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Policeman Number 1: Kobi Shabtai's shift Israel today

2021-01-16T14:53:06.527Z


From the beatings he received at the school, through the undercover officers in Gaza and the command of the border, to the office of the Commissioner of Police • Superintendent Kobi Shabtai, Profile | You sat down


Violations of closure in the ultra-Orthodox sector, growing crime in the Arab sector, rising violence against women, weekly demonstrations in Balfour, the wave of retirement of senior officers and a fourth election campaign • Chief of Staff Kobi Shabtai, who is due to be appointed police commissioner, has a complex and difficult term • Profile

  • "Opening data is not easy."

    Standing Kobe Saturn

These were the

most shaky

two weeks

in the life of Superintendent Kobe Saturn.

Since entering the commissioner's office on the second floor of the national headquarters in Jerusalem, while still on an acting standard, he has not had a single second of silence. As if the closure and regular confrontations with protesters were not enough, Saturn had to deal with a complex incident two days after taking office. The policemen in an unflattering light. 



It happened in the ultra-Orthodox city of Beitar Illit, during a mass wedding that lasted for hours, despite the closure. In the afternoon, police arrived but left after failing to enter the revelry. Two officers from Beitar Illit later arrived and asked to speak with the Rebbe. Hasidic historians Avraham Yitzchak, who celebrated the marriage of his grandson.

But instead of dispersing the event, one of them was recorded holding the rabbi's hands and his head bowed down, for a blessing.

Photo: Police Spokeswoman

Saturn saw the images and shuddered.

At that moment he made his first command decision - and ordered the two officers removed from office, pending an investigation into their case.

"As someone who has known Kobe for many years, it was clear that he would not let such a deviation from the norm pass quietly," says a senior police officer.

"As an organization, we have a mission, and the public expects us to deal with such violations, and not to bow to the violators. The police usually spread such cases, but Kobi was quick and matter-of-fact." 



He might not appear to the police on the ground as someone who does not take care of them? 



"He will not throw a policeman under the wheels just for the sake of public populism. He will give backing to those who deserve it, but he will also know how to make difficult decisions. In this case, the policemen behaved in a way that is not ethical and unprofessional."

After two years in which Motti Cohen served as acting commissioner and did not receive the coveted title, Saturn, 56, hoped his election as commissioner by the minister would be approved by the government. Saudi government conference, he ran into an obstacle that could keep him as well as acting, even until after the election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the vote on the nomination following the Prime Minister's speech rate Benny Gantz, which called on political parties to unite against Netanyahu Hmrcz-smal.



"Kobi not "Let this little hole ruin his day and work," says the police officer. "I saw him a few days ago on a tour of the north, and he was as energetic and vital as usual.

What stood out to me about him was his new name tag, in which his name was written as 'Jacob' with a spelling mistake, instead of Jacob.

He did not notice how busy he was. "





Even Saturn himself

did not believe how he became the leading candidate for commissioners.

After months in which the name exchange prospered, it seemed that the choice would fall on one of the charismatic candidates - Jerusalem District Commander, Superintendent Doron Yedid, or former District Commander, retired Superintendent Yoram Halevi.

But the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, eventually chose the Border Police commander, who is recognized in the organization as a humble, valued and professional man.

The senior police officer received the appointment with mixed feelings.

Not because of the personality of Saturn, who learned during his service to skip camping, but because of the circumstances that led to his appointment.

Motti Cohen's retirement announcement, in which he claimed he had to deal with attempts to interfere with the work and independence of the police, shook the organization.

"I did everything in my power to ward off these attempts at intervention and leave the police free of any foreign considerations," Cohen wrote.

"An open secret is that it has been possible on several occasions over the past two years to appoint a permanent commissioner.

The Israel Police has many senior officers who deserve to continue to lead the organization and have the power to create stability in it.

It seems that the decision not to appoint a permanent commissioner for such a long time was not without foreign considerations. "



The body that Saturn receives is battered and exhausted.

After three election campaigns, three closures and weekly demonstrations that sometimes get out of hand, the public deterrent force of the police has been hit.

Crime is rampant, especially in the Arab sector, senior officers are embroiled in violent incidents, and politicians from all camps are publicly attacking the work of uniformed blues.

To all this one can add the impending election campaign and the lack of budget.

Only a person with particularly creative thinking will succeed in this priesthood. 

"His opening data is not easy," admits retired Superintendent David Tzur, who was the border commander and commander of the Tel Aviv district. "Grace, but is immediately sucked into a crazy period, which includes enforcing the Ministry of Health's guidelines. I estimate that all demonstrations and protests will escalate during the election period, and he will have to deal with it immediately. At the same time, he will have to stabilize the organization in the long and medium term."



What do you think are his immediate goals? 



"First of all return public confidence in the police, and then stabilizing the system. His entrance accompanied by a wave of retirements of senior officers, and he will have to appoint very soon others beneath them, and all this when he was still deputy, and no degree Rb-nitzb. I believe it is in Chelm. 



" Another challenge Is the Arab sector.

Kobe needs to set trends: whether he wants community police or law enforcement.

It must also maintain technological independence.

"There has always been criticism of the organization, but not with such intensity as in recent years. It comes from the highest levels of the political echelon. I served as chief of staff in the Ministry of Internal Security alongside two ministers - Shlomo Ben Ami in Ehud Barak, and Uzi Landau in Ariel Sharon. I know The work with the commissioner, and there is a built-in tension with the two chambers.

It's not always about authority, it's often about ego and credit. "





Saturn, who now lives in Karkur,

has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in education. Married to Tali (53), an animal therapist, and the father of three daughters - Bar (28) , A psychologist, Forest (24), a patrol officer, and Peleg (20), a border fighter serving in the Tactical Brigade, who handles terrorist incidents and riots.



About three years ago, Saturn told Israel Today in an interview that because of his service, he missed raising his daughters.

"I only knew them at the age of 18, because most of the years I was not at home. I am proud that they continue my path. I also followed in the footsteps of my father, who was an officer in the reserve. I hear advice from my daughters, and their opinion is very important to me. "Implements as a commander - the concept of how to talk, not dig, say, say what I want, and what the bottom line is. I also take the attention away from them. Women know how to listen in an amazing way." 



He was born and raised in a residential neighborhood in Ashkelon, the son of Iraqi parents, the third of four children.

His mother, Tikva, still lives in the house where he grew up.

His father, Sasson, was a member of the Jewish underground in Iraq in his youth, where he secretly studied Hebrew, practiced weapons and assisted in gathering intelligence that was transferred to the defense.

In the early 1950s, the father immigrated to Israel and enlisted in the IDF. He did his service in the IDF, and in the reserve served as an officer in charge of the emergency depots in the south.



Occasionally he took his son with him to the reserve.

The boy Kobe walked around there fascinated and heard from his father about the importance of love of country and military service.

There, he said in the past, the foundations were planted that led him to fall in love with everything related to weapons. 



"I remember a hyperactive boy, one who kept running," says Effie Moore, who grew up with him in the neighborhood and is now a city council member.

"He always tried to help everyone, to be attentive."



Saturn said that while in elementary school, he received quite a few beatings from his classmates, just because he was smiling.

This changed at the age of 12, after he joined the GDNA shooting organization, and his confidence increased. Three years later he enrolled in a shooting range at the municipal range, and at the same time volunteered at the Givat Zion station of the Civil Guard, near his parents' house.



Moore, who volunteered with him at the Civil Guard when they were 15 years old , A narrator who had reached most of his shifts ahead of time. "He wanted to rub shoulders with the detective cops as much as possible and was fascinated by their stories.

Every night he went out for intense activities, which included ambushes and raids on drug stations.

He had the courage, he was not afraid of anything. " 



Impressed by the skinny and ambitious boy was the commander of the Civil Guard station, the late Gideon Ben-Hur, who later made Saturn the commander of the youngest operating base in the country - even before he turned 18. That year he graduated High school, and began studying fine mechanics in reserve at ORT Singlovsky in Tel Aviv. 



"He travels there every day by bus," says Reuven Jamil, a store owner in Ashkelon and a friend of Kobi's older brother, Yitzhak.

"In those days, I also started volunteering at Mashaz and we became friends, even though he is three years younger than me.

Kobe was kind of a spring like that.

He always had ideas on how to advance the base, what actions to take, how to catch thieves.

The older volunteers had no problem with him, because he radiated maturity and was decisive and authoritative. "



Elian Ben-Hur, Gideon's widow, says that her husband nurtured Kobi and predicted a brilliant career for him." He had a regular sentence: "This boy will still be a revolutionary." L. He used to say that he had two daughters and a son - the 'son' referred to Kobi. In 2013, when Gideon had brain cancer and knew it was the end, he asked Kobi to come and visit him. Kobi was then the commander of the Samaria police, and came especially from the territories to working alongside him. The next day, Gideon told me he wanted Kobe say kaddish for him at the funeral, and called him to ask him. I have no doubt that Kobe was excited. If Gideon knew Kobe was appointed commissioner, he was the happiest person in the world ".



Jamil recalled an anecdote related To Saturn as commander of the Mashaz base, which has affected his life to this day.

"One day a British girl came into the office, coming to Israel for a year of service. She was walking down the street in Ashkelon, and someone snatched her bag. Kobi took a complaint from her, and then told her 'I have someone to meet you.' Like that, out of intuition. "She is my wife today."

In 1982, Saturn enlisted in the

IDF, underwent general training and began studying mechanical engineering as part of the technological reserve. After less than a year, he left the technical track and served as a paratrooper. After an officers' course, he was appointed platoon commander, and then served as a corps commander in the 202nd Battalion. Afterwards, he was discharged from the IDF, with the rank of major, and was debating whether to continue on his path. In the meantime, he engaged in renovations and gardening work, and also taught agriculture at a school in Tel Aviv



.

He went through all the screening procedures, including the training course, which lasted seven months.

"We recognized that he was a quality man, very valuable and highly motivated," recalls David Tzur, who was then in charge of training in the unit.

"He's one of those people who calls 'poisoned.' Totally, committed to the tasks assigned to him by the commanders, not one who seeks adventure or fame.



" His instructors insisted he was less good at shooting practice.

There was no easy dispute about him.

I was among those who thought he should stay in the Squadron, because I had no doubt that the issue of shooting would improve, but the instructors were very decisive. It came down to the then Squadron Commander, Alik Ron, who decided that he would not continue in the unit.

I talked to Kobe and told him, 'I think you have a very big future.'

From there, he went on to instruct in the Border Police's counter-terrorism unit, and in 1992 he joined the undercover unit in Gaza and became its second headquarters. There he shone and made a force. " 



Retired Superintendent Hussein Fares, who was a Border Police commander in Gaza at the time, recalled the phone call he received from Yitzhak Aharonovitch, then deputy Border Police commander.

"He told me, 'I have a good officer to send to you.' Already at the first meeting I was impressed by him. He sounded creative to me, a man who thinks outside the box, brave, with the wisdom of life."



In July 1994, on the last Saturday of Saturn in office, he commanded a force of the undercover unit during riots at the Erez checkpoint.

The area burned as a result of the decision to expand the Oslo Accords, and there were numerous shootings and stone-throwing by Palestinians.

Shabtai, then a RAFK, noticed that an Israeli citizen had accidentally stumbled upon a pickup truck, and ran towards him. He lifted the hood, so that it would serve as protection for him during the rescue, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a Palestinian policeman firing at him. One of the bullets pierced his shoulder. The civilian, he turned to medical treatment on the ground, and when he realized that the bullet had fallen from his shoulder, he returned to command the force. 



Fares: "There was hell there.

I saw Kobe with a hole in his shoulder and told him to turn around, but he refused.

I asked him later why he was staying, and he said, 'When my warriors and commander are here, there's no way I'm leaving.

I have served in the police force for many years, but I do not know commanders who behave in this way. "For this, Saturn is decorated with the police masterpiece. 



" His commanders did not know how to eat him in those days, "recalled former Border Patrol spokesman Joshua Bauer. "They said his courage bordered on insanity, and feared he might end his life there."

From the undercover unit

, Saturn returned to the school to fight terrorism as commander.

In 1998, he established the Barak unit of the Border Police in the Tel Aviv District Police, which assisted detectives and YSM personnel in operations in Jaffa, mainly in front of an Arab population.

There he met Amos Yaakov, also a former border commander, who then served as deputy commander of the Central Region. Both were in the rank of senator. 



"Already at our first meeting, which dealt with the issue of construction and budgets, he fought for the well-being of his fighters and their work environment," says Yaakov, today a retired superintendent.

"He wanted bigger vehicles, asked for a club, and insisted on comfortable housing. They saw him coming from the undercovers. He tried to introduce the working methods from Gaza to the alleys of Jaffa, in terms of touring, assimilation into the field and the like." 



In 2001, Saturn was appointed commander of the Bethlehem Border Police, where he also saw death in front of his eyes. A 13.5 kg gas balloon exploded in the ground beneath his feet, during an encounter with terrorists.

"It took me a few seconds to realize I was alive," he said in the past.

"I felt my legs were burning, but who cares. I received my life as a gift. It was only hours later that I noticed that my legs were full of shrapnel, and I flew to the hospital."



A year later, he was appointed an officer of the Northern Border Police, and again found himself in danger of death.

In January 2003, he pursued a squad of terrorists who infiltrated Gadish in the Gilboa Regional Council, murdered the security patrol and wounded fighters from the Border Police and the Golan Heights.



"No one knew where the terrorists were, and we heard shots from all directions," said Yaakov. "There were wounded people around, and MDA paramedics treated them under fire. The feeling was that there was complete chaos in the sector.



" I saw a protected jeep of the Civil Administration in the area, and entered it.

I was joined by Kobi, who was sitting next to me, and in the back were the intelligence officer Meir Eliyahu and the fighter Ofir Suleiman.

Since no one knew where the terrorists were, we decided to put ourselves as bait so that they would attack us and thus expose themselves. 



"We advanced in the drive with flashlights on between the houses. Near a warehouse of blocks and chicken coops, the two terrorists came out of hiding and shot at us. We saw the white in their eyes. Kobe was cool, took out a weapon and tried to hit them through the firing slit in the jeep. They aimed only at us. It began to crack. These were seconds that seemed like an eternity. Golani soldiers eliminated one of the terrorists, who approached me through the driver's window.



"Kobi managed to wound the other terrorist, and then I heard him say 'I was wounded'.

A bullet penetrated through the slit and hit him in the hand.

At that moment I gave gas, in the direction of the terrorist, and as in the movies, I stuck it to the brick wall.

"Just before Kobi applied for medical treatment, he told me that I was glad I was with him." For their work at the event, the four jeep occupants received the Medal of Courage Medal.



"The next time we met was in 2016, when he replaced me as Border Police commander," he added. Jacob.

"Unlike many commanders who ignore projects started by their predecessors, he went on to expand the volunteering of Border Warriors in the 'Little Heroes' organization for children with intellectual disabilities."

At first glance,

it is difficult to identify the fighting spirit in Saturn.

His stature is average, his voice quiet, and his face is almost always a shy smile.

He first made the transition from the Border Police to the Blue Police in 2005, when he was appointed commander of the Iron Emekim police. In 2010 he became commander of the Samaria area in the SJ district and dealt with evacuating settlers from Havat Gilad with the use of plastic bullets, a move that led to protests and demonstrations by settlers. The police and the IDF.



In 2013, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed commander of the Sharon region.

"From the very beginning, Kobi spoke enthusiastically about developing new technological means," he says. "That's where he came up with the idea of ​​developing the 'Eye of the Hawk' system, which can identify license plates."



The unique system, The owner of the smart cameras also exists in various forms in other countries in the world, but Saturn was the living spirit behind its development, which was done at Mapat, the Israel Police's technology development department.

At that time, the Sharon region faced a blow of car thefts.

Sometimes the thieves hid the cars in the parking lots in Kfar Saba, and under the auspices of the night took them across the Green Line.

The system began operating as a pilot in the area in 2014, and was used mainly by the traffic units and the Etgar unit, which deals with car thefts. 

"The police knew that Kobi was constantly testing technological means and sometimes updating his commanders only after he did a tool test," says an officer who served under him.

"Despite this it was clear that in order to test the efficiency of the system, it must only be with him. Today the system is installed in most vehicles in the country. While driving, the system can detect a number of stolen vehicles or vehicles whose license has expired and immediately alert." 



In February 2016, Saturn returned to the Border Police, this time as a corps commander and commander. A few days after taking office, he heard about a Zobor case in one of the companies, where a fighter was taken to the shower and 11 of his comrades abused him with an electric shocker. From the platoon commander to the battalion commander. 



"The slogan once was that whoever beats the Arabs goes to the border," he said in those days. "Anyone who says today that he comes to the border to beat the Arabs will not step on me. We are a fabric of Jews, Christians, Druze and Circassians, and know how to honor every holiday. "Of every sector. Human dignity is emphasized here."



Former commissioner, Superintendent Moshe Karadi, says that "during Saturn's time at the border, two significant things happened. One, he built a system of investigations at the Judea and Samaria border, which deals with nationalist crime, vehicle theft, illegal immigrants and crime. farming. this is after for years required the corps to use civilian police and security officials. and the second - he founded the tactical unit, which has observation means many radars to skimmers. "



the changes described by Karadi conceived Saturn taking office, at the height of the intifada knives "At one of the staff meetings with senior command staff, Kobi spoke about the concept of operation in the field, which is not adapted to the terror of individuals," a senior officer recalled. "He was a freshman and proposed setting up a simulation facility for training against the knives at the training base.

Everyone in the room looked at him as if he had fallen from the moon.

Someone even hissed, 'Once again Kobe with his craziness'. 



"But he did not give up. He bought plastic agricultural greenhouses, and built in them stairs and alleys, which looked exactly like the Old City and the Nablus Gate. He divided the fighters into two groups, one of which was dressed like civilians, and the other resembled terrorists. He gave the fighters paint guns, he said. On detective methods of undercover and taught them to identify terrorists by external cues and behavior. This is how they trained there for weeks.



"A few months later, knife terrorism disappeared.

I think Kobe was a part of that: his fighters learned to stop terrorists. 



"I admit, I also thought at first he was a fantasist. But I realized that he likes to dismantle problems from the beginning. In his eyes there is no difference between populations, unlike other commanders, who for years advocated inclusion policy. For example, Kobi will not allow the country to burn Ethiopian protests, as it did a year ago. "And half of it in Tel Aviv. He will arrive before the talks, and if that does not work, there will be no forgiveness for the protesters. With him, they will not harm civilians' cars."



The same officer recalled the way Saturn decided to introduce to the police the "Blade of Light" system, designed to intercept explosive balloons from the Gaza border.

"It was his idea, and he mobilized and excited Mapat.

Again, there were officers who thought he was a bit carried away by dreams, but it turned out that the system was able to intercept 95 percent of the balloons that were inflated towards the sector in which it was placed. "



The blade was exposed to Saturn in 2018 thanks to two developers who conceived it, Prof. Ami Yeshaya, laser expert, and" R. Udi Ben Ami, Electro-Optics Specialist.

"The Ministry of Defense did not tell us at first," says Prof. Isaiah.

"I asked a security guard to connect me to a general in the IDF, but he said that only Kobi was suitable.

Kobe was the only one who listened to us, believed the system would succeed and accompanied the development process.

He gave us generators, allocated training areas and ranges and pushed to increase the range of the laser beam to a few miles, rather than settle for a few meters.

This is an entrepreneur at heart.

The police have invested a little more than a million dollars in the system, and today it is worth a billion. "

Even in his difficult nightmares,

Saturn did not believe that the hawk-eye system against vehicle theft, which was a source of pride for him and robbed him of countless hours of sleep, would become a

stumbling block

on the way to his appointment as commissioner.



On December 15, Interior Minister Amir Ohana As usual, the election was subject to the approval of the Goldberg Committee, which advises the appointment of senior public sector officials, and the approval of the government. About a week and a half later, the public was called to file objections to the committee. 



He filed materials against Saturn was Advocate Pini Fischler, chairman of the police committee. Attorneys Fischler is one of the sharpest critics of the police, and his complaint thwarted the appointment of Chico Edri as commissioner about two years ago. 



In a letter to the commission, Fischler claimed that in 2019 he had received information attributing alleged criminal conduct to Saturn and another senior officer.

According to him, the two asked their commanders to retrieve data from stolen cars from the Ein HaEnz terminals, and these were transferred to Gabi Gal, Shlomo Sixt's chief of staff. The issue was previously referred by Fischler for a DIP investigation, which found no criminal suspicion. Acting former commissioner, Motti Cohen.

Cohen appointed an investigating officer, who recommended closing the case.

Although the letter of Fischler, has decided Goldberg Commission, by majority vote, to recommend Saturn top job. Three friends - Civil Service Commissioner, Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Prof. Talia Einhorn and Moshe Tery - determined that no defect actions of Saturn.



"Information He was transferred to the Eye of the Hawk system, which was the result of his initiative, and was not particularly sensitive, "the committee members explained." The police had an interest in cooperating with civilian elements to effectively deal with vehicle theft.

Saturn is commendable, not derogatory. "They noted that Saturn even underwent a polygraph examination, which revealed that he did not illegally provide information to unauthorized parties.



Judge Eliezer Goldberg, in a minority opinion, accepted Fischler's complaint. He noted that" in the said circumstances it can not be said. A category because there was no defect in the purity of his virtues. "



Fischler was disappointed." I am angry that the committee did not invite me to testify before it, "he explains." If it had done so, I would have had little power to convince Judge Goldberg of the position.

After all, people have been fired or prosecuted for such things.

I think the committee members did it because they can no longer carry on their shoulders another term without a commissioner.



“If and when the government approves Saturn’s appointment, I will give him 100 days of grace.

After them I open burners.

Organizational decay awaits him, and I will not give him a moment of silence.

I am glad that at least my complaint was brought before the public and the police command. " 



A senior officer involved in the affair goes against his colleagues, one of whom passed the information to Fischler." Unfortunately the organization has a tendency to look for people for things that sometimes were not and were not created.

In this respect it is a terrible organization, and the phenomenon is much more prominent in the police than in other organizations.

The issue was investigated by DIP, and they found no suspicion of a criminal offense. They also examined the disciplinary side, from which nothing came up. 



"Former commissioner Roni Alshikh tried to eradicate this phenomenon, that anyone who receives an appointment or rank finds the "He himself was stoned in the town square. Suddenly, old stories are being pulled out of the attic, all for their personal needs." 

Not only Advocate Fischler

was among the categorizers against Saturn. "He was never a district commander, so now he will become a commissioner?"

Defying a senior officer.

"It's like a sexual chief of staff who has never been a commander-in-chief.

"I'm also not sure he has enough experience in investigations, at a time when a number of politicians are suspected of crimes or on trial." 



These allegations are not foreign to Saturn. "He says anyone who claims these things against him does not understand his record," says one staff officer. "This is the first time I've seen him injured like that.

They took a system he initiated for the benefit of the public, and tried to turn his work into something negative.

Besides, he's not stressful.

"Every commissioner in the country is appointed by politicians, there is no other way. As someone who has known him for several years, this is a commander who will stand by his principles for the benefit of the State of Israel." 



"The allegations that he was not a district commander or investigator are directed at anyone advancing from the special units," says retired superintendent Zur.

"We forget that Kobi is familiar with burning issues, such as agricultural crime and the Arab sector." 



Retired RNC Karadi agrees. "As the one in charge of the border, two spaces and a station, Kobi is equipped with the required professional knowledge. Even if he was not a district commander, he headed a large corps."



Retired Amos Yaakov, Saturn's former commander, chuckles when he hears the arguments against him.

"A commissioner is not an investigator, he does not decide who will be investigated and how he will be investigated.

He's just outlining a policy.

In my opinion, Kobi in general should take the focus off Unit 433. I also suggest that he conduct himself differently in the media arrests and make sure that there is no media that will photograph every famous suspect who comes to the investigation.

It does not help the war on corruption, but only undermines the public's trust in the police.

"Besides, these are investigations that are a very small percentage of all police work. To change the organization's image, we need more police officers to patrol on foot, not in mobility. They are supposed to make direct contact with the public.

"The work of the police during the Corona period needs to change. It is not their job to write reports on masks or close shops, it is the job of the local authorities.

"If I were the commissioner, I would oppose it. This situation only made the police even more disgusted with the public." 



To convince that this is a commander of a different breed, one of his friends presents a conduct that took place about two months ago.

Saturn stopped all training and courses at the border and required everyone to watch the investigation of the "source" program on five border guards accused of robbery and violence against Palestinians, who tried to enter Israel for work purposes.

"It is our duty to uproot invalid phenomena and ensure that any deviation is dealt with severely and with zero tolerance," he wrote in a letter distributed at the border. 

Saturn is still keeping

its plans close to the chest, hoping that Motti Cohen, who was forced to serve two years as a deputy, will not repeat himself.

One of his associates estimates that the image of the police officer will be at the center of his activity, and that he will work to make the service accessible to the citizen from a technological point of view. 



"It bothers him that in Israel the police are treated with contempt," says a senior officer.

"They spit on them in demonstrations, curse them. How is it possible that a policeman should ask a citizen for long minutes to present his details? We will see them behave this way in front of a policeman in the United States. 



"On the one hand, it is difficult for Kobi to see the policemen who suffer from humiliation in demonstrations, week after week, and he knows that it is difficult to judge them. But as the one who brought the body cameras to the police, when he commanded Samaria, he will certainly examine every complaint. A policeman will consciously deviate from orders and procedures.



Will

encounter zero forgiveness.

"Another issue will be crime in Arab society.

Saturn has recently toured the north and brought in the assistance of the Tactical Brigade and YMCA teams. I estimate he will make a revolution there. He is being interrupted by celebrations, violence against women and extortion of sponsorship fees from farmers. With the leaders. " 

tala@israelhayom.co.il

Source: israelhayom

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