Supernumerary Police

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The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.

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Label Occurrences
Supernumerary Police canonical 2
Jewish Supernumerary Police 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf auxiliary police force
paramilitary organization
activeDuring 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
armedWith small arms
associatedWith British counterinsurgency strategy in Palestine
composedMostlyOf Jewish recruits
conflict 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
controlledBy British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate authorities
country Mandatory Palestine
dissolvedBy British authorities
employer British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate authorities
establishedBy British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
ethnicComposition Yishuv
function border and road protection
internal security
historicalContext late British colonial policing
influenced development of Haganah
jurisdiction rural areas of Mandatory Palestine
languageOfOperation English
Hebrew
legacy contributed to military experience of Jewish community in Palestine
natureOfForce part-time force
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
opposedBy Palestinian fedayeen movement
surface form: Arab Palestinian insurgents
partOf Palestine Police Force
primaryAllegiance British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate government
providedTrainingFor future Haganah members
recruitmentBasis voluntary enlistment
relatedTo Jewish Settlement Police
Notrim
Special Night Squads
role guarding strategic points
patrolling rural areas
protection of Jewish settlements
secondaryAllegiance Yishuv
surface form: Yishuv leadership
timePeriod 1930s
League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces
surface form: British Mandate era
typeOf auxiliary to regular police
usedFor counterinsurgency duties
security duties

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Palestine Police Force notableUnit Supernumerary Police
Palestine Police Force supervised Supernumerary Police
Jewish Settlement Police relatedTo Supernumerary Police
this entity surface form: Jewish Supernumerary Police