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1 minute ago, Sealbash said:

Did the police achieve their objective, albeit without Aussie approved methods?


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Barely. Cut the background noise, and cue the Benny hill music and you have yourself an evening of the purest comedy. 

3 minutes ago, madmen said:

1st world country has better training..amazing

Thailand is a first world country too? With the established society and recourses it contains puts in in the category of 1st world. I’m failing to see the correlation? 

Just saw a violent arrest happen at suvarnabhumi airport. 5 tourist police, on 5”3, slim build, Asian male. All I have to say is, disgusting. Their training is below sub par. No cover, contact procedure. Just all in like a bull in a china shop. Could have been a lot worse, as one of the officers Sigs popped out of that piece of shit holster from the local market, landed right at his finger tips before an passenger picked it up and secured it. I have to say, it’s frightening that they’re the police. I do appreciate Australian police, 1000x better trained.  

2 hours ago, jackdd said:

But i never had the situation the a cop on the street completely denied a bribe, maybe he is afraid that somebody else will see it, so just ask him to move a few meters away because it's so hot here, turn your back to his colleagues and slip him 200THB over

No word of a lie. There was myself, and the other guy. No other officers. No other people. He also had the proper list of fine prices, with his official fine book. He straight up said “official fine, pay at police or government office”

I’m currently down in Phuket on the big bike from Pattaya. Staying in Patong, I got pulled into a checkpoint. The police officer came over to me and asked me for my licence. I provided him with my IDP and any other relevant documents. The police officer who spoke very good english, responded with thanking me for actually being one of the very few to go out and get a proper IDP before riding around. 

The gentleman next to me on his rentend honda moove, well, he couldn’t  the say the same. No helmet, no licence. He tried to offer the police a quick transaction of “tea money” but it was rejected. The officer is quoted saying, “these are official fines, pay at police station or government office”

Have they being told from higher up no more “tea money” or what is the go. To me, Thai police are nice and courteous, and I have never had a reason to knock them.