Thread: Royal Thai Police : Dummies back on the beat

Originally Posted by tayto

Why is the second one smiling.

From the colour of their badges it seems the first one is tourist police but the second one may be the airborne division.

now....about those helicopter crashes.

Poll: People not happy with police work
3/10/2010

A latest survey revealed that most respondents are not satisfied with the police performance.

The study conducted by Abac Poll involved 1,174 household respondents from 17 provinces across the country and 567 police respondents.

66.9 per cent of the household respondents believed the police were not concerned for the people and their work for communities were inadequate.

54 per cent believed the government did not provide proper welfare for the police.

However, 76.5 per cent of the police respondents said the public had too much expectation on their competency.

Other police respondents said the people's views on the police were overly negative.

72.2 per cent said they were confident in the new national police chief, Pol Gen Wichean Potephosree.

bangkokpost.com

it's possible the graffiti problem may be bigger than first thought

BMA admits using fake security cameras
Published: 20/09/2011 at 12:34 PM
Online news: Security

About 500 dummy security cameras were set up throughout the capital in April 2009 by Bangkok authorities because a lack of funds at the time ruled out installing real ones, Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipibul admitted on Tuesday.




A dummy security camera was set up on Sathorn road in 2009 by Bangkok authorities. (Photo by Kosol Nakachol)

Mr Thirachon acknowledged the deception after people posted online photographs of fake closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras they had detected in many areas of Bangkok and demanded an explanation from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

The project started when Democrat Party member Apirak Kosayodhin was the governor of Bangkok and the Traffic and Transportation Department wanted to use security cameras to monitor political protests two years ago, he said.

However, the BMA at the time did not have enough money to implement the project so it instead put up dummy security cameras to deter people from committing crimes.

When Democrat Party member Sukhumbhand Paribatra became the governor, a project to install 20,000 security cameras across Bangkok was proposed in line with the previous government's Pracha Wiwat populist policy, he said.

"Many public relations activities were carried out to promote the 20,000 CCTV cameras project but officials put up the signs next to the dummy cameras that were set up earlier, causing a misunderstanding among the people," the deputy governor said.




Bangkok Governor (right) Sukhumbhand Paribatra installs the 10,000th closed-circuit TV camera aimed for security and traffic management at Victory Monument on June 30, 2011. (Photo by Apichart Jinakul)

Mr Thirachon said he had instructed the Traffic and Transportation Department to quickly address the problem and clarify the issue to the public.

Traffic and Transportation Department director-general Suthon Anakul said about 500 dummy security cameras were set up near hospitals, schools and areas where political rallies were usually held.

He said many dummy cameras can be found on Ratchadamnoen road along with real CCTV cameras.

"I'm sorry for the people who asked police for footage and images from security cameras for evidence against suspects but the BMA told them that the cameras were broken when the in fact they were dummy cameras.

"We'll replace the dummy cameras with actual CCTV cameras as soon as possible," Mr Suthon said.

He said 10,000 CCTV cameras under the Pracha Wiwat scheme were operational and 20,000 more cameras will be installed in the capital within next year.

Bangkok Post : BMA admits using fake security cameras

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BKK governor affirms no corruption in 100,000 CCTVs installation

no wonder i get no tickets

Must be the same design as the bomb scanners.

Who pocketed the money for the rest of the job comes to mind. Oh never mind. The Thai mind does not think like that.

I know for a fact they use dummy policemen here as well, one of them rode past me on his motorbike earlier today.

Bangkok Post : P.Thai cameras probe motives queried

P.Thai cameras probe motives queried

• Published: 21/09/2011 at 02:31 PM
• Online news:

Yellow shirt co-leader Praphan Khoonmee has accused the Pheu Thai Party of having a political agenda behind its move to investigate alleged irregularities in City Hall’s purchase of security cameras back in 2007.

Mr Praphan, a former MP, said on Wednesday the core government party was using the issue to garner votes for its candidate in next year's Bangkok gubernatorial elections because the government has no power to remove the Bangkok governor, a member of the opposition Democrat Party.

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra and his predecessor Apirak Kosayodhin, both Democrats, have been dragged into a controversy over the procurement of surveillance cameras.

Mr Apirak admitted on Tuesday his administration had installed about 500 mock-up cameras in some areas of Bangkok in 2007, in addition to real cameras, and said it because of a lack of budget funding.

The cameras were part of added security measures ordered by the Surayud Chulanont government in the wake of the multiple bomb explosions in the capital during the 2007 New year celebrations, he said.

Pheu Thai deputy spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said on Tuesday his party will set up a team to investigate whether there was any corruption in City Hall’s purchase of the security cameras.

Originally Posted by Mickmac

I know for a fact they use dummy policemen here as well, one of them rode past me on his motorbike earlier today.

yup...!

Originally Posted by Smug Farang Bore

Originally Posted by Mickmac

I know for a fact they use dummy policemen here as well, one of them rode past me on his motorbike earlier today.

yup...!

Have they actually got any real ones then? (Policemen that is).