It appears that the person who was responsible for the dispatch center failure when Gilad Shaar HY”D called for assistance in 2014 will be promoted, Walla News reports.

YWN-ISRAEL reported a year after the fatal kidnapping that despite the widespread condemnation regarding the mishandling of the call, nothing changed for the better in the police ‘100’ dispatch center.

Despite the decision to remove the responsible person from his post based on the findings of the committee probing the failures, the officer is now being considered for a formidable promotion – to become a district chief. According to Walla, the promotion was discussed at a recent senior command meeting headed by Commissioner Rani Alsheich. Alsheich decided that Commander Shai Azoulai is the man for the vacant post.

Such an appointment will also have to be approved by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan. Walla adds that Azoulai’s attorney, Ohad Maguri has confirmed his client is being considered for the senior appointment. He declined to comment on Azoulai being ousted from his post as Operations Officer in the Shai District following the botched call.

After the abduction of the kedoshim HY”D; Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach was probed, the decision was made to remove Azoulai from his post. That investigation was ordered by then Commissioner Yochanan Danino.  Danino also promised to weigh his future in the force. It was also decided that Azoulai would not assume a new command for three years, which has not yet passed.

Walla states Azoulai’s attorneys have been fighting hard to have him reinstated in a senior command post.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)