ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM The summoned persons, detainees and persons deprived of liberty, in the conditions when they want to use the right to call a defence counsel, have at their disposal the list of lawyers registered in the Lawyer’s Register issued by the Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia kept at the Police Station. Regarding the communication with people who do not speak Macedonian, it was pointed out that so far there was no need to hire an interpreter, because the Police Station had employees who speak several different languages (Albanian, Turkish, Arabic, Roma and English). The team of the National Preventive Mechanism was also informed that the Police Station has a special budget for food for the detained persons, that is, the persons deprived of liberty and the detained persons. 2.2.3. Records and registers of detained persons The general conclusion of the team of the National Preventive Mechanism is that the registers are completed neatly and legibly and that there is a logical flow and following of the events in the books, without crossing out in any of the sections. During the inspection of the individual files for the persons deprived of liberty, that is, for detained persons, the team of the National Preventive Mechanism determined that they contain all the necessary documents, they contain all the required information, and from the data one can follow the activities undertaken by police officers. From the inspection of the Book of Records of Complaints filed by citizens against a police officer and measures undertaken, PS Bit Pazar has a small number of recorded events, but the NPM team found that the PS Bit Pazar does not record the outcome of the complaint against a police officer. From the inspection of the Book of Records of used means of coercion, the NPM team concluded that the most commonly used means of coercion are handcuffs, lever and grip. Thereby, the register for used means of coercion lacks an assessment of the justification of the means of coercion used. 2.2.4. Recommendations and actions upon recommendations The Ombudsman - NPM prepared a Special Report on the established conditions of the visit with specific recommendations, which it submitted to the Ministry of Interior, as well as to the Commander of the Police Station Bit Pazar. In this context, these are some of the recommendations submitted and the responses of the Ministry of Interior and the Commander of the Police Station Bit Pazar. 28