Public Security Minister Uzi Landau has instructed the police department to desist from its practice of attaching recommendations to its criminal investigation reports - much to the chagrin of the police. The police recommendations to indict or not to indict were often leaked or otherwise publicized, and played a major role in the public perception of the guilt of the person under investigation. Atty. Tzion Amir explained to Arutz-7 today why he was happy with the new arrangement:
\"Finally there is someone who has stopped talking and started doing... The police recommendation has psychological and media weight, and once it is publicized, it can gather momentum that can definitely hurt the defendant\'s chances. It can put pressure on the State Prosecutor... Sometimes the police don\'t have the right considerations, as has been seen in the past... I\'m basically asking what business is it of the police? Let them investigate, submit their findings, and the Prosecutor\'s office will decide.\"
Arutz-7\'s Haggai Segal noted that the Attorney-General and the State Prosecutor are siding, at least partially, with Police Chief Shlomo Aharonishki in objecting to Minister Landau\'s decision. Amir replied, \"I think that this stems from the traditional practice of one body backing up another, and it doesn\'t look good. It looks like the Prosecution backing up the police, and vice versa, and the Attorney-General backing up the Prosecution, etc. - it doesn\'t look good or professional. I think that all three should support this decision, which is a logical and appropriate one, and allow each body to do its work in the best way.\"
\"Finally there is someone who has stopped talking and started doing... The police recommendation has psychological and media weight, and once it is publicized, it can gather momentum that can definitely hurt the defendant\'s chances. It can put pressure on the State Prosecutor... Sometimes the police don\'t have the right considerations, as has been seen in the past... I\'m basically asking what business is it of the police? Let them investigate, submit their findings, and the Prosecutor\'s office will decide.\"
Arutz-7\'s Haggai Segal noted that the Attorney-General and the State Prosecutor are siding, at least partially, with Police Chief Shlomo Aharonishki in objecting to Minister Landau\'s decision. Amir replied, \"I think that this stems from the traditional practice of one body backing up another, and it doesn\'t look good. It looks like the Prosecution backing up the police, and vice versa, and the Attorney-General backing up the Prosecution, etc. - it doesn\'t look good or professional. I think that all three should support this decision, which is a logical and appropriate one, and allow each body to do its work in the best way.\"