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I/II – 4 – Police Directorate for the City of Šabac and police
stations within its jurisdiction164:
The Police Directorate for the City of Šabac and police stations within its jurisdiction, besides verbally
informing the detainees of their rights and providing them with the “Rights of detainees” and “Rights of
persons deprived of liberty” form, shall also ensure that they are handed out a copy of the form “Rights
of the arrested and detained persons”. Persons who are detained or deprived of their liberty by virtue of
the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Police, the Law on Misdemeanours and the
Law on Road Traffic Safety, in addition to the verbal communication regarding their rights shall be delivered a form “Rights of the arrested and detained persons.”
At the headquarters of the Police Directorate for the City of Šabac and police stations within its jurisdiction, detention records shall be made in accordance with the standard forms for the detained persons
by virtue of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code.
At the headquarters of the Police Directorate for the City of Šabac and police stations within its jurisdiction, according to the Criminal Procedure Code, the period of detention shall be counted from the moment of deprivation of liberty, and not from the moment of issuance and delivery of the decision on
detention. In its future operation, Police Directorate for the City of Šabac and police stations within its
jurisdiction shall include in the decisions on detention, as a time of a commencement of detention, the
time of deprivation of liberty.
Police Station Mali Zvornik shall, in its future work, immediately inform the investigative judge and the
public prosecutor of the detention of a person.
Medical examination of detained persons (strip search) must be done immediately upon arrival in the
police station if coercive means – physical force or police baton, have been used on a detainee. If a detainee refuses to submit to medical examination, an official note on this, signed by a physician as well,
and if a physician refuses to do so, this fact should be noted down.
Police officers should not have access to the medical reports – findings and opinions of doctors about
the health condition of detained persons containing the diagnoses of health conditions and other medical data, which are not relevant to police detention, nor such data should be included in detention records of the police. Regarding the treatment of detained persons with respect to their health, police officers should consult with the doctor who performed the physical examination of detained persons. It
is necessary to obtain information from a physician, whether a detainee is capable of enduring enforcement of detention measure from the aspect of his/her health condition; whether a special diet is required and which one; whether an administration of a specific therapy is needed, and which one, what
is recommended dosage regimen, who should administer the therapy. An official note shall be made,
regarding the obtained information from a physician, which should be signed by the physician, and if a
physician refuses to do so, this fact should be noted down.
Police officers shall attend a medical examination only at the explicit request of a physician, on which
an official note shall be made, which should be signed by the physician, and if a physician refuses to do
so, this fact should be noted down. If upon physician’s request, a police officer attends a medical examination, it is necessary to conduct a medical examination out of the sight of a police officer (e.g. separate
the room with a paravan) and a set out a written statement on this.
It is necessary to obtain a written statement or statements with regard to the official record, of the persons on whom coercive measures have been applied, in relation to the circumstances in which injuries
occurred, as well as the statements of any possible witnesses to the event.
Šabac Police Directorate shall improve the fire protection system by posting evacuation plan together
with the fire instructions in visible locations within the buildings of the police stations, for the purpose
of protecting physical integrity of the detainees.
164 Report on the visit to the Police Directorate in Šabac, July 2013, 71-52/13.
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