The Ministry of Public Security conducts research in the field of public security through the Ministry's Bureau of the Chief Scientist and the newly established Reserch unit of Strategy and Policy Planning Department
The Bureau of the Chief Scientist is a professional scientific agency within the Ministry of Public Security, whose principal responsibility is to develop, formulate and promulgate science-driven law enforcement policy as it relates to public security and combating crime in the State of Israel.
The Ministry works in conjunction with the research division in the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service.