Police stations Measures that restrict freedom shall be documented in a transparent manner. For example, the beginning and the end of the use of handcuffs shall be documented. Handcuffing for a long period of time shall be justified. Numerous cases of inadequate documentation As in the previous year, the commissions identified deficits in the documentation of detention and pointed this out to the heads of the stations in the concluding meetings. Once again, the NPM complained about the inadequate documentation of when handcuffs are removed and the distribution of information sheets. In some cases, the detention logs were not complete and the signatures of the law enforcement officers performing the official acts were missing. The duration of the detention was unclear in some cases. The NPM criticised missing entries in the detention book as well as inconsistencies between the detention log and detention book in one case. On one monitoring visit, a detention log was neither in the original file nor in the general folder; another detention log was mistakenly forwarded to another police station. One official act remained unverifiable due to a lack of meticulous documentation. The transfer of a detainee to another police station was not noted in the documentation. The youth welfare operator was not notified of the detention of a minor. The Federal Ministry of the Interior set training and awareness increasing measures in these cases. Pursuant to Section 5 (5) of the Detention Regulation, the placement of a detainee in the specially secured cell is only permissible if the risk to them self, other persons or property does not allow placement in another cell. If the reasons for imposing such a measure cease to exist, it shall be revoked without delay. On a monitoring visit to Viktor-Christ-Gasse police station, the commission criticised that a person had been detained in the specially secured cell for more than ten hours. Furthermore, the commission critically observed that the “Public medical officer” field was ticked in the documentation of the measure, but the name of a doctor was not entered. Mistake in documentation of measures The Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the detainee had fallen asleep in the specially secured cell. As he was not displaying any symptoms of infection or injuries, he had not been awoken when the public medical officer came. After he had woken up, the detainee was fit to be questioned and was immediately presented to the legally trained standby officer. The Ministry conceded that the “Public medical officer” section had mistakenly not been crossed out in the documentation of the measure. Documentation of the sleeping phase - ViktorChrist-Gasse police station The NPM could understand that the detainee who had fallen asleep in the cell was not awoken when the public medical officer arrived. This would not be considered careful in the sense of Sections 3 and 4 of the Detention Regulation. However, the NPM criticised that the sleeping phase and the outstanding 157