Places of short-Term Deprivation of Liberty
they should prove necessary the Command and Co-ordination Centre would be
informed and the fact of the search would be recorded in the detainee’s file in
the log.
198. Female detainees are searched by female officers of the Regional Police
Female detainees are
Force (who account for around 9% of the total) or by female officers drafted in
searched by
from other forces if necessary.
female officers
199. The officers in charge of the establishments visited reported that detainees
Verbal notification of the
were informed verbally of their right to request habeas corpus, although that right
right to habeas corpus is
does not appear specifically in Article 520.2 LECrim. No written notification is
given
given, however. This could be added to the forms used so that a proper record is
kept of all the information provided.
200. It was reported that juveniles detained were not usually held in cells or
Juveniles are held in
handcuffed unless circumstances made this advisable. Any juveniles held in cells
individual cells and are not
are always placed in single-occupancy cells. Juveniles are moved in unmarked
handcuffeds
police cars by officers in plain clothes, in line with the force’s internal protocol on
the transfer of detainees (PF: 2010-05).
201. At the establishments visited it was observed that a registration book and a
A detainee custody log &
detainee custody log were kept, in which all occurrences in regard to each detainee
registration book are kept
were recorded.
IV. Local Police Force Establishments
202. Local police forces are armed civilian law enforcement agencies whose
Armed civilian law
hierarchical organisation and structure are established pursuant to Article 52.1 of
enforcement agencies with
Public General Act 2/1986 of March 13 on Security Forces. The same Act
establishes that local police forces are part of the security forces of the state, and
allocates specific functions to them, along with the job of participating along with
a hierarchical organisation
& structure. They join with
the other security forces of
the state in matters of
other security forces in matters of judicial policing and public safety. Regulatory
judicial policing and public
authority over local police forces lies with the regional autonomous communities,
safety.
pursuant to the provisions the aforesaid Public General Act 2/1986, without
prejudice to such additional structures for local police forces as may be established
Each force has its own
disciplinary regime
by each municipal corporation. Their basic remit is laid down in Article 53 of Act
2/1986. The disciplinary regime for local forces is established in their individual
regulations in each case. The mayor of each municipality acts as Chief of the Local
Police, pursuant to Article 21.1.i) of Act 7/1985 of April 2 on basic regulations for
local structures.
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