Sharp criticism of the Supreme Court on the police: "conduct that causes discomfort, to say the least"
The police refused to delete a police record for a transgender woman, a former street girl who recovered from prostitution and wanted to start a new page in her life.
The police insisted on getting reasons from the woman for deleting the records, contrary to the law.
Only after the woman petitioned the High Court, the police, who received harsh criticism from the judges, deleted the records
Bini Ashkenazi
08/08/2022
Monday, August 8, 2022, 5:56 p.m. Updated: 8:54 p.m.
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"Conduct that deepens the perception of rivalry between the individual and the administration".
Police station (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The judges of the Supreme Court sharply criticized the police and claimed that their conduct "causes discomfort, to say the least."
This is what Judges Yosef Elron, Yael Wilner and Khaled Kabob wrote yesterday (Sunday), against the background of the police's refusal to delete a police record for a transgender woman, who recovered from prostitution and wanted to start a new page in her life.
The petitioner, whose name is prohibited from publication, is a former street prostitute who supported herself by engaging in prostitution.
After many years, the petitioner managed to restore her life, once again - she got out of the circle of prostitution and street life, which involved exposure to severe violence and extreme poverty in the dark fringes of society, and became an independent trader and a significant factor in her environment and community.
However, between the years 1996-2013, five police records were registered against her, four of which were closed without filing an indictment, and for one registration a charge sheet was filed, which was canceled due to the fact that the underlying events were considered "trivial."
At the end of 2021, the petitioner contacted the police in order to have the police records on her name deleted, but the police insisted, illegally, on receiving from the petitioner reasons with "the full circumstances of the events and with every detail about them" so that the records would be deleted.
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Strong criticism.
The Supreme Court (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Following the police's refusal, the petitioner submitted a petition to the High Court through the law firm Klei Rosen & Co. The state attorney's office, which represents the police at the High Court, realized that this was a mistake, and therefore the petition was deleted and the petitioner was paid compensation in the amount of NIS 10,000.
On this, the judges wrote, "It should be regretted that only after a petition was filed, and in the shadow of the criticism of this court and the involvement of the state attorney's office, did the relevant police officials realize that they had made a mistake."
The judges continued to harshly criticize the police, "Such conduct deepens the perception of rivalry between the individual and the administration, which is fundamentally based on suspicion and fear of the individual in relation to governmental authorities."
They emphasized, "These things are even more true when it comes to disadvantaged or marginalized populations, whose attitude to the authorities is more deeply rooted in the perception of rivalry, such as transgenders who have reached the point of engaging in prostitution and street prostitution."
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