The basic organizational structure of the Israel Police under the Commissioner is as follows:

National Headquarters : executive headquarters for all branches of the I.P. It includes also subordinate units providing services to other units at District level and in the Border Guard, as well as national operational units under direct NHQ command.

District and Sub-District Commands and Police Stations (main and local) : bear operational responsibility for carrying out policing duties and meeting I.P. objectives within their respective areas of jurisdiction. Each District has between two to four Sub-Districts, and these, in turn, are responsible for several stations.


Police Stations: these bear operational responsibilty for carrying out policing duties at the city, neighborhood and rural levels. Some stations have more than one local authority in their geographic area of responsibility. The stations have, in turn, some neighborhood community policing stations, which give local policing services and mobilize partnerships with the community for crime prevention activity.

The Border Guard : this is a para-military `Gendarmerie' force within the I.P., with its own organization and structure, but acting under the responsibility of the District Commands. Some of the police officers are recruited to the Border Guard as part of their compulsory military service (3 years for men, and 2 years for women), after completing high-school studies at 18. Some of these continue on to a police career as regular police-officers in the Border Guard or in other units within the police.

The whole of the police budget comes from the National Budget and none from local authority taxes.