Seniority to determine promotions in police force

[webfact]

Seniority to determine promotions in police force

 

 

Seniority will be the key criterion in determining the promotions of police officers under the regulations of the Police Commission, which have come into force after their publication in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday.

 

If two officers are of the same rank, the officer who has served in that rank for the longer period is considered as more senior.

 

If the two officers have held that rank for the same duration, the officer who spent longer time in the lower ranks, down to the level of a deputy inspector, prior to the present rank will be considered more senior than the other.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/seniority-to-determine-promotions-in-police-force/

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-08-08

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[canopus1969]

Seniority to determine promotion

 

Well it's certainly not ability, that's for sure !

[tifino]

Promotional on capabilities would be more desirable!! - otherwise they are simply being promoted to their level of incompetence... 

 

[darksidedog]

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

If two officers are of the same rank,

The one offering the most money will get the promotion, same as it has always been. One of a lesser rank can bypass his seniors, again if he has the right amount of money to pay for it.

[geoffbezoz]

And in the event of a dispute a promotion will revert to normal the RTP standard of big chunky brown envelope

[Phuketshrew]

5 minutes ago, canopus1969 said:

Well it's certainly not ability, that's for sure !

maybe ability to pay?

[ThreeEyedRaven]

It could well be argued that it would be best to sack the whole damn force and start again with some people who have the correct moral fiber for the job. When the biggest bribe and protection money takers in the country are the cops, seniority just means a bigger slice of the illicit pie.

[thequietman]

It's who you know, not what you know. ????

[LazySlipper]

 

5 minutes ago, thequietman said:

It's who you know, not what you know.

 

It's not who you, it's who you blow.

[mok199]

The poison runs to deep

[Cadbury]

15 minutes ago, thequietman said:

It's who you know, not what you know. ????

And the size of the envelope. Not unusual in Thailand for jobs and promotions to be purchased in preference to being given out on merit. Greed is always in command.

[Eric Loh]

Uniquely Thailand culture to consider seniority rather than meritocracy to determine promotions. 

[colinneil]

Absolute nonsense... seniority to determine promotions in the police force.

The only way a person gets a senior position is by passing over a holdall stuffed with between 6-10 million baht.

 

[mikebell]

17 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Uniquely Thailand culture to consider seniority rather than meritocracy to determine promotions. 

Very true.  Everywhere you look there are incompetents in positions well beyond their abilities - right up to the President.

[BobBKK]

So an older idiot is more capable than a younger bright spark?  Amazing Thailand

[DrTuner]

Meritocracy must be the dirtiest word a Thai could ever utter. If there was even a word for it.

[klauskunkel]

that reminds me of:

Two officers of the same rank walk into a bar.

The bar girl says: same same, but different.

[Paul Henry]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN! Forget education and ability. Rule No1 Brown Nose ones with brown uniform and most medals and gold braid.

[FarFlungFalang]

9 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

It could well be argued that it would be best to sack the whole damn force and start again with some people who have the correct moral fiber for the job

You mean get some foreigners in to do the job?

[Pilotman]

Yep, that's the way of all inefficient outfits and organisations that are not fit for purpose. Promotion of the long severing, incompetents.  Merit means nothing to these people. Time servers. blocking the advancement of those worthy of it are the death of any organisation. 

[Pilotman]

9 hours ago, tifino said:

Promotional on capabilities would be more desirable!! - otherwise they are simply being promoted to their level of incompetence... 

 

Promoted well past it I would say. 

[Pilotman]

9 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Uniquely Thailand culture to consider seniority rather than meritocracy to determine promotions. 

I think you will find that it is the position in most Asian cultures, not just Thailand. 

[sitanonchai]

>If the two officers have held that rank for the same duration, the officer who spent longer time in the lower ranks, down to the level of a deputy inspector, prior to the present rank will be considered more senior than the other.

 

Correction

 

If the two officers have held that rank for the same duration, the officer who pays the most is the senior officer.

[ChipButty]

Why do they not let Farang become police officers? ok stupid question

[BobbyL]

It will take generations to end this 'kreng jai' nonsense. 

[Brigand]

Until you get rid of the patronage system and promote people on merit/ability you will always just perpetually incorporate incompetence into the system. Just can't let go of the 18th century can you Thailand?

[otherstuff1957]

10 hours ago, tifino said:

Promotional on capabilities would be more desirable!! - otherwise they are simply being promoted to their level of incompetence... 

 

... and sometimes well beyond it!

[mfd101]

Merit principle? Oh, you mean 'make merit'?

[gunderhill]

Gawd they are so DUMB....... ability counts for nothing, be crap at your  job longer than someone else and youll be just fine, either way most are crap anyway!

[gunderhill]

20 minutes ago, Brigand said:

Just can't let go of the 18th century can you Thailand?

I didnt  think they were that advanced already? learn summat new every day.