חוק לתיקון פקודת המשטרה (מס' 45), התשפ"ו–2026Police Ordinance (Amendment No. 45) Law, 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law provides that a Police Investigations Department will be established as an independent body within the Ministry of Justice, with a separate budget, and will be authorized to investigate and prosecute police officers for criminal offenses, including minor offenses, as well as to handle offenses committed by volunteers in the Israel Police. The Law further establishes a new mechanism for appointing the Department's director through a dedicated search committee, and creates the position of a Coordination Supervisor for matters concerning the investigation of police officers, who will be authorized to resolve disputes between the Police Investigations Department and other investigative and prosecutorial bodies and to order, in appropriate cases, the transfer of files between the bodies. In addition, the Law establishes a separation between the Police Investigations Department and the government legal counsel system, such that the Department's prosecutors will be authorized by the Department's director, and the criminal authorities currently held by the Attorney General or the State Attorney's Office in cases handled by the Department will be transferred to the Department's director. The Law further provides that appeals against decisions of the Department to close a file will be submitted to the Coordination Supervisor. At the same time, the Department will be subject to the general guidelines of the Attorney General and the State Attorney, except where the guidelines grant authority to a body external to the Department. The Law also includes amendments concerning the full civilianization of the Police Investigations Department, and consequently provisions regarding the access of Department employees to the Police's information systems. Finally, the Law establishes commencement and preparatory provisions for its implementation, as well as a duty for the Minister of Justice and the Minister of National Security to report to the Knesset on the handling of complaints and offenses attributed to police officers and on the results of such handling.

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What was said in the plenum

הצעת החוק מבקשת לנתק את המחלקה לחקירת שוטרים (מח״ש) מפיקוח הפרקליטות ולהפכה לגוף עצמאי, תוך שינוי מנגנון מינוי מנהלה והרחבת סמכויותיה לחקור גם פרקליטים. הדיון התמקד בשאלה האם המהלך מחזק את עצמאות החקירה והאמון הציבורי במשטרה, או שמא מדובר בהעברת מח״ש לשליטה פוליטית של שר המשפטים, על רקע האשמות הדדיות הקשורות לתיקי ראש הממשלה ולביקורת רחבה על תפקוד מח״ש כלפי אזרחים מוחלשים.

An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. A very long debate: every speech was shortened to the same length before summarising. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2, 3

Reservations to the second reading

89 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.

ההסתייגויות נסבו בעיקר סביב הרכב המחלקה לחקירת שוטרים ואופן מינוי חבריה, מידת עצמאותה מהממשלה והיועץ המשפטי לממשלה, לוחות הזמנים לחקירות ולהחלטות, זכויות קורבנות ושוטרים נילונים, ומועד תחילת החוק. חלק מהקבוצות ביקשו להרחיב את העצמאות והפיקוח הציבורי על המחלקה, אחרות ביקשו להגביר את מעורבות הדרג הפוליטי או לדחות או לבטל את עיקרי ההצעה.

By faction

• Labor opposition · 30 reservations · 4 members
• Yesh Atid opposition · 30 reservations · 23 members
• Hadash–Ta'al opposition · 22 reservations · 5 members
• Blue and White opposition · 20 reservations · 8 members
• Yisrael Beytenu opposition · 9 reservations · 6 members
• Ra'am opposition · 7 reservations · 5 members
• United Torah Judaism coalition · 1 reservation · 1 member

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it. 1 proposer was not matched to a member: listed under the groups, not counted by faction.

Asked to speak: יצחק גולדקנופף, Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism), Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism), Uri Maklev (United Torah Judaism), Yaakov Tesler (United Torah Judaism), Yaakov Asher (United Torah Judaism)

Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF)