1 1 Jointness with the public (b) Volunteers as a tool to empower the police

2 The Israel Police volunteers operating model (The Civil Guard) is unique in its characteristics, and the most successful in the world. The Israel Police is using uniform and non-uniform Volunteers, both in independent (without police officers) & non-independent tasks. However, most police officers do not feel comfortable with volunteers…

3 The civil Guard is the biggest volunteer organization in Israel! The Civil Guard operated, at its height of power, operated some 100,000 volunteers Nowadays there are about 50,000 volunteers.

4 It is using both, uniform and non uniform volunteers…

5 … In a variety of policing roles

6 volunteers Powers If a police officer is present: Volunteer powers are like a cop; If he works alone: no "detention authority." When the volunteer is not on duty, the authority is not valid and is considered an ordinary citizen.

7 the Israel volunteers operating model is unique Police rank officers & academy researchers from all over the world come to see it working!

8 Everyone serves in the army, first in the regular forces and then in the reserves, so volunteering is the Israeli way of life… 8 11

9 Why Israel Police need volunteers? (1) 1.The police gain a part of the volunteers’ love and appreciation for the IDF

10 Why Israel Police need volunteers? (2) 2.The police enjoy their assistance in enthusiasm. 3.Each one of those volunteers is an ambassador of good will among his community members. 4.There are always more tasks than police officers…

11 And… 5.The police can always find a selected group of volunteers, who are better qualified than the police officers for a specific job…

12 History

13 The British mandate Between , the British ruled the Land of Israel - according to the UN mandate - with army units & a big police.

14 Jewish municipal police Deps. There was a Jewish municipal police in Tel Aviv. in 1947, another municipal police was established in Jerusalem (Jerusalem was planned to be international by the UN, but the Arabs refused & in May 1948, the armies of Egypt, Jorden, Syria & Lebanon invaded Israel.

15 The history of operating volunteers preceded the establishment of the Israeli police During the British Mandate, when Rommel and the German Army approached EL- Alamein, the Jewish leadership established volunteer unit designed to fight and keep order in major cities

16 So both, both Jewish municipal police Deps., operated volunteers

17 Here they are guarding David Ben- Gurion giving a speech in

: The establishment of Israel Police Municipal Police deps. of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were merged, as part of the Israel Police; The volunteers were forgotten until 1974.

19 May 1974: Terror Strikes! 22 boys and girls were killed in Ma’alot (near the northern border) in a failed rescue operation conducted by the army, after a terrorist group held children hostages in their school

20 As a result of this action, the IDF relinquished responsibility of internal security to the police

21 Police commanders, very wisely, chose two community models of maintaining security: the Bomb Squad Div. & the Civil Guard

22 The Civil Guard was established in order to channel the efforts of vigilantes who wanted to do something in response to the terrorist attacks

23 and direct the volunteers’ activities, not only to security, but to all police work

24 Types of volunteers

25 Who can volunteer? Youth: freshmen: "personal commitment“; Youth: juniors and seniors: Volunteering uniform; Uniform: Ages 18 to 65; Special units, including volunteers Uniforms: Ages 21 to 60; Exception: Units of detection (including youth units): Ages 21 to 50;

26 Volunteers can be classified into three main groups: ‘ordinary’, ‘uniformed’ & ‘special units’

27 The ‘ordinary’ volunteers’ are performing a routine police tasks with police officers

28 Uniformed volunteers work in patrol, man the police hotlines, and assist in traffic control After training, they can do trafficking work independently

29 The uniformed volunteers are led by volunteer officers. Some even reach the rank of commander (colonel)

30 The last group is the ‘Special Units’ (detectives, rescue, divers etc.):

31 While volunteer detectives work with police officers, Rescue Units, for example, work autonomously & Even the territorial unit commanders do not interfere with their work

32 Another example is the critically important disaster- victims’ identification units (ZAKA) 32 11

33 They consist of only ultra-orthodox individuals, a population which caused the police considerable trouble before 33

34 No free Lunch… (The price of involvement)

35 The price of being involved… Volunteers are police officers only part of the time, & they do not always obey the rules: 2008: the southern district commander was forced to leave his post due to disagreements with the commissioner…

36 His volunteers in Sderot - the most bombed city in the last decade, demonstrated many weeks, trying to return the position

37 Police is a dictatorship… … but the volunteers not always accept that!

38 More…

39 Despite the huge contribution of volunteers to the police... Many police officers do not like the volunteers, and do not want to work with them. This is a historical problem, that lasts years without a solution!

40 Uniformed units are especially popular among minorities

41 I read about your National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

42 I hope I was helpful ! 42