Last update - 00:00 12/04/2007
Dichter orders senior policemen dismissed over Parinyan affair
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Public Security Minister Avi Dichter has instructed police to begin dismissal proceedings against Police Commander Yoram Levy and Police Superintendent Reuven Gilboa in light of the recommendations of the Zeiler Committee.
The Zeiler committee, which was charged with investigating the handling of the probe into the murder by a policeman of suspected crime boss Pinhas Buhbut, while he was under guard in hospital, recommended that Levy and Gilboa be dismissed from the police, and possibly demoted to lower ranks.
The report found deficiencies in the performance of several senior police officers, including outgoing Police Commissioner Moshe Karadi, who announced his resignation hours after the findings of the report became public.
The committee found that Levy and Gilboa's actions were "unacceptable and maybe even illegal, in violation of police norms of proper regulations, fairness, good faith, obligation to report, and telling the truth."
Both officers will be given the right to a hearing prior to being dismissed, as required by law.
Dichter met with outgoing Deputy Police Commissioner Benny Kaniak, who has been placed in charge of implementing the Zeiler recommendations. Kaniak was place in charge after Karadi disqualified himself due to his personal involvement in the affair.
Dichter informed Kaniak that he is accepting the committee's recommendations involving individual officers, and decided that three additional officers should be officially censured.
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