Suvarnabhumi To Have Police Station Soon

[webfact]

Suvarnabhumi to have police station soon

Relevant authorities are planning to boost safety at the Suvarnabhumi Airport by giving it a 280-member police force.

The airport police are expected to make the facilities entirely safe.

“If we have Suvarnabhumi Police Station to take charge of the airport, bad people roaming around there should finally disappear,” Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond said Friday.

-- The Nation 2009/09/25

[cdnvic]

“If we have Suvarnabhumi Police Station to take charge of the airport, bad people roaming around there should finally disappear,” Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond said Friday.

-- The Nation 2009/09/25

They'll all be inside doing paperwork

[wileycoyote]

It could lead to an improvement

[chiang mai]

Foxes and hen houses spring to mind.

[Bagwan]

How long was the airport in planning? Was it 50 years? And they've just realised that a police presence would be a good idea?

[webfact]

How long was the airport in planning? Was it 50 years? And they've just realised that a police presence would be a good idea?

It doesn't surprise me... after that "restroom disaster"

[webfact]

Police station to locate in Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK, Sept 25 (TNA) - Thailand's central government said Friday it is setting up a Suvarnabhumi International Airport 'airport police' unit to maintain safety at the country's main port of entry in an attempt to restore confidence among travellers following complaints on airport scams by foreign visitors.

Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said after chairing a committee assigned to solve problems and improve service efficiency of Suvarnabhumi Airport that the meeting agreed in principle to set up a police station in the airport.

Mr Suthep said that a combined force of 280 police officers from the Tourist Police Division and Central Investigation Bureau will supervise security and monitor the airport's area of 8,000 acres, while present airport security personnel will be police assistants.

The deputy premier said that the issue will be raised at the national police board meeting in two weeks and the new police station will be co-sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Airports of Thailand (AoT).

The government’s move came as some foreign governments issued travel warnings for their citizens alerting travellers of the risk of being accused of shoplifting as there are no clear boundaries separating competing shops and public areas in the airport's duty-free shopping zones.

The warning noted that innocent shoppers have been the subject of allegations of suspected theft.

Meanwhile, AoT director Serirat Prasutanont said the number of complaints regarding airport scams such as taxi touts and illegal tour guides has decreased. The new airport police presence will help ensure the safety and restore confidence among airport users, he said. (TNA)

-- TNA 2009/09/25

[theoldgit]

Of course the police are famous for ensuring there are no scams so it should make the airport pretty safe and scam free - I have got that right haven't I?

[blakegeee]

Wow, plans change fast! Last I heard they were trying to get corruption "out" of the airport??? Now they are installing 280 of Thailands most powerful corrupt "in" the airport.

[mca]

“If we have Suvarnabhumi Police Station to take charge of the airport, bad people roaming around there should finally disappear,”

Aren't those "bad people roaming around there" protected by "influential figures" though according to reports?

Thailand really needs a bloke like "The Punisher" Seriously.

[britmaveric]

Guess this explains why the airport was over run from the PAD. I find it shocking this wasnt the case, most major airports worldwide have their own airport based police force.

[moe666]

Airports are like small towns every conceivable crime takes place there. Years ago I was on the Shore patrol unit in Long Beach, Ca. the LAX police brought a army deserter to use who was a cross dresser and when they frisked him found 7 knives. They couldn't get a straight story out of him why he was hanging at the airport.

A good ideal to add a police force to the airport, but how will that stop the King Power shake down.

[G54]

"If we have Suvarnabhumi Police Station to take charge of the airport, bad people roaming around there should finally disappear," Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond said Friday.

-- The Nation 2009/09/25

They'll all be inside doing paperwork

Or working out their own percentage of the tea money collected.

[Serpico]

The Airport Police Station will be run under the Tourist Police Division.

According to my source at the TAT, the Tourist Police are running the gem scam and involved will all sorts of fraud, bribes and corruption.

Look for tourist scams to continue.

[caf]

From an asian news source

"Relevant authorities are planning to boost safety at Suvarnabhumi Airport by giving it a 280-member police force.

The airport police are expected to make the facilities entirely safe.

"If we have Suvarnabhumi Police Station to take charge of the airport, bad people roaming around there should finally disappear," Airports of Thailand president Serirat Prasutanond said yesterday.""

Couldn't quite understand this. Does he mean all the police will be in the station, and that therefore no bad people will be in the airport campus?

[ThaiFelix]

How long was the airport in planning? Was it 50 years? And they've just realised that a police presence would be a good idea?

Hey!!, I think you need to be reminded you are only a guest in this country and the use of such offensive language as 'planning' will not be tolerated !!

[soloman]

They will have to get their lunch money from somewhere - Taxis would be their best 'cash cows' as taxis love a fare City to Swampy, Swampy to City! So- maybe by grabbing Taxis loitering at the departures level, or maybe by "selling" Airport access passes (much like they do at night in the Patpong area) the cost for which is again passed on to travellers.

[salty]

Why can't they just hold a Policeman's Ball? every day.

[NanLaew]

So that "Police Station" currently located on the ground floor that always seems to have a couple of MiB's sitting around twiddling their thumbs really isn't a police station?

[Bisto]

when something goes wrong at airport we have to find the villain, why not with so much influence and so much more claw back use an influential loyalist j""" who has the influence to take away control at the airport and give it to those who have obsolete control to circumvent any wrong doing. why not name them.

oh my god.

as we once said jobs for the boys