle;
(3)to detain the person until the arrival of a police officer; the provisions of sections 72 to 74 of the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers – Arrests), 5756-1996, with the necessary modifications, and section 44 of the Search Ordinance, shall apply to a detention under this paragraph; a local policing inspector carrying out a detention under this paragraph may use reasonable force if the person refused to comply with the request to be detained and there is concern that the person will flee or the person's identity is unknown.
(d)In respect of a life-endangering act by means of a vehicle under this Section, a local policing inspector may order the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle for the purpose of detaining the driver; if the driver refused to comply with the order and continued driving, the local policing inspector shall cease dealing with the incident.
(e)Where a local policing inspector has exercised the inspector's powers under this Section or under section 13a during its period of validity, the inspector shall document the inspector's actions; documentation as aforesaid shall be transferred to the commander of the relevant local policing unit; the documentation shall include, inter alia, the details of the incident, the details of the persons involved and the powers that were exercised.
(f)A senior police officer on behalf of the Inspector General of the Israel Police shall transmit a monthly report on the exercise of the powers of local policing inspectors under this Section or under section 13a during its period of validity to the Head of the Unit.
(g)The Minister, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Israel Police or a senior police officer on the Inspector General's behalf, shall establish a procedure regarding the manner of training of local policing inspectors, its content and scope, having regard, inter alia, to the manner of use of the powers under this Chapter, including the manner of use of powers in relation to a minor and a helpless person.
(h)In this Section –
"act of violence" means striking a person or applying force to that person's body in another manner, directly or indirectly, without that person's consent or with consent obtained by deceit;
"act of theft" means an act that appears to constitute the offence of theft under section 383(a)(1) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977, including theft of a vehicle listed in Schedule One A to the Law for the Streamlining of Supervision and Urban Enforcement in Local Authorities (Traffic), 5776-2016, excluding a motor vehicle;
"safety hazard" means a hazard that is liable to endanger the safety of users of a public road or of a transport lane;
"detention" means the restriction of a person's freedom to move freely;
"vehicle" has the meaning assigned to it in the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].
Powers for combating the phenomenon of intoxication§
13a.
(a)For the purpose of assisting the Israel Police in combating the phenomenon of intoxication, a local policing inspector shall have powers under the Law for Combating the Phenomenon of Intoxication, 5770-2010 (in this Section – the Law for Combating the Phenomenon of Intoxication), in areas that the district commander of the Israel Police has directed are of the type of places listed in items (1) to (7) of the Schedule.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a local policing inspector shall not exercise the inspector's powers under this Section in relation to a minor except between the hours of 21:00 and 06:00.
(c)The provisions of section 2(c) of the Law for Combating the Phenomenon of Intoxication shall apply also in respect of the powers of a local policing inspector under this Section.
(d)The Minister, with the approval of the National Security Committee of the Knesset, may, by Order, amend the Schedule.
(e)The Minister shall report to the National Security Committee of the Knesset, once every six months, on the number of cases in which local policing inspectors exercised their powers under this Section, broken down according to the number of cases in which the powers were exercised in relation to minors and in relation to adults.
Provisions regarding the power of search§
14.
(a)The following provisions shall apply to a search under section 13(c)(2):
(1)a search of a person's body that involves physical contact shall be conducted by a person of the same sex, unless in the circumstances of the matter it is not possible to do so and the postponement of the search would entail an unreasonable risk to public safety or to the safety of a person;
(2)a person shall not be required to expose in public parts of the body that are ordinarily concealed, except in order to prevent a near-certain danger to public safety;
(3)if, in the course of the search, an object that is liable to harm public security is discovered, a local policing inspector may seize it and transfer it as soon as possible to the Israel Police, and the provisions of Chapter IV of the Search Ordinance, with the necessary modifications, shall apply to it;
(4)if a person refused to submit to a search, and there was reasonable suspicion that the person is unlawfully carrying a weapon or is about to make unlawful use of a weapon, a local policing inspector may conduct the search, notwithstanding the refusal, and may even use reasonable force for that purpose.
(b)In this Section, "search of a person's body" means a search of the surface of a person's body, of the person's clothing or of the person's belongings, that is not an external or internal search as defined in the Criminal Procedure Law (Enforcement Powers – Body Search and Taking of Identification Means), 5756-1996.
15.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
Obligation to insure§
16.
A municipal inspector shall not be authorised as a local policing inspector unless the local authority has insured that inspector for the purpose of securing compensation if the inspector is injured in the course of performing the inspector's duties under this Chapter; nothing in the provisions of this Section shall derogate from the right of a local policing inspector to compensation under any law.
Handling of complaints§
17.
(a)Any person may submit a complaint in connection with the unlawful exercise of a power by a local policing inspector under this Law, to one of the following:
(1)to the Unit;
(2)to the Public Complaints Commissioner as defined in the Local Authorities (Public Complaints Commissioner) Law, 5768-2008 (in this Section – the Public Complaints Commissioner); the provisions of that Law shall apply to such a complaint.
(b)
(1)The Public Complaints Commissioner shall notify the Head of the Unit of complaints submitted to the Commissioner under subsection (a), and also of proceedings that have been taken or will be taken as a result of the complaint;
(2)the Head of the Unit shall notify the Public Complaints Commissioner of the relevant local authority of complaints submitted to the Head of the Unit under subsection (a).
(c)The Head of the Unit may examine a complaint or examine a reasoned request submitted to the Head of the Unit for the revocation of the authorisation of a local policing inspector as referred to in section 17a; if the Head of the Unit found that the complaint or the request is justified, the Head of the Unit may –
(1)recommend to the Minister that periodic training be carried out for the local policing inspector;
(2)recommend to the head of the local authority that measures be taken to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents;
(3)recommend to the head of the local authority or to the Attorney General to file a disciplinary charge in respect of a disciplinary offence as referred to in section 9(8) of the Local Authorities (Discipline) Law, 5738-1978;
(4)recommend to the Minister that the authorisation of the respondent as a local policing inspector be revoked.
(d)The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of the Interior, shall prescribe by Regulations provisions regarding the procedures for handling complaints under this Section, including the methods of examining a complaint, affording the local policing inspector who is the respondent an opportunity to present arguments and affording the head of the relevant local authority the possibility of bringing the authority's position before the Unit.
(e)Nothing in the provisions of this Section shall derogate from a power vested under any law to conduct disciplinary or criminal proceedings in connection with an act that is the subject of the complaint, or from the power of the Public Complaints Commissioner.
(f)If the head of a local authority or the Attorney General decided to file a disciplinary charge against a local policing inspector in respect of a disciplinary offence as referred to in section 9(8) of the Local Authorities (Discipline) Law, 5738-1978, whether on that person's own initiative or on the recommendation of the Head of the Unit as referred to in subsection (c)(3), that person shall notify the Minister accordingly.
Improper conduct of a local policing inspector§
17a.
If a senior police officer authorised for that purpose by the Inspector General is of the opinion that a local policing inspector has used the inspector's authority unlawfully or has conducted himself or herself in a manner unbecoming of the inspector's position, including by breaching directives and instructions of the unit commander in a manner that prevents the inspector from continuing to fulfil the inspector's role, or that the inspector has ceased to be suitable to serve as a local policing inspector for any other reason, the senior police officer shall apply to the Head of the Unit with a reasoned written request for the revocation of the inspector's authorisation as a local policing inspector, provided that the senior police officer has notified the local policing inspector and the head of the local authority accordingly.
Application of provisions from the Firearms Law§
17b.
(a)A local enforcement unit may hold a special licence under section 10(a) of the Firearms Law, 5709-1949, if a senior police officer has determined in respect of it that there is a need for this; the provisions of sections 10(b) and (c) of that Law shall apply to such a local enforcement unit, and the provisions of section 9 of that Law shall not apply.
(b)The training of a local policing inspector in respect of the holding of weapons in a local enforcement unit shall be carried out within a training programme for the receipt of a licence and authorisation to hold and carry a firearm for security purposes, as well as within a refresher programme for the purpose of continued holding as aforesaid under the Firearms Law, 5709-1949.
18.§
(Repealed — תשפ״ה־6)
Report to the Knesset§
19.
The Minister shall report, in writing, to the National Security Committee of the Knesset, at the end of the first quarter of each year, on all of the following, in respect of the year preceding the date of the report:
(1)local authorities in which local enforcement units have been established and the proportional share of those authorities out of all authorities in which a local enforcement unit is not operating;
(2)local authorities that have requested to establish and operate a local enforcement unit and in which a unit has not yet been established, and the reasons therefor;
(3)local authorities in which the activity of a local enforcement unit has been discontinued and the reasons therefor, the proportional share of those local authorities out of all local authorities or regional councils in which a local enforcement unit is operating, and the proportional share of those local authorities out of all local authorities of the same types of local authorities;
(4)extraordinary incidents in the exercise of the powers of local policing inspectors and the handling thereof;
(5)particulars of the local authorities in which the ratio of local policing inspectors to police officers as referred to in section 7b(b) was exceeded, and the ratio determined in them under the provisions of section 7b(c) and (d);
(6)particulars of the local authorities that received assistance in the financing of local enforcement units and the scope of the assistance;
(7)the number of police officer positions that were redirected in favour of the establishment of local enforcement units or in favour of existing local enforcement units;
(8)complaints that were examined in the Unit, the results of the examination of the complaints and the steps taken under section 17(c);
(9)disciplinary charges filed before the Disciplinary Court as referred to in section 17(f) and the decisions of the court in respect thereof;
(10)requests for the revocation of the authorisation of a local policing inspector as referred to in section 17a, and the results of the handling thereof.
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חוק מערכי אכיפה מקומיים, תשע"א-2011
Local Enforcement Units Law
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