Pattaya sets up safety zones to reduce crime rates

PATTAYA, 27 September 2012 (NNT) - In the wake of increased crime rates in Pattaya district of Chonburi province, local police are pushing ahead with their plan to set up a safety zone project in the beach area and the Walking Street.

The Chonburi Governor and the Pattaya Mayor will together preside over the project opening ceremony at the Walking Street tomorrow, during which the safety zone project will be officially unveiled.

According to Superintendent of Pattaya police station Pol Col Thammanoon Mankong, the scheme is to provide tourists from around the globe who visit Pattaya each year with a greater sense of safety. He elaborated that a police patrol unit will be assigned to the safety zone on a 24-hour basis.

In a bid to reduce crime, the district police will set up police checkpoints, widen participation from tourist police units and other related agencies, enlist further cooperation of local communities and business operators, as well as monitor footage captured by CCTV cameras installed throughout Pattaya.

Pol Col Thammanoon said that by giving priority to tourist safety, the number of tourist arrivals will eventually be boosted, generating more tourism revenue for local businesses and for Thailand as a whole.

-- NNT 2012-09-27

Pattaya sets up safety zones to reduce crime rates

PATTAYA, 27 September 2012 (NNT) - In the wake of increased crime rates in Pattaya district of Chonburi province, local police are pushing ahead with their plan to set up a safety zone project in the beach area and the Walking Street.

The Chonburi Governor and the Pattaya Mayor will together preside over the project opening ceremony at the Walking Street tomorrow, during which the safety zone project will be officially unveiled.

According to Superintendent of Pattaya police station Pol Col Thammanoon Mankong, the scheme is to provide tourists from around the globe who visit Pattaya each year with a greater sense of safety. He elaborated that a police patrol unit will be assigned to the safety zone on a 24-hour basis.

In a bid to reduce crime, the district police will set up police checkpoints, widen participation from tourist police units and other related agencies, enlist further cooperation of local communities and business operators, as well as monitor footage captured by CCTV cameras installed throughout Pattaya.

Pol Col Thammanoon said that by giving priority to tourist safety, the number of tourist arrivals will eventually be boosted, generating more tourism revenue for local businesses and for Thailand as a whole.

-- NNT 2012-09-27

start with all the Nigerians in Pattaya they are easy to spot

Positive move - maybe...

Where is the 'safety zone' going to be in Pattaya?

I think the name and idea would turn me off visiting Pattaya if I were a potential tourist looking for a bit of adventure. It would give me the impression that if I visit Pattaya, I must limit my exploration of the area to a certain zone or risk the near-certain possibility of being a victim of crime. I would feel that I could only get a watered-down version of the area that is highly regulated and monitored as much as the worst "Nanny States" that so many people complain about and come to Thailand to get away from.

I've really got to wonder if this is in their best interest. I may give the families they are apparently trying to attract the impression that controlling criminal activity is beyond the ability of the civic government and police in Pattaya (and perhaps it is). I can imagine a conversation in a living room in Fargo, North Dakota where the family is planning a trip to SE Asia -- "Well, we can't go to Pattaya because if little Johnny or Sally wanders out of the safety zone, they'll surely be murdered -- better to stay far away from such an unsafe place."

BTW, won't crime just get more concentrated in the areas outside the 'safety zone', making it worse for those living in the area?

Where is the 'safety zone' going to be in Pattaya?

I think the name and idea would turn me off visiting Pattaya if I were a potential tourist looking for a bit of adventure. It would give me the impression that if I visit Pattaya, I must limit my exploration of the area to a certain zone or risk the near-certain possibility of being a victim of crime. I would feel that I could only get a watered-down version of the area that is highly regulated and monitored as much as the worst "Nanny States" that so many people complain about and come to Thailand to get away from.

I've really got to wonder if this is in their best interest. I may give the families they are apparently trying to attract the impression that controlling criminal activity is beyond the ability of the civic government and police in Pattaya (and perhaps it is). I can imagine a conversation in a living room in Fargo, North Dakota where the family is planning a trip to SE Asia -- "Well, we can't go to Pattaya because if little Johnny or Sally wanders out of the safety zone, they'll surely be murdered -- better to stay far away from such an unsafe place."

BTW, won't crime just get more concentrated in the areas outside the 'safety zone', making it worse for those living in the area?

I think it will re-assure tourists.

"...with a greater sense of safety."

Yes. A sense of security, but not in actual fact.

Will the jet ski area be in the " safety zone " ?

Ideas and policies coming out of City Hall are in general funny but this is extra special !

Will the jet ski area be in the " safety zone " ?

Great...guess people will run from safety zone to safety zone clutching their wallets.

many jetski scams just happen next to a police station... so what , they are painting the floors... here you are save...now you are on your own