In 2021, 149 reports of sexual harassment in the organization were submitted to the Israel Police.
31 of them were treated in DIP, 46 were treated in a disciplinary proceeding and 43 in a command proceeding. Policemen: This emerged today (Monday) from a discussion in the Knesset's Internal Security Committee.
According to the data presented to the committee, in the same year 34 reports of sexual harassment were submitted to the Prison Service.
21 of them were treated in a disciplinary proceeding when in five of the disturbing cases they terminated their service in the organization.
Meirav Ben-Ari, Chairman of the Internal Security Committee, Photo: Oren Ben-Hakon
In a debate on the bill that would require reporting to the Knesset on complaints and dealing with sexual harassment in the police and the prison service, the chairman of the Internal Security Committee and the bill's initiator, MK Meirav Ben-Ari, said: "I wrote the bill "And I think that in bodies that have women and men together, there should be a certain transparency. The report will be to the Knesset, which is the right place. Anyone who understands and works in the field knows that these things create a better climate for complainants and that makes organizations better."
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