As regards the timing of injuries found on the bodies of persons brought to TDIs, the indicator of injuries sustained after the arrest have almost doubled. According to the official statistical data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 2017, there were 65 incidents when body injuries were found after arrest; in 2018, there were 116 such incidents.133 It should be noted that based on the same data, 40% of incidents involving injury after arrest throughout Georgia in 2018 are registered in Ajara. Compared to 2017, in Ajara, the number of sustaining injuries after the arrest is increased almost by 9 in 2018. In particular, Batumi TDI has documented 47 incidents of sustaining injuries after arrest on the body of persons brought to the TDI. Whereas, in 2017, there were only 5 such cases in the same Batumi TDI. This indicator has not increased in other regions. Moreover, in some regions there is even a decrease in the numbers. Accordingly, based on the above data, it can be concluded in express terms that police treatment towards arrested persons has considerably deteriorated in Ajara. As noted above, in TDIs, where members of the Special Preventive Group conduct monitoring, they study the case-files of all arrested persons brought to the respective TDI before the visit day and select those cases which raise suspicions about ill-treatment due to the circumstances surrounding the arrest, place, number and nature of injuries sustained. Based on this principle, in 2018, the Special Preventive Group identified 508 suspicious arrests. These cases involved arrests both in administrative and criminal proceedings. Based on analysing the data by the Special Preventive Group, it is identified that out of the above 508 cases, in 136 cases (26.8 %) individuals sustained injuries during arrest and/or after arrest in administrative proceedings. As regards the trends over the years, in 2016, individuals arrested in administrative proceedings sustained injuries during arrest and/or after arrest in 12.8% of suspicious cases studied by the Special Preventive Group; in 2017, the same indicator was 26.4%. Based on the above, the Special Preventive Group concluded that police treatment of persons arrested in administrative proceedings considerably deteriorated in 2017. In 2018, the dynamics of the previous year has not changed in this regard. In particular, the percentage of the cases where individuals arrested in administrative proceedings have body injuries during arrest and/or after arrest is 26.8%. This indicator is noteworthy, and it merits close scrutiny and appropriate response from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the data processed by the Special Preventive Group, the following trend is maintained: in approximately one third of the examined cases, (in 2018 – 27.6 %; in 2017 – 30.1%; in 2016 – 31.3 %), the detention protocol does not indicate the injury which is described in medical records made in TDIs. In such cases, there is a strong presumption that an arrested person was possibly subjected to physical violence when under police control. For the sake of fairness, it should be mentioned that the 133 The official statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are as follows: injuries after arrest – 41; before arrest and after arrest – 37; during arrest and after arrest – 23; before arrest, during arrest and after arrest – 15. The total number is 116. The trend of increase is also confirmed by the Special Preventive Group according to the data processed by SPSS programme: in 2017, 13 incidents of inflicting body injuries were reported and 57 such incidents were reported in 2018. 51