A/51/301 English Page 5 conduct a special re-examination of all criminal cases in the past four years involving police officers accused of inflicting bodily harm on persons, using force or detaining them illegally, in order to decide, on the basis of the same criteria, whether an investigation should be reopened. "7. The Prosecutor will make his findings known to the Hamburg police authorities, with whom he will attempt to determine how to bring about a radical improvement in the conduct of inquiries in what are commonly known as ’police cases’. "8. Moreover, the Ministry of the Interior has taken the necessary measures to deal more severely with police officers found guilty of crimes, by reorganizing the competent services and increasing personnel. These services have been instructed to introduce a preventive early warning system which should help to anticipate problems in the police and to take preventive measures. "9. The training and advanced training of police officers have been considerably intensified in order to respond to the current situation. The professional training programme of the Police Training Institute has been adapted to the changing situation and includes courses on professional ethics and contemporary political problems; moreover, a number of programmes are being implemented with the assistance of outside participants in order to offer advanced training courses to police officers, particularly those stationed in trouble spots. Budget allocations for the advanced training courses were increased by DM 550,000." Observations on paragraph 68 "(a) The incident in Berlin "10. Following an altercation with a passenger of Iranian nationality, the driver of a public transport bus called the police. When the police arrived on the scene, they maltreated the Iranian national who filed a complaint. "11. The fact that the three police officers were sentenced to heavy fines for maltreatment and insults shows that the police and the courts of Berlin follow up all accusations brought against public officials, using the necessary means under the rule of law, that the police and the public prosecutor conduct their inquiries with all necessary diligence, and that such acts of violence have met with the appropriate reaction. Moreover, the convicted police officers must undergo disciplinary proceedings." "(b) Incidents in Bernau (Brandenburg) "12. In June 1994, the Prosecutor of Frankfurt an der Oder opened an investigation against Brandenburg police officers accused of maltreating Vietnamese nationals. In February 1995, eight police officers were referred to the Court of Frankfurt an der Oder; in March 1995, two others /...