In the absence of means, the police really have no idea how many people were at Kanevsky's funeral
The deliberations of the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee revealed that the police have not yet been equipped with a system for counting crowds at mass events in the open - and that it is based on assessments by veteran police officers only.
At this stage it is not at all clear whether the gap will be completed by the upcoming revelry in Meron.
Police: "Monitoring technological developments"
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20/03/2022
Sunday, 20 March 2022, 16:47 Updated: 19:23
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In the video: Rabbi Kanevsky's funeral procession (Photo: Yotam Ronen, C Live u, Keren Peer and helicopter photography: Itamar Greenberg / helicopter: Isracopter)
About a year after the Meron disaster, the police have not yet been equipped with a system for counting crowds at mass events in the open.
During the deliberations of the Meron Disaster Investigation Committee, significant discrepancies were revealed in the means available to the Israel Police for counting an audience in an open area - among other things, the indications for the amount of audience in a certain area, which does not count manually or automatically at entrances.
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The masses at Rabbi Kanevsky's funeral, today (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Even at the mass funeral of Rabbi Kanievsky today in the city of Bnei Brak, the police conducted the event without such a system - and the possibility of using such technology at the upcoming Meron celebration depends on the doubt.
This is after a tender was not conducted to locate advanced technology that would meet the need, and this is still in the examination stages.
The Israel Police stated: "As part of the preparations that are taking place these days, various aspects are being examined, in which the audience is perceived. We should note that the Israel Police monitors various technological developments that they can assist in areas related to police activity."
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