Palestine National Police

The Palestine National Police (Arabic: الشرطة الوطنية الفلسطينية ash-shurṭah al-waṭanīyah al-falasṭīnīyah) is the national police force of the Palestinian Arab Republic, a federated republic of the Arab Union. It is an agency of the Palestinian government subordinate to the Ministry of Interior, functioning as the primary civilian law enforcement agency in the republic, with jurisdiction over regular policing in all municipalities and at the national–republican level. The Palestine National Police handles all normal law enforcement matters in the civilian population; state security and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence are handled by agencies of the federal government, namely the Joint Security Committee (Emni), which also has jurisdiction over law enforcement at the federal level.

The Palestine National Police is headquartered on El-Jomhoriyeh Boulevard in Sheikh Badr, Jerusalem, near the meeting place of the Palestine Arab Congress. Samakh Najib has served as Director-General of the Palestine National Police since December 2010.

Organisation
The Palestine National Police is organised as a directorate of the Ministry of Interior of Palestine, and uses the same ranking system as most other republican National Police agencies. All organs ultimately fall under the authority of the central apparatus which also has a division responsible for issues of national jurisdiction; however, municipal jurisdiction is granted exclusively to municipal departments within one of the regional divisions, which are also answerable to the Police Board of the respective municipality, with the central organs responsible for administrative matters and directly handling only multi-municipal or republic-wide policing. Below is an outline of the structure of the Palestine National Police:

Main Directorate

 * General Inspectorate
 * Operational Support Department
 * Rapid Deployment Unit
 * Tactical Support Unit
 * Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit
 * Criminal Investigation Department
 * Criminal Investigation Unit "A"
 * Criminal Investigation Unit "B"
 * Criminal Investigation Unit "T"
 * Forensic Identification Unit
 * Forensic Science Unit "Th"
 * Forensic Science Unit "J"
 * Financial Forensics Unit
 * Forensic Psychology Unit
 * Major Crimes Investigation Unit "H"
 * Major Crimes Investigation Unit "Kh"
 * Accident & Collision Investigation Unit
 * Traffic Safety Unit
 * Administrative & Logistical Support Department
 * Health & Safety Division
 * Personnel Division
 * Human Resources Department
 * Training Academy
 * Palestine National Academy of Criminology
 * Finance & Supply Division
 * Hardware Maintenance Department
 * IT Department
 * Accounting & Budget Department
 * Legal Division
 * Legal Advisor
 * Claims Department

National Directorate

 * National Division
 * Public Security Department
 * Public Surveillance Unit
 * Operational Security Unit
 * Riot Control Unit
 * Airport Security Department
 * airport detachment
 * Criminal Division
 * Criminal Inspectorate
 * Narcotics Department
 * Organised Crime Department
 * Special Operations Division
 * Rapid Reaction Force

Divisional Directorate

 * North Regional Division
 * Central Regional Division
 * Mediterranean Regional Division
 * West Bank Regional Division
 * Suez Canal Regional Division
 * Sinai Regional Division

Ranking system
Below is the ranking system used by the Palestine National Police, which is more or less identical to the ranking systems used by other National Police agencies. The lowest rank applies to all civilian staff who are not commissioned officers, while all sworn police officers retain the rank of constable or higher.