in Security Rooms in Police Units”. Security premises of DPV Tirana, Gjirokastra, Korça
and Fier are excluded from this problem. Security rooms of police stations subordinate of
DPV Tirana were also found in visible breach of the standards. Police stations resulting
with out of order security rooms, no appropriate procedures of waxing seal and related
minutes were found. Generally these rooms were found held with key or padlock.
Incorrect records of registries are found for escorted and detained / arrested persons in
most of police stations, mainly due to escort reasons, notification of family members or
relatives of the escorted persons, and related notes on complaints against police officers.
Lack of posters on legal rights of escorted and detained / arrested persons, or posters in
inaccessible places by them, in about 30% of the police stations.
Problems regarding the delivery of health service provided by DPV, related to correct
records of registries of medical files, as well as inadequate facilities for offering health
service. In a significant number of these institutions, medical examinations were carried
out beyond the 12 hours deadline, as specified in the Manual of the State Police.
3.4 Extent to which the rights of persons being imposed the ‘disciplinary detention’ measure in the Armed
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Forces are respected
General inspections at the Military Police Sauk, Tirana, at the Land Force Command Vau i
Dejës, Shkodër, aimed at assessing compliance with standards set forth in Law No. 13/2015
“On Military Police in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania”, implementation of rules
stipulated in the Guarding Service Guidelines by the Head of Disciplinary Detention Rooms in
Military Police, on conditions in the disciplinary detention rooms, procedures for imposing the
measures, respect for the rights of the military officers subject to disciplinary action, as well as
the extent of implementation of Ombudsman recommendations provided over the past years.
A number of issues requiring improvement were identified during the inspections: In summary,
these findings are given below:
Orders for “disciplinary detention” measure given at the Land Force Command, Military
Unit No.1010 Vau Dejës, Shkodër were implemented at the Military Police Sauk, Tirana,
and for the implementation of these orders and the follow-up of all procedures pursuant
to them, a responsible person from this institution was in charge.
Conditions in security rooms in the Military Police Sauk, Tirana were inadequate
and could not provide the military officers subject to the “disciplinary detention”
measure an accommodation compliant to set standards, respecting their dignity.
Conditions of family visitation rooms were inappropriate compared to the standards.
A camera monitoring system (CCTV) was missing in the hallways around security rooms
in the Military Police Sauk, Tirana.
Electric bells in security rooms were missing.
There were not posters displayed on the rights and obligations of the military officers
subject to the “disciplinary detention” measure in premises accessible to them.
There was no heating in the security cells of the Military Police Sauk, Tirana.
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On NPM inspections in the Armed Forces, 1 recommendation and 1 piece of information were drafted.
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