Thai police chief revamps recruitment after promotion scandal

[webfact]

 

In response to concerns over the rapid promotion of a young female police officer and the involvement of high-profile individuals and celebrities in the commissioned officer application process, Thailand’s national police chief, General Damrongsak Kittiprapas, has ordered amendments to the recruitment procedure.

 

National police spokesperson Lieutenant General Archayon Kraithong stated that General Damrongsak has instructed Lieutenant General Kittirat Phanphet to establish a panel to revise the regulations regarding the admission and advancement of commissioned police officers. “The eligibility for commissioned officers will have to be transparent.

 

The recruitment must meet police divisions’ demands, and the force will offer more places for commissioned officers to police who are non-commissioned,” said Lieutenant General Archayon.

 

The panel will also examine police-certified training courses that allow non-commissioned officers to be promoted to commissioned officers upon completion. According to Lieutenant General Archayon, the 17-week training course was initially intended for children of deceased commissioned officers who wished to become eligible for such positions.

 

The course is also available to individuals from various fields whose skills are sought after by the police force, Bangkok Post reports.

 

by Mitch Connor

 

Photo Courtesy of Bangkok Post

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-police-chief-orders-revamp-of-officer-recruitment-amid-promotion-scandal

 

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[HaoleBoy]

Some traction on changes in the RTP force .... Something Prayuth couldn't do in 9 yrs!

[Geoffggi]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

The recruitment must meet police divisions’ demands, and the force will offer more places for commissioned officers to police who are non-commissioned,” said Lieutenant General Archayon.

And not just for those who can afford it .................LOL

[bamnutsak]

Revamp:

 

1.) How much can she pay for her Elephant Ticket? 10 million baht guarantees a promotion.

 

2.) How attractive is she/he? Winning two or more beauty pageants is the minimum.

 

3.) What is lineage? DYKWIA factor must be 0.95. na Ayuthaya = you're in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[chalawaan]

I can't see how this has any substance in reality. It seems to be a puff-piece at best, and more about internal sexual politics given the gender involved. 

 

If the UK Metropolitan Police have decades old institutionalised issues, including corruption, on a much lesser scale, the RTP would need to be disbanded, and rebuilt by someone like the officer forced to flee to Australia, for implicating the Army, including Prawit, in human trafficking. 

 

[Callmeishmael]

This is a total farce.   All of the high ranking police got their current positions through corruption.  Are we expected to believe that they will diligently work to expose and eliminate that corruption??

[bamnutsak]

3 minutes ago, Callmeishmael said:

Are we expected to believe that they will diligently work to expose and eliminate that corruption??

Uhm, no? ????

 

POLICE ‘HAVE NO DUTY’ TO EXPLAIN ‘ELEPHANT TICKET’ SCANDAL

 

“What’s the fuss about it?” Wirut said. “It’s already existed for decades already, but it was only presented with evidence [by Rangsiman]. Fortune favors the bold, if you don’t pay for your position or approach your boss, you wouldn’t get it.”

 

Wirut, who served as a police colonel, said the current police appointment regulation is vaguely written and can be easily exploited.

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2021/02/22/police-have-no-duty-to-explain-elephant-ticket-scandal/

[Mavideol]

thank you, was having a bad day and needed a good laugh  555

[jcmj]

Hmm wonder how those men in brown sneezing into their uniforms feel about this. ????

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

ordered amendments to the recruitment procedure

revise the regulations regarding the admission and advancement 

examine police-certified training courses

only looks at policies, never looks at individual officers who allowed it

he is like every other police chief in that regard

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“The eligibility for commissioned officers will have to be transparent.

Lol... payment in a plastic bag.... never.

[kingstonkid]

2 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

And not just for those who can afford it .................LOL

The one thing we need to remember is that while we are in the 22 century and have all the fancy tech stuff. A lot of countries are still in the 20th century.

 

It was not long ago that British officers were officers based on their financial means,  People bought their commissions or went to fancy schools.  

 

a lot of Asian countries are still in the same time frame.  

 

If you look at some India and Pakistan the feudal system still exists where the land owner has families that work on his land and he looks after them. 

[nahkit]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The course is also available to individuals from various fields whose skills are sought after by the police force, Bangkok Post reports.

Skills such as singing and taking part in beauty pageants.

[ChrisY1]

Such a clown this guy….he’s the main actor in position payments…..he’s the top guy!

Pretending to dissassociate himself and pleading ignorant to these practices simply make him a bigger fool! Staggering that Thailand accepts this nonsense continually.

[Paul Henry]

New rules! From now on all recruitment and promotions will be strictly on a weight bases. The heaviest envelopes will go to the head of the queue.

[Bangkok Barry]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The eligibility for commissioned officers will have to be transparent.

Does that mean they will publish the price list?

[Cake Monster]

Read all statement as

" fatter Envelopes required to enter "

[EvetsKram]

Jobs for the kids of the dead boys club & for anyone else that can pay

[Drumbuie]

4 hours ago, chalawaan said:

I can't see how this has any substance in reality. It seems to be a puff-piece at best, and more about internal sexual politics given the gender involved. 

 

If the UK Metropolitan Police have decades old institutionalised issues, including corruption, on a much lesser scale, the RTP would need to be disbanded, and rebuilt by someone like the officer forced to flee to Australia, for implicating the Army, including Prawit, in human trafficking. 

 

I'd question how much less a scale corruption in the Met is than in Thailand. I suspect they're just more skilful at hiding it. The granting of liquor licences to restaurants and bars, for example, has been hugely lucrative for London police stations for decades. 

In 1980 or thereabouts I was lunching with a restaurant-owning chum when a bloke came through the door in a beautifully cut camel hair coat, diamond discreetly winking from his signet ring, Rolex on his wrist, and everyone started bowing and scraping to him. (The Pope himself could not have had a greater effect on the St Peter Square throng).

"Who on earth is that?" I asked. "Shhhh" my host whispered, looking tense. When the door had closed on the departing eminence, he breathed out and added, " That's the Head of Licensing at H------ CID" - and all became clear. 

[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

This is a total farce.   All of the high ranking police got their current positions through corruption.  Are we expected to believe that they will diligently work to expose and eliminate that corruption??

Nah. This action is just for show. 

Don't expect any substantial changes or reform.

It's not what they do. 

 

Same as it ever was.

[khunpin]

"... to establish a panel to revise the regulations regarding the admission and advancement of commissioned police officers." 

 

That only means that the applicants have to pay more for their "well-deserved promotion". 

[Dont confuse me]

"The eligibility for commissioned officers will have to be transparent."

it will be as transparent as their bank accounts!

[wangotango]

How do you become a General when you've never been in a war except maybe a war against your own people as in Myanmar.

[AjarnMartin]

6 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

The one thing we need to remember is that while we are in the 22 century and have all the fancy tech stuff. A lot of countries are still in the 20th century.

 

It was not long ago that British officers were officers based on their financial means,  People bought their commissions or went to fancy schools.  

 

a lot of Asian countries are still in the same time frame.  

 

If you look at some India and Pakistan the feudal system still exists where the land owner has families that work on his land and he looks after them. 

Are you a time traveller? 22nd century? Who knows what it will be like, but Thailand won’t have advanced much, is my guess? 555

[sammieuk1]

Celebs must have heard if you have a plastic bag a roll of duck tape and some cable ties a very lucrative career awaits with long periods siting on an inactive post then rotated to other areas to start rinsing again ????  

[sabaiguy]

9 hours ago, Callmeishmael said:

This is a total farce.   All of the high ranking police got their current positions through corruption.  Are we expected to believe that they will diligently work to expose and eliminate that corruption??

Spot on. The fox guarding the hen house.

 

[MrJ2U]

When anyone thinks of the RTP the first thing that comes to mind is utter and complete corruption.

 

 

[natway09]

The criteria for promotion will henceforth change from a silent auction

to a silent Dutch auction. 

[mikebell]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

General Damrongsak Kittiprapas, has ordered amendments to the recruitment procedure.

All new recruits will pay me first.

[bamnutsak]

To pay for the promotion one has to, in most cases, borrow money to pay the full fare BEFORE getting the promotion.

 

Note that there have been "incidents" where the payment has been made and then the promotion was not delivered. The end result often involves gunfire.

 

And the payment is borrowed from the informal police promotion lending society, and not SCB, which involves senior police and their close mafia associates. The "loan" is repaid over the years, resulting in a tidy income/safe investment, but requires the applicant to source additional income aggressively. Loan payment due? Shakedown duty. Or the various nefarious activities the RTP has been implicated in recently: dodgy visas, kidnapping, purloining bank accounts, repo super cars, plastic bag drug suspects.

 

19 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

“What’s the fuss about it?” Wirut said. “It’s already existed for decades already

 

The problem isn't so much the pay for promotion but rather the results of that initial corruption. It leads to increased corrupt and illegal behavior. And more importantly, a lack of faith and respect by the public in the police and the legal system.