ing appropriate technical monitoring. In connection with the different information formats, the Commission of the Länder recommends to examine whether the IT program used satisfies the officers’ needs and the availability of all information formats is ensured. The Commission had the impression that difficulties occurred in some cases in using the program to issue the various information sheets. Moreover, it should be examined whether its use can be optimised through appropriate training courses. Dealing with the system is said to be a part of police officers’ basic and further training from the outset. Furthermore, it is said that there is a comprehensive range of further training activities on offer. In hindsight, the impression made by the Commission of problems arising in dealing with information formats was not comprehensible. The police intranet was said to offer a search function with which help is directly listed. For instance, the appropriate forms were directly listed under the search terms “Translations” or “Information”. The detention cells of both police stations do not have any night lighting. The Commission of the Länder recommends to equip all detention rooms with additional night lighting (e.g. dimmable lighting or a night light). The installation of night lighting had so far not been taken into consideration as standard. Dimmable lighting is planned in future in new buildings and – where economically feasible – when existing buildings are renovated. The Commission of the Länder positively notes that, in response to a recommendation of the Ministry of the Interior and for Sport, officers wear name badges when on duty. This method is explicitly welcomed, but should be prescribed for detention areas as obligatory. It was ordered by circular of the Ministry of 1 July 2009 that those wearing uniforms also had to wear a name badge as a matter of principle. Only situations where officers were at personal risk were exempted. No need was considered to exist for an additional arrangement emphasising individual task areas. 2. Saxony-Anhalt North police directorate and Jerichower Land police station in January 2011 The Commission of the Länder carried out inspection visits in Saxony-Anhalt North police directorate and Jerichower Land police station (in Burg) on 24 January 2011. The central police detention unit in Saxony-Anhalt North police directorate has 54 detention cells with a total capacity of 99 places. Jerichower Land police station has three detention cells. According to information from Saxony-Anhalt North police directorate, a total of 948 measures of deprivation of liberty were carried out in the central police detention in 2010. The number of measures of deprivation of liberty in Jerichower Land police station totalled 154 in the same period. In addition to the entire detention area, the inspection of both facilities also included several questioning and search rooms. The Commission of the Länder inspected the electronic and written detention documentation. Additionally, the Commission of the Länder carried out an individual discussion with the chairman of the staff council, who is at the same 67