RTP get international award for excellence - top cops in Dubai bask in glory but who has heard of "Smart Safety Zone 4.0"?

[webfact]

 

Daily News reported on the Royal Thai Police getting an international award for excellence in community policing. 

 

It comes at a time when public confidence in the force remains low and refers to s scheme few people have even heard of, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

The World Police Summit - attended by 29 countries including Thailand - concluded in Dubai, UAE yesterday.

 

The annual event showcases good practice and there are contests and competitions. Earlier we reported that the Thai SWAT team were high up in a skills contest as it entered the final day. 

 

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RTP chief Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk didn't attend in person but sent his top underlings in the form of Gen Roy Ingkhaphairoj and poster boy Pol Lt-Gen Surachate Hakpan, universally known as Big Joke.

 

They presented the Smart Safety Zone 4.0 community policing initiative for consideration of the judges. 

 

They won the top award in the Crime Prevention category for "The Best Experience in Community Policing".

 

Dubai chief of police Pol Lt-Gen Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri presented the top honours.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The Safety Zone initiative was launched by Suwat last year amid much fanfare - and a fair degree of ridicule. 

 

It was heralded as a great way for the police to use the public as the "eyes and ears" to help them in their work. It utilises a lot of bells and whistles especially the much loved RTP friend, CCTV. 

 

But few people in Thailand have ever heard of the initiative or would know what to do to access it. 

 

In comments attributed to Surachate, Daily News said that it was a great morale booster for the RTP to be recognised.

 

But the Lt-Gen said that more needs to be done to promote the scheme after pilots particularly in Bangkok.

 

Only when the scheme is expanded will the people in Thailand get to realize what Smart Safety Zone 4.0 actually entails. 

 

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And realize how good it is in reducing crime. 

[koratkarlos]

I guess the phrase "less is more" is actually true.

[pokerface1]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

They won the top award in the Crime Prevention category for "The Best Experience in Community Policing"

Also known as the Big Joke award

[Sqoop]

5555555

[Will B Good]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

Smart Safety Zone 4.0 community policing initiative

Just read an article on this.........it is an SOS button on a pole.

[RafPinto]

Oh dear.

How many times to we hear "top cops"?

Just do the job your are supposed to do and paid to do and shut up.

[RafPinto]

10 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Just read an article on this.........it is an SOS button on a pole.

I've one of them on my pole too.

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

I've one of them on my pole too.

Sure that's not a spot?

[RafPinto]

10 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Sure that's not a spot?

Yes, a small one 3X4cm

[smutcakes]

did they fly over on a police private jet costing the tax payers millions of THB?

[RubbaJohnny]

Ok red bs boy we're looking this time, but as you are so rich we'll close our eyes and count  up to 100 million slowly until the statute of limitations for killing one of our colleagues passes.

 

In the meantime please note you may only kill poor unimportant policemen if seriously rich , shameless and connected, the comfort and face of the high so is more important than justice and a warning to others.

[Dmaxdan]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

So these excellent Thai community policing officers are robots?  That explains a lot. 

[ThailandRyan]

Next they will receive the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service....

[klauskunkel]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Only when the scheme is expanded will the people in Thailand get to realize what Smart Safety Zone 4.0 actually entails. 

Nah, that's an easy one: It's the zone patrolled by the Smart BMWs.

[Pattaya Spotter]

Let me check my calendar...nope not April 1st. 

[Pedrogaz]

Sometimes I wonder about things I read in ASEAN NOW. This is one: what sort of rules must the competition have for the RTP to will an 'Excellence Award'.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

They won the top award in the Crime Prevention category for "The Best Experience in Community Policing"

Excuse me while I choke.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, koratkarlos said:

I guess the phrase "less is more" is actually true.

More or less.. yes.????

[geoffrobbo]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Next they will receive the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service....

In the fiction category

[Millcx]

5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555…. Enough Said “;0)

[pops1]

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[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, RubbaJohnny said:

Ok red bs boy we're looking this time, but as you are so rich we'll close our eyes and count  up to 100 million slowly until the statute of limitations for killing one of our colleagues passes.

 

In the meantime please note you may only kill poor unimportant policemen if seriously rich , shameless and connected, the comfort and face of the high so is more important than justice and a warning to others.

Indeed.

Inner circle club members only.

[Jimbo53]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Just read an article on this.........it is an SOS button on a pole.

Another brown envelope initiative lol.

[outsider]

Never mind them winning anything. Just the presence of the RTP bumbling clowns at the summit was enough to erase any credibility the World Police Summit had.

Edited March 18, 2022 by outsider

[jesimps]

5 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

Also known as the Big Joke award

Or rather "The big award joke".

[SheikYabodyline]

Yes, but did they rush there?

[spidermike007]

They presented the Smart Safety Zone 4.0 community policing initiative for consideration of the judges. What this means in english, is we are paid considerably less than a living wage, so we have to exercise a great deal of creativity, and work the franchise like few police worldwide, are able to do. Some of us make a very handsome living, as a result. The new 4.0 plan. 4 x more corruption, than in previous years. 

 

Only in a desperado state like Dubai, could an event like this take place, without everyone being laughed out of the room. Especially with the biggest joke involved. Who let this fool back into the room, anyway?

Edited March 18, 2022 by spidermike007

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[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Just read an article on this.........it is an SOS button on a pole.

Those buttons would not be placed on Poles at Zebra Crossings would they ?

[Grusa]

Actually they deserve it, for their skill  in recycling and repurposing plastic bags.

(And the educational video showing how to do it)

Edited March 18, 2022 by Grusa