Police stations examination were not recorded in the documentation of the measure and recommended awareness for the issue (see NPM Report 2018, p. 159). X 2.7.5 Detention in police stations shall be documented seamlessly and in a transparent way. Deficits in structural conditions If the commissions observe deficits in structural conditions on their monitoring visits, these are usually discussed with the station head in the concluding meeting. Smaller deficits are frequently eliminated quickly. If a solution cannot be found in this way, the NPM informs the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Elimination of deficits often promised on-site As reported in the previous year, the NPM criticised the conversion to lightindependent video surveillance in the specially secured cells in Tannengasse police station, which was promised for 2018 but postponed until the end of 2019 for cost reasons (see NPM Report 2019, p. 174). The follow-up visit in July 2020 showed that this measure had still not been implemented. The Federal Ministry of the Inferior conceded that there were delays and promised the installation of the infrared video surveillance in 2021. The commission found fault with the condition of the detention room in Haid motorway police station with several unfixed pieces of furniture. Furthermore, the commission found a co-sleeper and two mattresses in the room. The commissions expressed safety reservations due to two retaining hooks in the wall and recommended cladding the heating to make it vandal-proof. The Federal Ministry of the Interior removed the retaining hooks as well as all furniture except for the bench from the detention room. The Ministry also took up the recommendation of the commission to clad the heating. Unsafe detention rooms While viewing the detention room in Wals police station, the commission noticed damage to the wall and criticised that plasterboards had been built in such a room. The Federal Ministry of the Interior promised vandal-proof renovation. In addition to the appalling condition of some of the furnishing in Graz main train station police station, the NPM complained that members of the public and visitors were breathalysed directly behind the reception area. These official actions could be observed without restriction from the waiting area that is separated by a glass partition. Those affected were thus “put on show”. The Federal Ministry of the Interior promised to place a privacy foil on the door of the security system and to successively replace the worn furniture. 158