Annual Report 2013 of the National Preventive Mechanism Average stay of detainees at police facilities of 24 hours 21. It was verified that the average stay of detainees at police facilities continues to be 24 hours, before they are referred to the responsible court authority. At the police station of the CNP of Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), it was verified that detainees were referred to the court authority even on weekends. Such good practice should extend to other facilities, establishing the protocols considered necessary with the courts, for due compliance with the constitutional theory mentioned in paragraph 21 of Annual Report 2012. No copy should be kept in the police record of charges of medical assistance reports with the medical record of the interested parties 22. The deficiency pointed out in paragraph 22 of Annual Report 2012, Acceptance of the recommendation for purchase of medicines for detainees 23. The recommendation mentioned in paragraph 25 of Annual Report Falta de identificación de los agentes in respect of the fact that a copy was kept in the police record of charges of the reports of medical assistance received by detainees, in which, in many cases, the clinical record of the detainees was included, continued to be observed in some of the places visited. This Institution considers, as it pointed out to the responsible authorities, that, in those cases in which medical attention is provided to a detainee and such person has not given his/her consent to the transfer of data, no copy of the issued medical assistance report should be kept in the record of charges, unless the requirements established in articles 11.2.d) or 22.2 of the LOPD are met. If the detainee gives his/ her consent, such consent should be recorded in writing and attached to the medical report, expressly mentioning that he/she was informed of the possibility of rejecting such transfer. 2012, relating to enabling a budgetary item for purchase of medicines for detainees, to safeguard their right to health, was accepted by the DGP, which reported that it had been enabled and awarded directly to the healthcare area of the Personnel Division, for its distribution to the various Superior Headquarters. 24. The deficiency pointed out in the annual reports for previous years, on the lack of identification of the officers, was not observed in most of the visits made in 2013. At the facilities of the GC, due to the new uniform, officers were duly identified and only in certain specific cases, at the visits made to facilities of the CNP, was it necessary to report such infringement to the DGP. 44 Lack of identification of officers 25. It is necessary to insist on the need for all facilities for custody of Deficiencias en la cumplimentación del Libro de Registro y Custodia de Detenidos 26. It was observed that compliance with the Detainees Registration and Custody Book, applicable to the CNP and to the GC, continues to show deficiencies that, due to the time elapsed since the book was implemented, should have been finally corrected. In the custody forms it has been observed that incidents with detainees, such as food supplied, body searches, taking of statements, etc., are not always recorded. At the visit made to the Civil Guard Headquarters in Valencia it detainees to have a gun rack to deposit the statutory weapon and thus avoid carrying it when in contact with detainees in the cell area, to preserve the safety both of the detainees and of the officers themselves.

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