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Palestinian Civil Police Force
The Palestinian Civil Police Force (PCP; Arabic: الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية, romanized: al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah), commonly known as the Palestinian Police, is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the territory governed by the Palestinian Authority. The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services.
The Civil Police was formally established with the May 1994 signing of the Gaza–Jericho Agreement, a chapter in the Oslo Accords process, under the umbrella of the General Security Service. Founded with over 10,000 officers, it was the largest substituent of the Palestinian National Security Forces. The agreement called for the civil police maintaining public order from 25 stations throughout the Palestinian-administered parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Long-time Police head Ghazi al-Jabali was criticised for corruption and curbing press and civil rights freedoms. In 2004, he was kidnapped by the Jenin Martyrs Brigades, part of the Popular Resistance Committees, and only released after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed to fire him. Al-Jabali was replaced with Arafat's cousin, Musa Arafat, a move which did little to restore public confidence in Police.
According to the International Crisis Group, Palestinian police and security forces succeeded in effectively "preventing, prosecuting and reducing crime" in the late 1990s.
During the course of the Second Intifada and its armed conflict, Palestinian police were unable to patrol armed or in uniform, lest they be engaged by Israeli security forces as combatants. As the armed conflict petered out after three years, Palestinian police forces returned to regular operations in 2003–2004.
Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip the control of the police in Gaza Strip came under the control of Hamas, while police forces in the West Bank remain under the Palestinian National Authority.
As a result of the 2025 Gaza peace plan, responsibility for policing in the Gaza Strip is to be assumed by a Gaza civil police force.
In order to aid the Palestinian government in "establishing sustainable and effective civil policing arrangements", the European Union Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support, EUPOLCOPPS, was established beginning 2006.
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Palestinian Civil Police Force
The Palestinian Civil Police Force (PCP; Arabic: الشرطة المدنية الفلسطينية, romanized: al-Shurtah al-Madaniyah al-Filistiniyah), commonly known as the Palestinian Police, is the Civil Police organization tasked with traditional law enforcement duties in the territory governed by the Palestinian Authority. The Civil Police is a part of the Palestinian Security Services.
The Civil Police was formally established with the May 1994 signing of the Gaza–Jericho Agreement, a chapter in the Oslo Accords process, under the umbrella of the General Security Service. Founded with over 10,000 officers, it was the largest substituent of the Palestinian National Security Forces. The agreement called for the civil police maintaining public order from 25 stations throughout the Palestinian-administered parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Long-time Police head Ghazi al-Jabali was criticised for corruption and curbing press and civil rights freedoms. In 2004, he was kidnapped by the Jenin Martyrs Brigades, part of the Popular Resistance Committees, and only released after Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed to fire him. Al-Jabali was replaced with Arafat's cousin, Musa Arafat, a move which did little to restore public confidence in Police.
According to the International Crisis Group, Palestinian police and security forces succeeded in effectively "preventing, prosecuting and reducing crime" in the late 1990s.
During the course of the Second Intifada and its armed conflict, Palestinian police were unable to patrol armed or in uniform, lest they be engaged by Israeli security forces as combatants. As the armed conflict petered out after three years, Palestinian police forces returned to regular operations in 2003–2004.
Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip the control of the police in Gaza Strip came under the control of Hamas, while police forces in the West Bank remain under the Palestinian National Authority.
As a result of the 2025 Gaza peace plan, responsibility for policing in the Gaza Strip is to be assumed by a Gaza civil police force.
In order to aid the Palestinian government in "establishing sustainable and effective civil policing arrangements", the European Union Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support, EUPOLCOPPS, was established beginning 2006.
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