relevant documentation showed that the Center for free legal aid was notified only 7 hours 30 minutes following actual apprehension On 27 August 2014, during a visit to Zhmerynka district department of the MIA Directorate in Vinnytsya region, violations of the right to defense were discovered. For instance, in 2014, only one apprehended person was visited by an attorney. Attorneys did not arrive to any other apprehended persons. The Registry of notifications of centers for free legal aid includes waivers of attorney services, which constitutes a breach of Article 54 of the CPC whereby waiver or replacement of defense counsel shall take place solely in the presence of defense counsel after an opportunity for confidential communication has been given. On 20 November 2014, a visit to Kirovohrad city department of the MIA Directorate in Kirovohrad region15 showed that competent officials of the department fail to notify the Center for free legal aid immediately following apprehension. An interview with apprehended S. revealed that from 11:00 on 18.11.2014 he was under control of police officials who had apprehended him next to his residence and forced to come to the city department in handcuffs. At the same time, Registry of persons taken into custody, visitors and invited persons states that S. arrived to the station on his own as an “invitee” on that day at 12:55. The Center for free legal aid was notified at 17:30 (6 hours 35 minutes after the actual apprehension). Similar violations of the right to defense were established during monitoring visits to the following city, district and line departments:  Holosiyivske district directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv;  Svyatoshyn district directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv (twice);  Pechersk district directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv;  Borodyanka district department of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv region;  Kozyatyn district department of the MIA Directorate in Vinnytsya region;  Starokostyantyniv district department of the MIA Directorate in Khmelnytsky region;  Romny city department of the MIA Directorate in Sumy region;  Khmilnyk city department of the MIA Directorate in Vinnytsya region;  Vasylkiv city department of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv region;  Territorial police unit #2 of Shevchenkivske district directorate of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv;  Zhmerynka district department 16 of the MIA Directorate in Vinnytsya region;  Territorial police unit #4 of Dniprovske district department of the Main MIA Directorate in Kyiv;  Korabelny district department of Mykolayiv city directorate of the MIA Directorate in Mykolayiv region;  Leninsky district department of Mykolayiv city directorate of the MIA Directorate in Mykolayiv region; 15 16 http://www1.ombudsman.gov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4178 http://www1.ombudsman.gov.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4003 57