Back شرطة فلسطين الانتدابية Arabic Palestine Police German Fuerza de Policía Palestina Spanish پلیس فلسطین Persian משטרת המנדט HE Pasukan Polis Palestin Malay 巴勒斯坦警察隊 Chinese
| Palestine Police Force | |
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 Palestine Police Force badge | |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | 2,143 officers (1928)
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| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Mandatory Palestine |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem, Palestine |
The Palestine Police Force (Arabic: قوة بوليس فلسطين, Hebrew: משטרת פלשתינה (א"י)) was a British colonial police service established in Mandatory Palestine on 1 July 1920,[1] when High Commissioner Sir Herbert Samuel's civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenby's Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (South).[2] The police force was composed of Jewish, Arab and British officers.
- ^ Sinclair, 2006.
- ^ Bernard Wasserstein, ‘Samuel, Herbert Louis, first Viscount Samuel (1870–1963)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007 accessed 29 May 2007