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The Police Administration of Vranje shall undertake appropriate measures and activities to
provide suitable custody cells in police stations.
The Police Station in Surdulica shall undertake measures to improve natural and artificial
lighting at the custody cell and to allow fresh air to circulate and provide natural ventilation.
The Police Station in Surdulica shall undertake the necessary measures to ensure that video
footage is stored/archived for a period of minimum 30 days and to visibly place a note in its
custody cells to inform the occupants the cells are covered by video surveillance.
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The Police Administration of Sombor and the police stations it comprises shall ensure that all
persons remanded in custody under the Law on Police, the Law on Misdemeanours, the Code
of Criminal procedure and the Law on Road Safety are given written notice of the rights of
persons remanded in custody.
The documentation/case files compiled in connection with the deprivation of liberty or
remanding in custody may not include medical documentation relating to the person concerned
in connection with medical examinations performed while the person was in custody. By way of
exception, information on the health status of a person remanded in custody shall be available
to police officers only where this is relevant for the case. In other words, police officers should
be given access to medical information of persons deprived of liberty only to the extent necessary
for them to perform their duties. Police officers should obtain a written report from the physician
with information relevant for the further course of action to be taken by the police, including: the
physician’s opinion whether the person can be remanded by the police taking into account the
person’s health, notice of any injuries or health issues, details of any special care that should be
provided while the person is remanded (e.g. therapy, any specific diet etc.), how such care
should be provided etc.
The Police Administration of Sombor and the police stations it comprises shall ensure that all
persons remanded under the Code of Criminal Procedure are given a remand order within 2
hours of deprivation of liberty (arrest). The time of appearance of a suspect or a person invited
to give a statement as a citizen who was warned he/she would be brought in by force if he/she
did not appear shall count as the time of commencement of remand.
The Police Administration of Sombor shall give persons remanded in custody the remand order
and all other relevant documentation (notice of the person’s rights, receipt for confiscated items
etc.) and persons remanded in custody shall be allowed to keep this documentation on their
person while they are remanded in custody.
The Police Administration of Sombor shall allow every person remanded in custody to read the
remand report, which fact shall be confirmed by the signature of the person remanded in
custody; where the person remanded in custody refuses to sign the report, a note to that effect
shall be included in the report.
The Ministry of Interior shall amend the Instructions on Treatment of Persons brought in by
Police and Persons in Custody by stipulating that binding is to be applied only when strictly
necessary, rather than whenever a person in custody is transported, as is currently the case.
At the Police Administration of Sombor and in and the police stations it comprises, police officers
shall not use handcuffs on every person brought in by police vehicles; instead, this shall be done
only when justified reasons pertain, in the cases provided for by the law.
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Report of the Visit to the Police Administration of Sombor, 71-5/14.
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