Palestine Police Force

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colonial police force law enforcement agency

The Palestine Police Force was the British colonial police organization responsible for maintaining law and order in Mandatory Palestine from the early 1920s until 1948.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Palestine Police Mobile Force	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial police force ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ
administeredBy	British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate authorities United Kingdom ⓘ
areaServed	rural areas of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ urban areas of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
coatOfArms	badge featuring a crown and the word "Palestine" ⓘ
conflict	1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) Arab–Jewish communal violence in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
country	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
dissolutionCause	end of the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
dissolvedIn	1948 ⓘ
employed	Arab policemen ⓘ British officers ⓘ Jewish policemen ⓘ
employer	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government
endTime	1948 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate period in Palestine
jurisdiction	civilian population of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
legalBasis	British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: League of Nations Mandate for Palestine
notableUnit	Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ Palestine Police Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Palestine Police Mobile Force Supernumerary Police ⓘ
operatedDuring	1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine ⓘ surface form: Arab revolt in Palestine (1936–1939) World War II ⓘ
operatedIn	Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
partOf	British colonial administration in Palestine ⓘ
replacedBy	Israel Police ⓘ Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Transjordanian security forces
responsibility	crime prevention ⓘ maintaining law and order ⓘ public security ⓘ riot control ⓘ
startTime	1920 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British Colonial Office High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan ⓘ surface form: High Commissioner for Palestine
succeededBy	new national police forces in successor states ⓘ
supervised	Jewish Settlement Police ⓘ Supernumerary Police ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	uniformed police force ⓘ
usedEquipment	British standard police uniforms ⓘ small arms ⓘ
usedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestine Police Force → notableUnit → Palestine Police Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palestine Police Mobile Force

British Mandate for Palestine → securityForce → Palestine Police Force ⓘ