Detainees are provided with two meals (lunch and dinner), similar to those of police
officers.
The police station has 50 police officers and facilities are distributed between the
ground floor and 1st floor of the building.
The entrance to the police station is made by the top floor, where are the waiting area
and the public attendance office, the file room and the recognition room. In addition to
the commander’s office, the police station also includes the commander deputy’s office,
the cabinet of the Chief, the Commissioner’s office, an office to the Retirees Association
of Police, the communications room where it is installed the alarm central, two toilets, the
duty officer room, a bedroom with bunk beds, a dressing room with a hot water shower.
Facilities suffer from several leaks, mostly caused by the existence of a skylight on the terrace overlooking the inner courtyard of the police station.
There is a large temperature range, very cold in winter and too hot in summer.
Offices of victim support and assistance to the elderly are in the basement. Here it is
made the monitoring of elderly people and various activities with elderly and children
(school family program) are carried out. This department has eight employees working in
shifts. There are two toilets, one female and one for public users. In the basement they are
also located the bar and the break room, also with multiple water infiltrations.
Officers were asked about possible complaints. In reply they were mentioned weather
conditions, the lack of air conditioning and problems with computers and printers, problems already reported to the National Directorate.
In short, at the end of the visit of Beja’s Police Station it is worth noting the poor
weather conditions and the indicated infiltrations in several rooms of the facilities, as well
as the deficiencies in the operation of computer hardware (printers).
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Visit no. 32-2015
Date: 2015.11.23
Location: Esquadra de Faro da Polícia de Segurança Pública – Divisão do Aeroporto
[Police Station of Faro – Airport Division] (Faro)
Subject: Detention conditions. Complaints procedures. Dialogue with the detainees,
especially about the time of detention and the transport conditions
In the night of November 23rd, it was visited the Police Station of Faro – Airport Division
In respect of the space dedicated to detention, there were two bedrooms, which were in
good sanitary conditions, conservation and artificial light. It was detected a lack of cleanness
of blankets and pillows which were available to use over the massif that is used as a bed. It
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