This article is about the police services of the Palestinian National Authority. For the police service of Mandatory Palestine, see Palestine Police Force.
Palestinian Civil Police الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية
Abbreviation
PCP
Agency overview
Formed
May 4, 1994
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
State of Palestine
Operations jurisdiction
Palestinian Authority, State of Palestine
Governing body
Palestinian Security Services
General nature
Civilian police
Operational structure
Police Officers
9,213
Elected officer responsible
Ziad Hab al-Rih, Minister of the Interior
Agency executives
Major General Yousef al-Helou, Chief of Police (West Bank)
Major General Mahmoud Salah, Chief of Police (Gaza Strip)
Parent agency
Palestinian Security Services
Facilities
Stations
68
Website
https://www.palpolice.ps/en
Two Palestinian Police Officers in Bethlehem
The Palestinian Civil Police Force (Arabic: الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية, al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah) is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the autonomous territory governed by the Palestinian National Authority. The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services. Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip the control of the Civil Police in Gaza was placed under the jurisdiction of Hamas.[1][2]
Traffic Unit in the West Bank city of Salfit
^"Civil Police – PA/Hamas". ECFR. 21 March 2018.
^Berger, Miriam; Pietsch, Bryan (23 March 2024). "What to know about Gaza's police force, which Israel is targeting". Washington Post.
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