Thousands of prank calls each day

[misskit]

Pol Maj-General Chantawit Ramasut, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said that 191 emergency hotline operators receive about 6,000 prank calls a day.

Only about a third of the 10,000 or so calls to 191 every day contained important or useful information. And 10 per cent of callers asked for other services, he said.

Chantawit said Bangkok police used many solutions, such as conducting checkpoints at night and patrolling crime hotspots, to suppress crime such as gun violence and student fights.

He said police had drawn up a database of student gangs and asked mall operators to inform them if student gangs were gathering at shopping centres.

Thousands of prank calls each day - The Nation

[flyfisher davis]

What do check points have to do with prank phone calls and kids hanging out at the malls..."Many solutions" to what...?

[zygote1]

What do check points have to do with prank phone calls and kids hanging out at the malls..."Many solutions" to what...?

It's a dragnet for Thailand's Bart Simpson.

[Fondles]

Iam surprised they actually answered the phone.

[Kiwi611]

No comment!!

[wasabi]

The Three Amigos Sing my little buttercup

[Bobcock]

"I'd like to report a crime"

"yes Sir, can I have the details please"

"There is a group of men on the corner of Rama 9 and Ramkhamhaeng, stopping people and demanding money with menace"

"are they armed"

"Yes Sir, they have guns"

"Oh ho....hmmmm... Sounds serious na khrap.... How many are there of them"

"At least 6 of them"

"What do they look like......?, we have a checkpoint in the area, I could get some of them to come over"

"Well, they have tight fitting brown uniforms, the ringleader has a flat cap and piggy like features"

"Oh...... "