ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM detention of a minor, his parents are immediately notified and summoned and a defence counsel is provided. In this context, from the conversation with the officials, the NPM team concludes that the police officers are facing problems in providing representatives from the Centre for Social Work, when needed. 2.1.3. Records and registers of detained persons The general conclusion of the team of the National Preventive Mechanism is that the registers are completed neatly and legibly and that there is a logical flow and following of the events in the books, without crossing out in any of the sections. What has been established as a positive practice is that this Police Station conducts a recapitulation of events on a monthly basis, which provides better visibility and insight into the recorded events. During the inspection of the individual files for the persons deprived of liberty, that is, for detained persons, the team of the National Preventive Mechanism determined that they contain all the necessary documents, they contain all the required information, and from the data one can follow the activities undertaken by of police officers. From the inspection of the Book for recording the used means for coercion, the NPM team determined that during 2019 a total of 9 events of used means of coercion were registered in this book. The last recorded event dates back to February, which on the other hand does not correspond to the actual situation, given the other information collected at the police station during the visit. In addition, from the performed inspection, the NPM team concluded that the most commonly used means of coercion were handcuffs, lever and physical force. The register of used means of coercion lacks an assessment of the justification of the means of coercion used, and the lack of timely updated data was also defined. In this regard, the NPM team recommends greater diligence in recording the events in this record book. 2.1.4. Recommendations and actions upon recommendations The Ombudsman - NPM prepared a Special Report on the established conditions of the visit with specific recommendations, which was submitted to the Ministry of Interior, as well as to the Commander of the Police Station Karposh. In this respect, these are some of the submitted recommendations and responses by the Ministry of Interior and the Commander of PS Karposh. 22