Cont ents relevant regulations. The Commissions believe that there is room for improvement in seven units. The final area of concern in the field of police custody is record-keeping. For example, the log in which all contacts with the detainee and any points of note are recorded is not always complete. The Commissions see room for improvement in five units with this regard. Royal Netherlands Marechaussee The Detention Areas Supervisory Commission of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, which is part of the NPM, monitors the care of detainees in detention facilities managed and used by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. This Commission was relaunched at the end of 2017 with three new members. In 2018, the Commission visited nine of the 30 locations in the Netherlands 4. Generally speaking, the treatment and care of those held in the detention facilities of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee are adequate. Sufficient attention is also paid to the safety of both detainees and staff. However, the Commission still sees room for improvement. The requirements for camera use within the inspected locations are interpreted in different ways, for example. In addition, the Commission recommends that the record-keeping system should be modified so information on suspects’ drug use and risk of suicide or aggressive behaviour is always recorded in detail. The Commission also believes that the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee should sign up to the covenant between the police and the mental health care sector, so people with mental health care issues are not detained or are detained for as short a time as possible. 4 The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee has operations throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Detention facilities which are used and managed by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee can also be found in the Caribbean Netherlands. The Commission’s monitoring of these facilities does not form part of the activities in the context of the NPM, because the NPM was only established for the European part of the Kingdom. 8

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