ANNUAL REPORT 2019-OMBUDSMANNATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM means of coercion used by the police officers in PS Radovish are lever and handcuffs. The NPM team, during the inspection of the documentation in the Police Station, also inspected the randomly selected folders/files of persons who were detained in the Police Station. From the performed inspection, it is concluded that the folders are kept neatly and contain all the documents and data. It is also clear from the files of the detained persons that in case of need for a lawyer or medical assistance, they are called in time, and it is visible that care is taken to search the persons exclusively by a police officer of the same gender. 2.11.4. Recommendations and actions upon recommendations The Ombudsman - NPM prepared a special report on the established conditions of the visit with specific recommendations, which it submitted to the Ministry of Interior, as well as to the Commander of the Radovish Police Station. Until the preparation of the report, the Ministry of Interior did not provide a response, while the commander of the Police Station Radovish submitted a response that measures were undertaken upon the submitted Special Report and that it was sent to OZR Strumica. Therefore, an overview of the recommendations to the competent institutions is given. Raview no.21 Overview of recommendations given to the Ministry of Interior Recommendations The NPM team recommends hiring reception/ shift officials at the Radovish Police Station; To adapt a separate entrance to the Police Station that will be used to lead detainees; Urgent adjustment of special premises that will be used exclusively for conversations, and which will be equipped with appropriate video surveillance at the same time; Urgent adjustment of conversation rooms for children which would be appropriate for their age and needs; 92 Response upon recommendation No response was received from the Ministry of the Interior regarding this recommendation. No response was received from the Ministry of the Interior regarding this recommendation. No response was received from the Ministry of the Interior regarding this recommendation. No response was received from the Ministry of the Interior regarding this recommendation.