Police in charge of communications failed to respond to calls for help at Mount Meron
Newly discovered recordings reveal even main police contacting centers had blame to shoulder for the Mount Meron disaster over a year ago:
In the recordings, which were published for the first time Monday evening, police officers in the field can be heard recognizing the danger of the packed crowd. For half an hour they repeatedly asked for reinforcements, but received no response before the deadly disaster occurred.As bad as the spiritual gurus of the Haredi tribes at the event can be, given how they failed for many years to teach about safety importance, even the police clearly have accountability here, which they may not be willing to accept.
The recordings were made during the Lag B'Omer bonfire at the Toldot Aharon compound, the exit of which was Gesher Dov. The policemen at Geshet Dov realized that a potential mass casualty incident may be beginning and called for help.
The communications network used by the police at Meron was operated by the Ha'amakim Regional Division. Deputy Superintendent Shalom Avitan, who was the commander of the area and in charge of the entire operation to secure the event, was also supposed to be listening to the police communications. However, the division was pre-occupied with flying a drone over the event and did not respond to the urgent requests of the policemen at the scene.
About three minutes before the disaster, the head of the main command center realized that something was wrong and attempted to contact the Ha'amakim command center. The police in the field realized that the officers were not responding.
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