A box of the Sector for Internal Control and Professional Standards has been placed in a visible place in the Police Station, which is intended for complaints against the actions of the police officers, and there is also a poster with instructions for the citizens about how much they can complain about the actions of the police. The team of the National Preventive Mechanism was informed by the shift manager that the detainees in the Police Station are also informed about the right to call a defence counsel, to inform a third party about their arrest, that is deprivation of liberty, and about the right to seek medical help and that it is duly recorded in the documentation for each individual case (noted in the Registers with a lesson with rights contained in the individual files). The Police Station does not have a special budget for food for people who are detained, but the police officers pointed out that they usually buy a meal for the detainees from their personal funds. 2.5.3. Records and registers of detained persons The NPM team from the inspection of the records kept at the Police Station concluded that they are generally well managed, but that greater diligence is needed, that is, greater organization, punctuality and precision in recording events. From the inspection in the Record of used means of coercion, the NPM team determined that in all cases of use of means of coercion a report was properly prepared, as well as an assessment of the justification of the means of coercion, which shows that in all cases the use of means of coercion is assessed as justified. From the inspection in the Record for temporarily seized items, the NPM team concluded that in some of the registered cases not all sections were completely filled, due to which only from the inspection in this records it cannot be determined which official confiscated the items, if they have been deturned to the person, that is, whether they are still being held at the police station or have been handed over to another person. From the inspection of several individual cases of detainees and persons deprived of liberty who were detained at the Police Station, the NPM team concluded that the case files for detainees were not in a special cover as provided by the “Standard operating procedures for dealing with persons who are restricted in their right to freedom of movement (detained , deprived of liberty and detained persons) ”, where item 5.2.7 clearly stipulates that: “In the police stations where persons are detained , a special case shall be conducted for detained persons.” From the inspection of the case files, the NPM team concluded that, according to the data contained in the official notes and the appropriate forms, there is a logical course of events regarding the taking of official actions in dealing with detainees. However, the allegations of the detained person with whom the conversation was conducted raise doubts about the timeliness of the actions taken and their appropriate noting in the official records. www. ombudsman.mk 47