Experience and Death Management 3.33 The Commission was informed that the officers who are responsible for lock-up management and safety are Officer in-charge of Police District(alsoknown as Chief of Lock-up Guard), Officer in-charge of Station, Lock-up Administrator and sentry personnel. 3.34 During the interviews, 16 Officers in-charge of Station stated that they had the experience in handling death cases while 27 others did not have such experience. Out of 125 sentry personnel (including lock-up administrators) who were interviewed, only 18 had faced the situation where detainees died in lockup whereas 107 of them had no experience in such incidence. The Commission did not interview the Officer in-charge of Police District during the research. (Table 8) Table 8 Experience in handling/facing deaths in Police Custody Officer/Personnel Yes No Total Officer in-charge of Station 16 27 43 Sentry Personnel 18 107 125 Note: 3 Officers in-charge of Station and 4 Sentry Personnel did not answer the questions 3.35 Most Officers in-charge who were interviewed mentioned that they knew the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in the event of deaths in detention occurred but not all of them gave similar responses. Among the actions taken based on the SOP are: a. Informing Officer in-charge of Police District, Chief of District Crime Investigation and investigation officer; b. lodging police report; c. informing coroner and doctor to be present in lock-up; 45

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