comprehensively describing his rights. before the Local Court with jurisdiction for the promulgation of the arrest warrant. The person had been informed of the reason for the apprehension. Regardless of whether persons are taken into custody under police law or criminal procedure law, they must be promptly informed of their rights. Also, this should always take place in practice using the existing information sheet. As a matter of principle, detained persons are informed in accordance with the legal provisions, and also receive the information sheet. The Ministry of the Interior would once more inform the police authorities that information and the presentation of the information sheet must take place promptly in all cases. The detention area should be equipped with Fire protection in detention cells at Hanoverfire protection devices such as fire alarms. Schützenplatz police station was currently being examined by the State Construction Administration. The need for action was to be identified and evaluated. The examination would still take some time because of its scope. Cells with a size of approximately 4 m² and a distance between the walls of 1.5 m² are only suitable for detention of a few hours. If they are held for longer, the persons concerned are to be transferred to other detention facilities with corresponding equipment. Accommodation in very small cells is said to be reasonable since as a rule it only takes place for a short period, and in most cases over night, so that the priority was to provide somewhere to sleep. Occupied cells should be regularly ventilat- It is said not to be possible for the detained ed. persons to open the windows themselves because of the way they were built; the windows could only be opened by officers. In view of the short stays in police custody, this however appeared to be acceptable. The regular ventilation of the cells would be ensured in future. 78