Officers call for overhaul of police force

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Officers call for overhaul of police force

Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

The Royal Thai Police must be radically restructured if it is to free itself from political interference and officer shortages, a seminar was told.

The restructuring, which includes improved scrutiny of senior police and better remuneration for lower-ranking officers, were proposed by police themselves during the seminar yesterday.

Pol Col Siriphon Kusonsinwut, a member of a research team on police operation development, believes both the public and cha-le police _ under the office of the inspector-general _ can help keep politicians away from the Royal Thai Police by monitoring police affairs.

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whatajoke
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Discussion 10 : 22 Aug 2012 at 23.5710
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It's a nice thought, coming from within the police, but will this govt really want and honest police force? The present one seems to suit them just fine.
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Discussion 9 : 22 Aug 2012 at 22.349
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" Mr Somchai said that under the previous government, police rejected 13 cases related to deaths during the red-shirt protests in May 2010, but then accepted them all under the new government "

Now thats a surprize.
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Discussion 8 : 22 Aug 2012 at 21.208
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For one crazy moment, I thought they meant that they wanted to get rid of corruption in the police.
Ah... foolish me.
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Discussion 7 : 22 Aug 2012 at 16.067
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When talking about shortages of officers, they must be referring to ranks other than Police Generals.
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Discussion 6 : 22 Aug 2012 at 14.496
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If the police stopped you in any well run country wearing a face mask you would report that officer to his superiors and he would either be reprimanded or sacked.The problem is deep in the force.Being stopped for allegedly speeding by an officer wearing a face mask, slipping him 100 Tbht.Come on wake up.Start naming and shaming, noisy sackings, sentencing. you then may get some where .Yes I agree the wages are poor and should de improved but that will not stop the decay.
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Discussion 5 : 22 Aug 2012 at 10.195
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Removing political interference is fine, but let's not remove checks and balances at the same time. In the end, the police must still be subservient and answerable to the people.
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Discussion 4 : 22 Aug 2012 at 09.484
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One reform would be stopping the custom of having to pay for posts with money under the table. This would help get rid of the corruption that is rampant among the police force. Thailand will never become a world class country until the police force is reformed. And that has to start at the top.

As the article says, they aren't ready to do that now...too much money involved.
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Discussion 3 : 22 Aug 2012 at 08.313
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It is good to see ideas coming from within the police force, shows that there are good officers in the mix. But the question is will the higher ups at the feeding trough allow these type changes to go through and shut off their gravy train. And will the politicians be willing to relinquish their influence with the police.
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Discussion 2 : 22 Aug 2012 at 08.252
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"A question is whether the police are ready to seriously improve themselves," this is the perfect question because you must want to improve yourself if there is improvement to be made. Sadly I don't think they want to improve, pickings are too easy. And again I say "All police enter as Constables and do a minimum of 2 years "street" work before there is any opportunity for promotion, pay them well, punish if corrupt and remove the military titles".
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Discussion 1 : 22 Aug 2012 at 07.071
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so what is cha-le police, never heard of that before. Why are there typos, doesn't anyone check before they post?
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