National civil service prize and award of incentives and rewards, which is awarded annually to investigative police and administrative staff, and organized by the Human Resources Department of the Attorney-General’s Office. This incentive takes the form of a financial reward or 10 days of special leave, and is taken into account in the candidates’productivity figures in the administrative unit to which theyare assigned. 159.The programme is based on a process of requisition and methodical receipt of proposals, the work being supervised in the initial phase by the coordinator, the deputy director and the director supervising the investigative police zone, and the proposal form is signed by the deputy director or director of that zone. 160.The intermediate phase is performed by the subcommittee for professional development, comprising one representative of the Director-General of Criminal Investigation in devolved prosecution services, another of the Director General of Criminal Investigation in central prosecution services, one representative of the Assistant Attorney-General for Central Preliminary Investigations and another of the Assistant Attorney-General for Devolved Preliminary Investigations, one representative of the Department of the Vocational Training Institute, and the head or a representative of the Department of Institutional Development, who also assess each case in the light of the following guidelines: Complexity of the investigation, investigation concluded,risk involved and opportunity in cases of flagrante delicto and investigation, severity of criminal conduct, documentation of preliminary investigations for the case and related and documented preliminary investigations; Severity of criminal conduct. The circumstances of place, time, method, description of the conduct, the danger and criminal history of suspects, and their links with other criminals or criminal gangs are considered; Complexity of the investigation. Account is taken of the degree of difficulty of the case, obstacles to obtaining evidence and proof, investigative skill and intuition and networking skills for working with other agencies; Circumstances of opportunity in cases of flagrante delicto or diligence of the investigator, assessing the diligence, opportunity and risk with which the investigating police officer(s) conducted their action and the weighting of the candidates to exclude anyone having endangered or harmed the physical integrity or property of the victims of the crime, society at large or themselves. 161.The Attorney-General’s Office has a mechanism to prevent such rewards or incentives being conducive to behaviours that might lead to arbitrary or illegal detention. In that regard, we would draw attention to the following additional measures: There is supporting documentation showing that the alleged perpetrators are being held; The supporting documentation is approved by the signature of the deputy director or director supervising the zone, on the form for assessing proposals for the award of incentives; Another mechanism is the search carried out by Department of Institutional Development, on behalf of the administrative office, for incidents that might entail administrative or criminal responsibility on the part of candidates for financial incentives and/or recognition. 162.The substantive staff of the Attorney-General’s Office undergoes regular training in a police investigation programme; it covers the topic of human rights and ethics for investigative police and a workshop on prevention and punishment of torture with the aim of raising awareness in these areas of police work. 163.Immediately anyone is detained they are informed of their right to remain silent, which may not be used against them, and the reasons for their arrest. Incommunicado detention, intimidation and torture are prohibited and punishable by criminal law. Devise a public policy with measures to prevent acts of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (para. 99) Compliance measures 164.In this regard, the following strategies and action strands for preventing torture are being pursued under the National Human Rights Programme, 2008–2012. "Strategy 2.4. — Strengthening the human rights perspective on crime prevention, administration of justice and enforcement of judg e ments. Action strands Administration of justice (Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic) Promote the effective exercise of Federal Act to Prevent and Punish Torture , regarding the examination of the victim by independent experts. (Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic and Ministry of Public Security ) Ensure that Mexico ’s obligations under the international instruments that it has ratified , particularly those relating to torture , are properly institutionalized in federal administration of justice . (Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic) Promote the approval of the draft for setting up a national register of complaints about possible acts of torture in the various jurisdictions.