Police urged to be cautious at crime scenes in deep South
The Nation on Sunday

Pattani Governor Pramuk Lamun yesterday said procedures for officers approaching a crime scene would be overhauled as many incident sites, to which police officers were called, turned out to be ambushes or traps set by insurgents bent on inflicting further casualties in the deep South.

Following violence in Pattani's Yaring, Nong, Chik, Yarang and Muang districts between 8pm and 3am on Friday, Pramuk said officers must exercise more caution when approaching crime scenes as it was apparent some incidents were indeed the scenes of ambushes or traps.

He added that the province was also compiling information about some 20 to 30 locations where violence occurred regularly, so that police could build up a picture of the types of attacks taking place.

Pattani police chief, Police Maj-General Ekaphob Prasitwattanachai, said the recent violence had occurred in six locations of Muang district and included damage to a CCTV camera and a telephone booth, which was set on fire in front of Sat Wittaya School in Tambon Tanyong Luloh. Other incidents included setting fire to Advanced Info Service (AIS) mobile-phone cables on 42 (Pattani-Narathiwat) and 410 (Pattani-Yala) roads.

In Yaring district, suspected insurgents set fire to car tyres in Ban Tanyong Dalo Moo 5 and stole three CCTV cameras from an intersection in Tambon Yamu. In Nong Chik, car tyres were set alight on a road near Chulabhon, while police were looking into the cause of a fire at a Ban Kolor Tanyong village headman's house.

In Yarang district, tyres were burnt in three locations in Tambon Moh Mawee and Tambon Yarang.

-- The Nation 2013-04-21

Ok, I'll bite.

Shouldn't caution at such scenes be standard procedure anyway?

He added that the province was also compiling information about some 20 to 30 locations where violence occurred regularly, so that police could build up a picture of the types of attacks taking place.

Er?

Surely, this can't be what the governor really said. It must be a poor translation by the Nation.

How many years have they been at this?

How many years have they been at this?

If they need to be told to be cautious there's something seriously wrong with training, attitudes and supervision or could some of it also be the governor thought it's time to get his name in the media again?

How many years have they been at this?

If they need to be told to be cautious there's something seriously wrong with training, attitudes and supervision or could some of it also be the governor thought it's time to get his name in the media again?

It's hard to believe the police have to be reminded of this but they are hardly the most professional of organisations

Ok, I'll bite.

Shouldn't caution at such scenes be standard procedure anyway?

He added that the province was also compiling information about some 20 to 30 locations where violence occurred regularly, so that police could build up a picture of the types of attacks taking place.

Er?

Surely, this can't be what the governor really said. It must be a poor translation by the Nation.

So the police are compiling locations, well if the insurgents keep using the exact same places they deserve to get caught, shot or whatever. Politicians and officials always feel obliged to say something " intelligent ".

How many years have they been at this?

If they need to be told to be cautious there's something seriously wrong with training, attitudes and supervision or could some of it also be the governor thought it's time to get his name in the media again?

The problem is that they are still, after all these years, regarding the incidents as one-off 'crime scenes' with no understanding of the motive or agenda of the perpetrators.

They need to get 'crime' out of their heads and replace it with 'acts of terrorism leading to further acts'.

Seems like the Asia allowance is alive and well in the Police force, but then again, their nick name, the clowns in brown, possibly says it all.