2.10 POLICE STATION OF GENERAL COMPETENCE DELCHEVO On October 10, 2019, the National Preventive Mechanism conducted a regular unannounced visit to the Police Station of General Competence Delchevo. This is the second visit to the Police Station by the team of the National Preventive Mechanism. The Delchevo Police Station is a police station of general competence at the Sector for Internal Affairs - Shtip (SIA Shtip), and the local competence for performing police activities covers the area of the municipalities of Delchevo and Makedonska Kamenica, where the Police Station has a Police Department. The total population in the area of the two municipalities is about 25-6 thousand inhabitants. The offices of the Police Station officials are located in a building that simultaneously houses the offices of the inspectors of the EOCA Delchevo (External Office for Criminal Affairs Delchevo - near Shtip), as well as the offices of officials from the regional unit of the Ministry of Defence in Delchevo and the Regional Crisis Management Centre. An access ramp has been built at the entrance, which also allows easy access to the official premises by people with certain physical disabilities. The police station does not have a special plan for continuous training of police officers, but information was received that police officers are being sent for training, following a previously received invitation. In this regard, the presence of trainings related to dealing with domestic violence was highlighted. www. ombudsman.mk 81