Report of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention ... cated persons who should be detained by the police due to committed offences; • no interest on the side of local governments to run specialized facilities with professional medical staff and adequate equipment, to care of and support people in starting alcohol addiction treatment. In conclusion, 2016 was another year in which the systematic problem of shifting the responsibility for care of persons intoxicated with alcohol onto the police. Therefore, there is still the need to develop a solution to this problem jointly by the Minister of the Interior and Administration and the Minister of Health. 3. No requirement for medical examinations for persons intoxicated with alcohol and detained as suspected of committing an offence Medical examinations of persons admitted to PDRs are carried out only for detainees referred to in Article 1(3) of the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior of 13 September 2012 on medical examinations of persons detained by the police (hereinafter referred to as the regulation)120. Persons intoxicated with alcohol and detained as suspected of offence are not subject to medical examinations. The current legislation on medical examination of persons detained by the police fails to comply with the constitutional principle of equality before the law, which assumes that citizens in a similar situation should be treated in a similar way by entities who take decisions in their cases. It is difficult to understand why health of a  person intoxicated with alcohol and detained for the purpose of sobering up is protected under higher standards than health of detainees suspected of committing an offence. The current legislation clearly provides for different treatment of persons in terms of covering them by medical examinations. In the context of equality before the law it should be emphasized that the situation is very different in the case of persons placed in PDRs located within organizational units of Military Police. Every person detained in a de Dz. U. of 2012, item 1102; Article 1(3) of the Regulation: Medical examinations shall be conducted for detainees who: 1) claim they suffer from a condition which requires permanent or periodic treatment whose discontinuation would put their lives or health at risk, and demand a medical examination or have a visible physical injury indicating an immediate risk to health; 2) according to the information gathered by the police during the detention process are: a) pregnant, b) breastfeeding, c) suffering of an infectious disease, d) have mental disorders, e) are minors and are intoxicated by alcohol or other substance with similar effects. 120 46