'Smart' dummy officers to oversee Bangkok traffic

Monthien Inthaket

The Nation

The Metropolitan Police will be installing "intelligent" dummy police officers, nicknamed "Jah Choey" or Sergeant Idly Silent, at 13 locations across Bangkok to keep an eye on trafficlaw violators, a senior police officer said yesterday.

City police deputy chief Phanu Kerdlarppol said the dummy officers would capture images of traffic violators and help real traffic policemen with their job.

"The Jah Choey will be ‘intelligent' as they will be equipped with security and speed cameras to detect motorists who violate the law," he said while thanking the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for funding the production of "Jah Choey" dummies.

Expressing hope that the dummy officers will help cut down on traffic violations and make Bangkok drivers more cautious, he said they would be placed in 13 locations where accidents take place frequently, like intersections, bridges or roads with solid white lines, or where motorists break traffic laws often. The cameras embedded in the dummies will transmit images to traffic police officers' smart phones or tablet computers within a 2 to 5kilometre radius as well as to the Traffic Police Command Centre. The dummies will be more mobile than normal CCTV cameras because they can be moved to other locations.

The data transmitted by the dummies will be checked by the traffic police before they issue tickets to fine the violators, he said, adding that if the project proved to be effective, more dummies would be placed in other locations.

-- The Nation 2011-09-30

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Maybe a good idea to swap ALL police with intelligent ones.

I think I preferred the balletic-dance traffic-cops, they got the country good publicity world-wide, with their elegant hand-signals !

The thing that appears to be missing from this intelligent BiB is a slot to deposit your tea money

Finally, a police officer in Thailand who's not corrupt. They should call him 'Lobocop'

Puppet Prime ministers, puppet policemen,indeed Thailand is the "Hub of Puppets."

I wonder how long till the phony cops get stolen?

I wonder how long till the phony cops get stolen?

The som-tam lady, fount of all knowledge on things Thai, assures me that they've already thought of that possibility, and will place dummy security-guards to protect the dummy-policemen !

Puppet Prime ministers, puppet policemen,indeed Thailand is the "Hub of Puppets."

There really should be a crackdown on puppets.

I don't get it..... why the Dummy Cop .. Why not mount the camera on a pole beside the road or somewhere ... why make a Dummy Police and then mount the Camera? Ok if they are planning to conceal the camera then i suppose this news should not have been published... so I am still confused.... But definitely not surprised - Guess why?

Notthenation gets the headlines first.

Notthenation gets the headlines first.

This item appears to be a deliberate attempt to upstage NotTheNation. Are they trying to capture the traditional market segment reserved for NotThe Nation?

Surely even taking into account TIS, it cannot be a serious article, it must be an attempt at satire........

The data transmitted by the dummies will first be checked by real traffic police. So still a chance of some tea money then, phew.

Just when will Thailand ever emerge?

jb1

I don't understand why the Government is paying for Dummy cops to do the jobs of the "Real" cops (I use real cops in the loosest of terms..)

Why no just make the "real Cops" do their jobs as they are paid to do instead of running the nations Extortion rackets, Prostitution, Gambling dens etc...........

OHH wait a minute for a Minute there i forgot this is Thailand...Only need to take one look at who is running the Country to understand why the BIB are the way they are....

I don't get it..... why the Dummy Cop .. Why not mount the camera on a pole beside the road or somewhere ... why make a Dummy Police and then mount the Camera? Ok if they are planning to conceal the camera then i suppose this news should not have been published... so I am still confused.... But definitely not surprised - Guess why?

Because it cost more money!!!

This thing looks unspeakably retarded. A country that tries to portray itself as "developed" and "hi-so" should be ashamed at showing off something so stupid.

I wonder how long till the phony cops get stolen?

The som-tam lady, fount of all knowledge on things Thai, assures me that they've already thought of that possibility, and will place dummy security-guards to protect the dummy-policemen !

Words fail me.....

Funny thing is they look much more Professional than the " Real Cops" who are mostly over weight Sloppily uniformed and do more sitting on their ass than "protecting and serving" unless it is 25-30 of the month then you will find them out every day racking up Made up on the spot cash fines...

Puppet Prime ministers, puppet policemen,indeed Thailand is the "Hub of Puppets."

But these puppet policemen are intelligent and could probably be programmed to tell the difference between a helicopter and a submarine.

These dummies will work very well alongside the fake CCTV cameras all over Bangkok. Next thing we'll see is dummy dummies with no camera inside.

They will need to now start making "Smart Dummy" Mia Noi's for the "Smart Dummy" cops in my opinion. If there are no "Smart Dummy" Mia Noi's what will be the "Smart Dummy" cops excuse to "fine" people on the spot???

The dummies will be more mobile than normal CCTV cameras because they can be moved to other locations.

So, when the intelligent dummies hack in to the BiBs bank accounts and start syphoning monies off in to their own private accounts, they can be easily moved to a inactive post.

400thb a time when you get caught too I got a photo fine through again yesterday

Not enough 'fake' medal ribbons and 'fake' pilot wings to make anyone think that they are real fakes.

haha - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/501513-sukhumbhand-defends-use-of-dummy-police-officers/

This is just one of the old fiberglass dummy police-men that has had the back cut out with and angle grinder and a hand held speed gun blue-tacked inside it. I fail to see whats 'Smart' about it .

What nexted, the camera is a cam for a computer and the radar gun is a handheld unit, none of which function remotely. It must be April 01 again

Maybe a good idea to swap ALL police with intelligent ones.

lol

Give the drug addicts a week or so to figure out how much they are worth and they'll be gone.