BANGKOK — Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra found himself at the center of yet another corruption controversy this week when it was revealed that as many as 40% of the capital city’s police force were in fact fake.The bogus police officers were discovered in an undercover investigation by newspaper Matichon, whose journalists secretly filmed interactions with police officers at road checkpoints and on the street. Their investigations revealed that a large percentage of Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police were actually just regular men who had no actual law-enforcement training or even awareness of the what the city laws were.

Further investigation revealed that as many as four out of every 10 new police officers commissioned to work in the capital had in fact been hired directly from the general population and given a uniform, with instructions on how to collect bribes and return a certain percentage of those bribes back to their supervisors.

The governor, already facing possible censure by the governing Pheu Thai party for using hundreds of dummy surveillance cameras throughout the city, defended the use of dummy police as “effective and economical.”

“The training of a real police officer is expensive and time-consuming,” he explained at a press conference. “With recent budget cuts, it became necessary to find creative ways to maintain a strong law-enforcement presence while not running the department into deficit.”

Sukhumband cited positive urban crime statistics as proof that dummy police officers acted as a deterrent against crime. Additionally, he stressed that only real police officers were used in actual investigations of major crimes such as murder and robbery.

“When Bangkok’s citizens truly need an actual cop, we provide one,” he said.

However, Deputy OAG secretary-general Phisit Leelachirophas announced that there would be a full investigation into the dummy police operations to see if there was any corruption involved in the procurement of the fake police.

“We will check the budget records carefully to make sure that no laws were broken,” he said. “We will also look into the system of bribe collection and kickbacks to make sure that everything was done transparently.”

source - http://notthenation.com/2011/09/sukhumbhand-defends-use-of-dummy-police-officers/

So if they wave me over, I don't have to stop or what?

If they have not been trained and are not Police Officers then they cannot do anything, they are impersonating Police Officers, which I thought was a crime here.

Only 40%?

What are "not the nation" doing publishing real stories?

Oh wait. This is from Notthenation haha

Very good

SATIRE warning to keyboard jockeys. Replying in a serious vein to this thread may cause heartburn & indigestion.

SATIRE warning to keyboard jockeys. Replying in a serious vein to this thread may cause heartburn & indigestion.

and lots of laughter to everyone else !

Do these dummy cops carry dummy guns?

i would like to see one that isnt a dummy

Is this a dummy post

I was completely taken in by this, it's so well written, I'm such a dumb-ass. This story actually seems plausible as police here are so pathetic and ineffectual.

Gee whiz aren't 99% of all Thai policemen dummies?

For a minute there I thought they were hiring autistic people or individuals with downs into the Thai police and I was thinking that this might actually be a positive step in the right direction.

For a minute I thought this was a genuine news story. I mean we read every day about the most absurd and blatant scandals happening in this country, plus we are all aware that even 80% of the 'real' police officers are dummies. I didn't even an eyebrow when reading the story. It sounded so plausible.

Then I read the source from which it was taken, of course....

Wonderful! Thanks! :jap: :lol:

So if they wave me over, I don't have to stop or what?

If they have not been trained and are not Police Officers then they cannot do anything, they are impersonating Police Officers, which I thought was a crime here.

If they outnumber you at a checkpoint, they can do pleanty

It had me going and believing it until I got to the link.

UPDATE:

And this satire story suddenly went "true"...

'Smart' dummy officers to oversee Bangkok traffic

Be aware:

UPDATE:

And this satire story suddenly went "true"...

'Smart' dummy officers to oversee Bangkok traffic

Be aware:

http://www.thaivisa....angkok-traffic/

Satire???????? Nooooo, it can't be. I've seen these "dummy" police office "directing" traffic with my own eyes.

Just the title was a ripper.

When satire becomes reality ...

I was completely taken in by this, it's so well written, I'm such a dumb-ass. This story actually seems plausible as police here are so pathetic and ineffectual.

This story is more than plausible. I heard it on the news FM107 last night, so decided to look it up here today. On the radio they did use the word Manikins, with cameras to capture the law breakers (motorists) on. Then they are supposed to report them. Problem is who to report to? Other corrupt dummies?

One thing that came to mind. The other day near Bang Na Thailands finest were about their normal no crash helmet scaam, around 6 to 8 of them over a distance of around 400mts. Cop comes past the lot of them on motorbike, little girl on the back even smaller boy on the front, none of them wearing an helmet. Didn't even get a second look.

jb1

Sorry hadn't got as far as the link posted by George, before adding my post.

jb1

i even had to double check the link !, i thought it was reposted again by mistake