The public is showing signs of anxiety: Within a week, there was a sharp jump in the number of complaints from concerned citizens to the police centers, against the background of the last three attacks that claimed the lives of 11 civilians.
Data obtained by Israel Today shows that while on March 22, the day of the attack in Be'er Sheva, the police's 100 emergency centers received 31,775 calls, on March 29, the day of the attack in Bnei Brak, the number of referrals jumped to 44,499.
In addition, on the 22nd of the month, 7,705 incidents were handled following the calls to the hotline, compared to Tuesday, the day of the attack in Bnei Brak, when the number of incidents jumped to 9,640.
Police sources say most of the citizens' inquiries concern reports of suspicious people and figures and suspicious vehicles and objects.
"We welcome the public's vigilance, and the fact that the public often turns to us," police say.
"We ask the public to be vigilant and report to the hotline any incident or suspicious person."
Following the attack in Bnei Brak, the commissioner, Superintendent Yaakov Shabtai, ordered that the alert be raised to the highest level. Terrorism, presence on the streets and security of civilians. "
One of the scenes of the attack in Bnei Brak, Photo: Coco
Along with these measures, the commissioner ordered the reinforcement of thousands of police officers on the ground in the tasks of securing educational institutions, central stations and crowded places, and the police began to operate in a two-day shift, 12 hours each, a step that would allow greater policing. .
Growing demand for a firearms license
Police say that in the localities involved and adjacent to them, most of the calls to the 100 hotlines concern the hearing of fireworks and gunfire.
"The area is explosive, and it requires a lot of attention and cooperation from the public," says a senior officer. "There are a lot of forces in the area, including checkpoints. The police are alert from end to end."
Another statistic that indicates a decrease in personal security is the increasing number of citizens who apply to the Ministry of Internal Security for a license to issue firearms.
While the number of daily calls to the Firearms Licensing Division regarding the issuance of firearms licenses is 600, after the Bnei Brak attack, the number jumped to more than 1,000;
While the division routinely receives about 130 documents and about 60 requests, on the day of the attack in Bnei Brak, 307 documents and 429 requests were received.
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