Phuket Police turn to Skype to catch criminals

[Lite Beer]

Phuket Police turn to Skype to catch criminals
Phuket Gazette -

PHUKET: In a move to catch criminals faster, officers across Phuket are to use Skype so victims and witnesses can relate their descriptions of suspects directly to police artists in Surat Thani.

Under the Royal Thai Police project called “Sketch on Skype”, experts from Forensic Science Region 8 in Surat Thani arrived in Phuket on Tuesday to explain the program to officers from every police station across the island.

Because there are no police sketch artists working on Phuket, victims and witnesses in the past have been sent to Surat Thani so that officers there could create composite sketches of suspects, Phuket Provincial Police Commander Choti Chavalviwat said.

“This technology can save a lot of time. We do not have any police artists in Phuket who have the level of skill required to create accurate images,” Maj Gen Choti said.

“The officer in Surat Thani will start to sketch the image of the suspect according to the information given by the victim or the witness, who can see the image on a computer screen while the officer is sketching,” he said.

Using Skype will now allow victims and witnesses to avoid the trip to Surat Thani in their effort to help police by providing descriptions of suspects, Gen Choti said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-Police-turn-to-Skype-to-catch-criminals-21463.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-06-27

[bubblegum]

OMG Using Skype as a super duper new police gadget. Never heard of networks nor VPN's I guess

[DoctorG]

this is actually a good idea

[rotary]

Will we have to rate call quality with STARS after we hang up?

[BigBadGeordie]

Will I be able to Skype from Dubai and get them to sketch a convicted fugative recently seen there?

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[CIHUAHUA]

Oh no, Tech is coming to town. Next thing that could happen is a camera system at every stop light. If you run it the ticket will be in the mail. The no tolerance system is sweeping the world. Can't an honest crook get away with anything now-a-days?

[tragickingdom]

Phuket seems a bit late in embracing Skype, Facetime or the internet, it must have been due to a blockade of people working in the telegraph office or the postal workers who seem to lose out.

[belg]

why they dont make an app for iphone or android for this kind of thing ?

draw me a criminal

should be a success

[Shot]

[harrry]

You forgot the hat and gun

Edited June 28, 2013 by harrry

[Rorri]

555, this will be fun to see how it goes, have you ever heard a Thai try and explain something.

[Rorri]

Oh no, Tech is coming to town. Next thing that could happen is a camera system at every stop light. If you run it the ticket will be in the mail. The no tolerance system is sweeping the world. Can't an honest crook get away with anything now-a-days?

A few months ago they were sprouting on about a "new" app they created, so the police could take a photo, with their "smart" phone, and send it to other officers on point duty, to enable them to monitor traffic...when reported in Phuket Wan, I commented what a waste, it is the police that cause more congestion and it is the police that ignore offenders, those of you who know Phuket Wan, would know the type of comment I got from Ed.....well, I have yet to see the phones in use, to take photos.

[stevenl]

Oh no, Tech is coming to town. Next thing that could happen is a camera system at every stop light. If you run it the ticket will be in the mail. The no tolerance system is sweeping the world. Can't an honest crook get away with anything now-a-days?

A few months ago they were sprouting on about a "new" app they created, so the police could take a photo, with their "smart" phone, and send it to other officers on point duty, to enable them to monitor traffic...when reported in Phuket Wan, I commented what a waste, it is the police that cause more congestion and it is the police that ignore offenders, those of you who know Phuket Wan, would know the type of comment I got from Ed.....well, I have yet to see the phones in use, to take photos.

So why don't you do a follow up there on PW and ask the ed about the progress?

[harrry]

Much easier than getting up from their desk.

[bearpolar]

next year they might just install their first database to keep track of vacation days better ensuring that police officers are well rested

[Payboy]

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The weight reduction incentive program worked, then.