Israeli Security Forces - Police

Police

  • Israel Police: a civilian force. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control and maintaining public safety.
  • Border Police (Magav): the military branch (gendarmerie) of the Israeli Police.

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Famous quotes containing the word police:

    “Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.”
    —Karl Kraus (1874–1936)

    “I’ve met a lot of murderers in my day, but Dr. Garth, whatever he is, is the first man I’ve ever met who was polite to me and still made the chills run up and down my back.”
    —Robert D. Andrews, and Nick Grindé. Police detective, Before I Hang, describing his meeting with Dr. Garth (1940)

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