As for designated police officers, the witness admitted that designated police officers in the territories also capture wanted persons, roam around the countryside, etc., as part of their regular work. At the end of his interrogation, he admitted that there is a difference between what an administrative policeman does and what a designated policeman does.
- From the testimony of the prosecution witness, Mr. Reuven Gutman, the following facts emerge:
- a) The witness served as head of the Personnel and Training Administration in the IPS from September 1, 1989 to March 15, 1993, and currently serves as head of the Projects Administration in New Prisons; b) In the years 1988/89, the witness was at the National Security College, and between the years 1984 and 1988 he served as the head of the Economy and Guidance Administration for storage, construction, purchases, prisoners' employment, etc., and at that time he did not deal with manpower; c) When the witness began to serve as a manpower officer, the additional check was already paid to the guards; d) Although in January 1988 the witness had not yet served as the head of the Personnel and Training Administration in the IPS, he studied the payment procedures and the conditions for granting additional checks to prison guards serving in prisons in the Judea and Samaria area; e) The IPS is an auxiliary unit subordinate to the Ministry of Police, and the wage conditions of those who serve in the IPS, as opposed to their working conditions, are determined in accordance with the approvals of the Ministry of Finance; f) Following discussions that took place between the Ministry of Police and the Ministry of Finance, beginning
in 1979, the Director of Wages in the Ministry of Finance granted, on February 14, 1988, approval for the payment of an additional check to the guards starting from the February 1988 salary, while at first the approval was given to designated guards only, as opposed to administrative prison guards who are not employed in shifts. This approval was conditional on the provision of periodic training on special behavior to those who serve beyond the Green Line; g) Designated prison guards are guards whose main role is expressed in regular and daily contact with the prisoners or the local visitor population, and most of their work is in shifts, as opposed to administrative prison guards whose role is essentially office and does not involve shift work; 8) On November 6, 1988, the Commissioner of Wages at the Ministry of Finance gave additional approval for the payment of a shekel supplement also to guards in administrative positions serving in prisons in Judea and Samaria, this approval was given following discussions between the Ministry of Police and the Ministry of Finance; i) The IPS made the payment of a shekel supplement to all the prison guards serving in Judea and Samaria; 1) Adel Kizel - Plaintiff No. 1 - was recruited to the IPS on June 14, 1984 and has been serving in an administrative position ever since, first in the Judea and Samaria Central Prison and on January 1, 1988 in Jenin Prison.