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Royal Yisraeli Special Political Police
משטרה פוליטית ישראלית מיוחדת
Common nameYeMep (lit. "royal Yisraeli special police"); plural: Yemepim
AbbreviationRYSPP
Agency overview
Formed1891
Employees~4,500
Jurisdictional structure
National agencyYisrael
Operations jurisdictionYisrael
Operational structure
HeadquartersYerushalayim, Yisrael
Agency executive

The Royal Yisraeli Special Political Police (Modern Hebrew: משטרה פוליטית ישראלית מיוחדת), also referred to as YeMep or RYSPP (colloquially), is a special political police force in Yisrael. It is an independent royal agency directly under the control of the King whose chief responsibilities are to investigate, control, and subvert political organizations whose ideologies are held to be a threat to the public order by the Government of Yisrael. Its duties combine criminal investigations and counterespionage under one agency; it is considered a jurisdictional rival to the Royal Yisraeli Security Service.

It has been accused of being a secret police force by critics on both the political left and right as well as purported victims of its investigations and security actions. Its main targets publicly are the home-grown Christian terrorists, political extremists, social radicals, and other subversives; privately, some believe it is a tool of suppression for enemies of the monarchy, the state, and its religious-based constitutional order.

Role and mandate

The RYSPP has a litany of political crime-specific law enforcement duties, including but not limited to:

  • Investigating, infiltrating, and destroying subversive political groups;
  • Controlling the spread, influence, and power of anti-constitutional ideologies;
  • Monitoring and censoring communications of subversive ideologies, groups, and individuals; and
  • Cooperating with related sister organizations to fight public corruption, political extremism, and other political crimes by public officers.

The YeMep answers solely to the King, whose office relays cases to the Royal Yisraeli Special Court on Political Crimes and Corruption for prosecution.

History

Organization

  • Special Activities Section: The division for undercover officers assigned to various cases across the sections. Yemepim located here generally are under official covers and have their real identities classified for the duration of their undercover duties.

Gallery

See also