Tourist Police help stranded motorist - media toning down anti-RTP rhetoric

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Daily News Thai Caption: The people's police

 

The Royal Thai Police have taken a monumental pounding in recent weeks so it was probably inevitable that the Thai media were softening their stance a little, suggests ASEAN NOW.

 

Indeed whistleblower Chuwit Kamolwisit had even gone online after finding a checkpoint in Klong Toey that was actually obeying the rules.

 

This time it was the tourist police who were praised by Daily News who captioned their picture of cops helping a stranded motorist in Eastern Thailand: "The people's police".

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Lt-Col Jiraphat Khiawsiri was out with a patrol on route 3049 leading to the Khun Dan Prakarn Chon dam in Sa Kaeo province when they came across a tourist in a Honda who had broken down.

 

They contacted a mechanic and made sure that the tourist got home safely.

 

Jiraphat said it was all part of the policies of Tourist Police chief Pol Lt-Gen Sukhun Phrommayon in helping the public.

 

He referred to the 1155 helpline and the "Tourist Police I Lert You" app that has the tagline "Safe Tourism - We help You Everywhere 24 hours".

 

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[Smokey and the Bandit]

Just shows not all the cops are bad?????

[ikke1959]

I wonder how much need to be paid...

[richard_smith237]

We still need those "Police find and return 1MB” threads.... 

 

As mentioned by others on other threads.... The mere fact that the Police actually doing something positive becomes newsworthy speaks volumes and is damning of the big-picture of policing Thailand. 

 

 

[ignore it]

Looks like this humanitarian act by the RTP has redeemed their reputation and we can stop being critical of the nationwide extortion racket, their past corruption, lack of effective policing and general malfeasance.  

[Purdey]

People don't always get it. There are lots of police who are polite and helpful. I have met many and it usually involves the ones on office duty far from the street. Renewing my PR red book the guys in the office smile and are very friendly. 

For a street cop it is the pressure from above to collect cash that turns then surly. Some simply should be kicked out of the force immediately. Don't paint every cop as evil. It takes all sorts. 

[richard_smith237]

20 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

We still need those "Police find and return 1MB” threads.... 

 

Bingo.....  Like clockwork !!!!....

 

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

If you need a news article for the tourist police helping a foreigner, you know things are bad lol.

[internationalism]

a foreigner with that dark suntun and in a car 20 years old (no any car renting company has them on stock) is rather a local expat and not a tourist.

Great that tourist police did help, most probably it's in description of their duties.

 

 Khun Dan Prakarn Chon dam is in nakhon nayok, near Khao Yai national park, not in sakeo province (which is bordering cambodia)

Edited February 8, 2023 by internationalism