A senior police officer who is being investigated for breach of trust and abuse of authority was released overnight after a 7-hour interrogation, Hebrew outlets report.
The suspected officer bears the rank of deputy commissioner. His name has been barred from publication.
The Department for Internal Police Investigations issued a statement yesterday saying that the officer in question allegedly “interfered in a matter in which he had a conflict of interest, without reporting it, and even acted in various ways to influence how the matter was handled in his unit.”
The case reportedly involves a businessman whom the officer knows.
He is released under restrictive conditions and is barred from police facilities for nine days. He is also barred from contacting those involved in the case in question.
Police Chief Danny Levy is expected to name Assistant Commissioner Eli Macmel to temporarily replace him.
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