2.9 POLICE STATION OF GENERAL COMPETENCE PROBISHTIP On October 9, 2019, the National Preventive Mechanism conducted a regular unannounced visit to the Police Station of General Competence Probishtip. This is the second visit to the Police Station by the team of the National Preventive Mechanism. The Municipality of Probishtip is located in the north-eastern part of the Republic of North Macedonia and covers an area of 325.6 km², with a population of 16,193 inhabitants. It is bordered on the north by the Municipality of Kratovo, on the west by the Municipality of Sveti Nikole, on the south by the Municipality of Shtip, and on the east by the Municipality of Kocani. The administrative centre Probishtip is located at a distance of about 100 km from Skopje. The municipality is a mining area. The Police Station of General Competence Probishtip is located in the town of Probishtip and is housed in a solid building, built in the second half of the last century. The architecture of the building is more recent and with certain extensions it fits the function. The police station Probishtip is organizationally part of the Sector for Internal Affairs (SIA) Shtip, which means that it is responsible for its work before the Chief of SIA Shtip. An access ramp for people with disabilities has been built at the police station, located on the side of the entrance to the administrative services. According to the information received from the police officers, in case of need for such an access to the police station itself, the entrance to the administrative services is used, because it also leads to the police station on duty. From the conversations with the assistant commander and with the police officers, the NPM team concluded that they rarely attend trainings for dealing with detained and www. ombudsman.mk 75