Sec. 23-30. Conduct toward offenders and prisoners.
When it becomes necessary to take a person into custody,
the policeman shall do so in as easy and quiet a manner as
possible, using only sufficient force to secure the prisoner, and
in no instance shall he strike a prisoner, except in self-defense.
He shall see that the prisoner is properly dealt with and cared
for until he is taken from his custody according to law and
any unnecessary deprivations and abuses of prisoners will
meet with reproof and punishment. The officer who may be
in charge of the station house shall see to it that prisoners
while there receive proper care and, should a prisoner need
medical attention, he shall immediately call a doctor. (Code
1959, § 23-30.)
