Jerusalem District Police

Jerusalem Police
Jerusalem Police Emblem
Common name	Jerusalem City Police Department
Agency overview
Formed	1948 (1948)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Israel
Map of Jerusalem Police's jurisdiction.
Legal jurisdiction	Jerusalem City
Governing body	Ministry of Public Security (Israel)
General nature	• Local civilian agency
Officers	3,800
Civilians	460
Agency executive	Yoram Ha-Levy, Chief of 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)

External links

• Jerusalem District Police in Facebook
• Official Website (In Hebrew)