Top police legal adviser to retire from the force in February after 30 years

Assistant Commissioner Elazar Kahana, the top legal adviser to the Israel Police, will retire from the force in February, police announce. He had served in the position for the past four and a half years.

A year ago, police chief Danny Levy sought to dismiss Kahana as legal adviser and put him in charge of the police’s prosecution division. He stopped short after Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara wrote him a letter opposing the move, which she claimed was illegal.

Levy has accepted Kahana’s request to retire. The top officer “thanked him for 30 years of intensive and professional service and wished him success in the future,” police say in a statement.