than in 2019. In 2019, out of 449 cases handled by the Special Preventive Group, 98 (21.8%) cases were not notified. As for the medical examination of the detainee by the ambulance doctors, it should be noted with regret that the ambulance papers filled in by the ambulance doctors describe superficially the injuries on the detainee's body and generally do not indicate the source of the injury at all. Preventive visits in 2020 also revealed deficiencies in the descriptions made by ambulance doctors. For example, in the Akhalkalaki temporary detention center, where there is no medical center, ambulance doctors indicated in most of the medical records that the detainee was not injured and had a "clean face". A special preventive group checked the photos of the detainees taken by the isolator staff during the placement in the temporary detention center, which were described by the ambulance doctors as having a "clean face" and found that many detainees had scratches and bruises on their faces. Clearly, this does not indicate that these injuries were necessarily inflicted on detainees during or after their arrest, although the reliability of the records in the medical documentations has been questioned. The monitoring again revealed that the records made by the ambulance doctors are attached to the detainee's personal file even in the institutions where there is a medical point. In order to protect the confidentiality of medical records of detainees, it is important that in the facilities where the medical unit operates, the protocols drawn up by the ambulance doctors are kept with the doctors of the temporary placement isolator. 3.4.4. Audio and video recordings Electronic recording of communication with the police is both a guarantee of the prevention of illtreatment and a significant advantage for the police themselves. Records should be protected, kept at a reasonable time and made available to the detainee, his lawyer and domestic/international monitoring mechanisms, as well as to investigative bodies.313 The issue of video recording as a guarantee of protection against ill-treatment can be divided into three components. 1. Use of body cameras during arrests or during communication with citizens; 2. Video recording in police vehicles and 3. Video recording in police stations. Use of poice body cameras For years, the Public Defender has been recommending the Ministry of Internal Affairs to define by law the obligation of police officers (patrol inspectors/employees of the Central Criminal Police Department and territorial bodies) to videotape their communication with citizens. In this regard, the situation has not changed in 2020 and for none of the above cases is there set an obligation of video recording. As for the 28th General Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2019, paragraph: 81, available in English: <https://rm.coe.int/16809420e3>, [last visited: 08.02.2021]. Report of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to the Government of Poland, CAT/OP/POL/ROSP/1, 09.01.2020. Para. 47, available at the following address in English: <https://bit.ly/2xXKrn7> [Last visited: 08.02.2021]. 313 99