The CPT recommended that special attention be paid to reminding all officers about the rules to be followed when using tasers and to enforcing the compliance with the rules82. Assessment of the recommendation’s implementation: The officers serving at the RDP had no tasers. However, such devices were used by officers serving in the organizational units of the Warsaw Police Headquarters. According to the information of the Warsaw Police Commander dated 27 March 2020, a total of 615 officers from the Warsaw Police Headquarters had the right to use tasers. In 2019, the Warsaw Police Headquarters Training Department, as part of professional development courses for officers, organized 8 courses focused on the use of tasers, for a total of 88 participants. Further 8 training courses are planned for the year 2020. By 27 March 2020, one training course was held, in which 7 officers participated83. The training programme covered issues related to taser construction, properties and methods of use, legal regulations that provide the basis for using tasers; the taser use tactics and first aid related to the use of tasers84. In view of the above information, the recommendation to remind the officers about the rules of using tasers has been considered implemented85. Mandatory video and sound recording of police interrogations According to the SPT recommendation: "The State party should make mandatory the audio and video recording of interviews in relation to criminal investigations as a basic safeguard and as part of its efforts to prevent torture and ill-treatment, as well as to protect law enforcement personnel against unsubstantiated allegations. Recordings should be kept in centralized secure facilities for a period sufficient for them to be used as evidence and should be made available to investigators, detainees and lawyers, upon request. The use of bodycams is recommended, if possible”86. Assessment of the recommendation’s implementation: The recommendation has not been implemented. Situations in which police officers make audio and video recordings are rare, although the 82 CPT report, CPT/Inf (2018) 39, para. 22. 83 Letter of the Warsaw Police Commander of 27 March 2020, PC-405/374/20. 84 Letter of the Warsaw Police Commander of 23 April 2020, PC-459/443/20. 85 RDP at the District Police Headquarters Warsaw VI, KMP.570.1.2020.AN; RDP at the Warsaw Police Headquarters, KMP.570.3.2020. 86 SPT Report, CAT/OP/POL/ROSP/1, para. 47. 49

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