The Jewish Supernumerary Police (), sometimes referred to as Jewish Auxiliary Police, were a branch of the Notrim set up by the British in Mandatory Palestine in June 1936.

The British authorities gradually expanded the Supernumerary Police from 6,000 to 14,000 and ultimately 22,000. Those trained became the nucleus of the Haganah, which itself became the main constituent of the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

The other branch of the Notrim was an elite mobile force, created in 1938, known as the Jewish Settlement Police.

See also

Notrim

• Jewish Settlement Police

Footnotes

References

• Bowyer Bell, John (1996). Terror Out of Zion. Transaction Publishers.

• Nasr, Kameel B. (1996). Arab and Israeli Terrorism: The Causes and Effects of Political Violence, 1936-1993. McFarland & Company.