The public debate on the beating of a detainee, which led to the criminal conviction of two police officers, and the subsequent statements made by members of the Police revealed that a portion of the Police seeks to justify the violence used against citizens as being the only and most important means of effective police operation. In addition to the above statements, what is particularly alarming to the Commissioner is the fact that several colleagues of the two police officers have rushed to express their support, even demanding for justice to be served by convicting the citizen who attacked the police officers and acquitting their fellow colleagues. Unfortunately, this incident has brought to the fore mentalities, attitudes and behaviours that, despite modernisation efforts, seem to continue to characterise a portion of the police force, triggering reflexes which are based on the complete distortion of both the police mission and the concept of “collegial solidarity”. The violation of individual freedoms through arbitrary and unnecessary police violence torpedoes the relations between the police and the citizens, as it annuls the role of police officers as guardians of legitimate interests, turning them into a potential risk to them. Preventing and tackling arbitrariness can be achieved only through a deep and substantive understanding of democratic culture, in which the respect for human rights will constitute the mission and the limits of the police action. To this end, the Commissioner recommended that a long-term Action Plan integrating in a comprehensive and targeted manner actions and measures to prevent, educate and control police violence, as well as a framework for investigating and enforcing disciplinary and criminal sanctions, be drafted, adopted and implemented. 23