9 policemen run over within two months: "Police must recalculate route"

The death of Major Barak Meshulam is the latest in a series of painful incidents, in one of which he also paid for another volunteer in his life.

Shlomi Heller

17/07/2022

Sunday, 17 July 2022, 12:11 Updated: 13:41

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The scene of the policeman stepping on a checkpoint on Road 4, near Raanana.

July 17, 2022 (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman, Niv Aharonson and Karin Sagi)

The crash at the checkpoint near Raanana tonight (Sunday), which ended with the death of policeman Barak Meshulam, is not the first and probably not the last.

In the last two months alone, there have been nine incidents at police checkpoints, in which Meshulam and police volunteer Amichai Carmeli were killed.

Following the incident, Commissioner Kobi Shabtai sharpened the opening fire regulations, emphasizing that a police officer may open fire on anyone who endangers his life while attempting to break through a police checkpoint. There are IDF soldiers helping to stop the incident.

"There are two aspects here, one is the number of fighters at the checkpoint in the territories in front of a police checkpoint on Israeli roads," explained the former head of the traffic department at the police, retired Yaron Barry.

"Also their skill, how many times a policeman trains a year compared to a hint soldier - no more than four to five days a year."

The crash scene.

Tonight (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

"The police must draw conclusions and draw lessons and probably change the shape of the checkpoint in order to better protect the police."

Barry continued.

He said, "There is of course a constant conflict and tension between wanting to carry out the mission and not getting into huge traffic jams. We need to recalculate a route and see if we set up the checkpoints in a way that protects the police. Unfortunately, given these results probably not."

Barry also addressed allegations of ambiguity in opening fire procedures.

According to him, the problem is not the skill of the police, and suggested a solution.

"There are other ways of delaying vehicles that do not reach 150 km / h at 4:00 in the morning.

For example, to place the spikes half a kilometer from the checkpoint and seven 'slaloms' inside.

If the driver rages, the vehicle punctures even before it reaches the police. "

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Crashing events in the last two months

• Tonight: Breaking through a checkpoint on Road 4 near Raanana and trampling to death the policeman Barak Meshulam.

• July 15: A police checkpoint at the Giti Avishar junction in Samaria - a Palestinian suspect in the theft of a vehicle ran over a police officer and slightly injured him.

  However, after identifying a police checkpoint, he was asked to stop by police and accelerated his journey.

• July 14: Road 1, Shoresh Interchange - An attempt to stop a suspect in stealing a motorcycle at a police checkpoint at the entrance to Jerusalem ends with a police officer being run over and slightly injured.

  The suspect, who continued driving, abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.

• July 6: A police checkpoint near the Beit Hanina neighborhood, in East Jerusalem - a driver of a vehicle who was detained during a routine check and found to be driving without a license, tried to escape, wounded one of the policemen, and was later apprehended.

• July 2: Postal junction, in Judea and Samaria - A suspect in the theft of a vehicle accelerated towards police at the checkpoint, collided with a car and injured three police officers.

• June 29: Post Junction, in Judea and Samaria - Suspected of stealing a car increased speed as he drove towards a police checkpoint and wounded three policemen.

• June 11: Road 412, near the Beit Dagan junction - a drunk driver accelerated towards a police checkpoint on the road and ran over police volunteer Amichai Carmeli to death.

• May 23: Kfar Saba - A policeman was run over by a police officer on suspicion of driving while disqualified.

  The policeman was thrown onto the road and slightly injured.

Vehicle thefts in the last three years

• In 2019, 9,914 cars were stolen

• In 2020, 8,644 cars were stolen

• In 2021, 12,147 were stolen

• Meanwhile, in 2022, according to data from search companies, there is an increase of between 63% and 72% in thefts

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