Embarrassing! Electronic Monitoring bracelets can be removed by soap

 

Image: Daily News

 

Thai officials were left red faced yesterday when it was discovered that the much vaunted EM (Electronic Monitoring) devices for drink drivers and other criminals could simple be removed with soap or a bit of washing up liquid. 

 

Justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin was left with egg on his face after witnessing a test on an underling that showed the bracelet could easily be taken off. All the removal did was create a signal to the monitoring center that it had been tampered with. 

 

It could easily be reattached after.

 

 

There was better news if the device was placed on the ankle - it could be removed but it would need to be broken creating a signal to that affect to alert the authorities to take action. 

 

The EM device is used to make sure wearers keep to a 10 pm curfew and don't do things like drive vehicles or tamper with witnesses in various cases. 

 

The devices are supposed to be immovable and Somsak was at the probation department yesterday to prove that they were OK. 

 

Now he has set a two week deadline to investigate the specifications of the device and the supplier. 

 

Thaivisa notes that the procurement of several expensive devices for security personnel have created problems in recent years. 

 

A bomb detection device that cost a huge amount of money was shown to be a fake. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

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KY does the trick

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

KY does the trick

You talking from personal experience?????

I've always maintained that "lubrication" is the key to happiness.

24 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Justice minister Somsak Thepsuthin was left with egg on his face after witnessing a test on an underling that showed the bracelet could easily be taken off.

"You weren't supposed to test that, idiots!"

Thailand 4.0

Comforting to know they are removable for when it becomes compulsory for all long stay aliens to wear them in the future!

48 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

KY does the trick

For all the good it does, you might as well stick it up yer <deleted> ! ????

In the end everything worked out as the greedy cival servants got their cut....now waiting another hand out with plan B...Thailand where failure is rewarded..

21 minutes ago, neeray said:

I've always maintained that "lubrication" is the key to happiness.

I suppose at your age, you will take it any way that you can get it! ????

25 minutes ago, thequietman said:

For all the good it does, you might as well stick it up yer a r s e ! ????

That is what the KY is for????

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Thaivisa notes that the procurement of several expensive devices for security personnel have created problems in recent years. 

 

A bomb detection device that cost a huge amount of money was shown to be a fake.

What! I think not, such an error would never be made.

That's great news for expats wishing to stay here long term...

Damn here goes our only hope to avoid the TM30

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

There was better news if the device was placed on the ankle - it could be removed but it would need to be broken creating a signal to that affect to alert the authorities to take action. 

I thought they were called ankle bracelets for a reason...

Stick your foot in a bucket of ice Im told that works

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

it could be removed but it would need to be broken creating a signal to that affect to alert the authorities to take action. 

"What that beeping sound from computer?"

"Not sure. Maybe I lose at poker."

2 hours ago, thequietman said:

I suppose at your age, you will take it any way that you can get it! ????

Nice shot.  But afraid i’m just not that desperate. 

_{easy remedy: make it a tight collar, it works for dogs}

...remove it and put it to one of your Dogs Legs......????????????

A different perspective (August 7, 2019):

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/ministry-probes-rented-electronic-monitoring-ankle-bracelets-from-china

• The Thai Justice Ministry is investigating the electronic monitoring ankle bracelets rented by the Department of Probation from a Chinese company. A Thai company has complained that the device can be removed by the offenders wearing them without the department being alerted.
• Thai PBS reports that the complaint was filed by Aekkaphol Kongphutorn, representative of Fort Corporation, one of the bidders for a contract to rent EM ankle bracelets to the Department of Probation. The complaint has already been received by Justice Department officials.

2 hours ago, neeray said:

Nice shot.  But afraid i’m just not that desperate. 

Don't knock it till you try it. ????

And who´s the clowns now?

So much for the cunning TM555 plan. 95% of the parolees would locate to the nearest soapy massage.

Ruin the line of the silk socks if worn on ankle.

 

ankle bracelets for foot amputees ?

This is the same device all of you foreigners will be wearing soon so take notes.

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 ... after witnessing a test on an underling that showed the bracelet could easily be taken off.

Got to love the terminology that they use in these reports like this as if it's a slave in some evil monster's fiefdom. Maybe next time they'll use peon or minion. 

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thaivisa notes that the procurement of several expensive devices for security personnel have created problems in recent years. 

A bomb detection device that cost a huge amount of money was shown to be a fake. 

The R&D involved in altering a novelty golf ball finder to become the GT200 bomb detector must have taken many, many days - well, both days anyway (including the time on the golf course).

source: https://explosivedetectorfrauds.blogspot.com/2013/11/some-more-good-news.html  

8 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Comforting to know they are removable for when it becomes compulsory for all long stay aliens to wear them in the future!

Don't give em ideas for gawd's sake, though I'm sure that has been mooted.

 

Regards crims, just bung the thing around their neck. ????