52 annual report 2010 ing 25 for ten. There was sufficient room for everyone to lie down. There were 18 toilets and, according to the police, everyone who needed to visit the toilet was able to do so within a reasonable period of time. Asked whether the just over 900 people detained on 12 December 2009 were able to visit the toilet, the police said: ‘Certainly there were no accidents and nobody waited more than an hour.’ There were many pallets with water in plastic bottles and numerous mats and blankets in the production hall. The hall was also very well heated. According to the police, everybody had been given water in plastic bottles on request as well as a chicken sandwich on 12 December 2009. In addition to the cages and toilets, there was a registration section with approx. ten counters. Here all detainees were given a guide to their rights before they were locked in the cages. The guide was in five different languages. At registration, everyone was allowed to call a relative or a lawyer – either on their own mobile phone or using the police telephone. The production hall also had a separate, screened-off sick bay, which was manned by doctors on 12 December 2009 and after that according to need. On that day, the police had also ensured that the 24-hour Social Service was available to look after any children. The climate cages only had room for approx. 350 people, so they were inadequate for the just over 900 people who were bussed from Amagerbrogade to Retortvej on 12 December 2009. According to the police, approx. 600 persons were registered while sitting on the buses and subsequently released without being detained in the cages. They were released on a continuous basis and ­driven to nearby metropolitan train stations. In its reply to the OPCAT Unit’s written questions about the waiting rooms, the police subsequently confirmed the findings of the inspection. The police also provided the OPCAT Unit with many other details for use in its investigation of the police’s handling of the detainees. On Friday 18 December 2009, the OPCAT Unit asked the Copenhagen Police to reply to a number of questions about the police’s handling of those detained in connection with the demonstrations during the climate summit, especially the largest demonstration at Amagerbrogade. In its reply, the police confirmed among other things that 600-700 people had to wait for more than an hour at Amagerbrogade, that the police had not organised water, food or something to sit on and that a doctor and ambulance had not been called for the detainees until a person got cramps after sitting for approx. 2½ hours on the ground at Amagerbrogade. In addition, the police confirmed that it was correct that the detainees – with a few exceptions – were not able to visit a toilet.