

Police Conscript Service (Shacham)
חייל/ת משטרה (שח"ם - שירות חובה במשטרה)
Role facts
from the official pageWhat the role is like
What you would be doing
the full text, nothing cutYou're placed in one of the branches the Israel Police runs — patrolling in a squad car, responding to citizen distress calls, and fighting crime. If you're a good fit, you can move into a forensic identification lab, collecting and scientifically analyzing evidence from crime scenes, or into the police's intelligence branch, gathering criminal information from a range of sources. Other soldiers here staff the emergency call center, handling distress calls and passing them to forces on the ground.
What it takes to get in
Profile 45 and above. Yom Ha-MEA: Interpersonal skills 3+, Management and organization 2+, Command 3+, Structure and discipline 3+.
Training
Tironut 02 plus about 4 months of a basic police course. Candidates headed for the administrative track do an extra 3 weeks plus tailored professional training. Candidates headed for the emergency call center do a roughly 2-month course.
Where you serve
Various units around the country.