ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM 2.12 POLICE STATION OF GENERAL COMPETENCE DEMIR HISAR On November 13, 2019, the National Preventive Mechanism conducted a regular unannounced visit to the Police Station of General Competence Demir Hisar. This is the second visit to the Police Station by the team of the National Preventive Mechanism. The Municipality of Demir Hisar is located in the South-western part of the Republic of North Macedonia, or northwest of the Pelagonija lowland with 9,497 inhabitants and a territory of 480.13 km². The Police Station of General Competence Demir Hisar is located in the town of Demir Hisar and is housed in a two-storey building. The upper part houses the offices of uniformed police officers and inspectors, the office of the commander, deputy commander, and shift manager, and at the bottom is the detention room and offices for administrative and legal matters. The architecture of the building is more recent and with certain extensions corresponds to the function. At the entrance of the Police Station, an access ramp for people with special needs has not been placed yet, which makes it difficult for these people to access the Police Station. From the conversations with the Deputy Commander and the police officers, the NPM team concludes that the police officers often attend training dealing with detained and detained persons and for domestic violence from the SIA Bitola 94