Palestine National Police

The Palestine National Police (Arabic: الشرطة الوطنية الفلسطينية ash-shurṭah al-waṭanīyah al-falasṭīnīyah) is an agency of the Palestinian government subordinate to the Ministry of Interior. It is the primary civilian law enforcement agency in the country, with jurisdiction over regular policing in all municipalities and at the national level. The National Police was established in 1948 shortly after the end of the Arab–Israeli War, via a merger of the Palestine Arab Gendarmerie and the Military Police of the All-Palestine Army, which had been established upon the declaration of independence of Palestine shortly before the outbreak of war. The National Police handles all normal law enforcement matters in the civilian population, while law enforcement in the military is handled by the Military Police Directorate under the Ministry of Defence and state security and domestic intelligence and counterintelligence is handled by other Ministry of Interior agencies as well as the Joint Security Committee (Emni).

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 of the Palestine National Police since December 2010.

Organisation
The National Police is organised as a directorate of the Ministry of Interior, and uses the same ranking system as the ministry's other security agencies. Municipal departments are subordinated to county-level departments, ultimately falling under the authority of the central apparatus which also has a division responsible for issues of national jurisdiction. Below is an outline of the structure of the Palestine National Police:

Main Directorate

 * General Inspectorate
 * Operational Support Directorate
 * Criminal Investigation Unit
 * Forensic Science Unit
 * Accident & Collision Investigation Unit
 * Traffic Safety Unit
 * Administrative & Logistical Support Directorate
 * Health & Safety Division
 * Personnel Directorate
 * Human Resources Department
 * Training Academy
 * National Academy of Criminology
 * Finance & Supply Directorate
 * Legal Directorate
 * Legal Advisor
 * Claims Department

National Directorate

 * National Division
 * State Security Department
 * ministry detachments
 * Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Department
 * Public Security Department
 * Criminal Department
 * Criminal Inspectorate
 * Narcotics Department
 * Organised Crime Department
 * Special Operations Department
 * Airport Security Department
 * airport detachment

Municipal Directorate

 * Metropolitan Division
 * E. Jerusalem Metropolitan Department
 * borough department
 * precinct
 * Port Said Metropolitan Department
 * borough department
 * precinct
 * Territorial Division
 * county department
 * municipal department
 * (precinct)