Patong Police Volunteers on Strike

[KarenBravo]

Good article in the news source that cannot be named.

Patong police volunteers have gone on strike due to disrespect shown to the volunteers by the police and their unwillingness to confront in-your-face corruption.

Brilliant!

[LivinginKata]

Yeh, sure. That will bring the regular BiBs into line. In your dreams.

[KarenBravo]

Of course it won't, but, at least it shows a bit of backbone.

[Bogan Koori]

Hopefully they don't restart 'work'. They are an international embarrasment

[2fishin2]

Sooooooo the "general" is taking care of business huh? If some of you could comprehend, you might understand this is actually a pretty big issue. If this is true of course....

[robertthebruce]

Re assuring for Tourists NOT....

Shocking state of affairs, but this is ''Thailand'' and dont we all know it..

[FritsSikkink]

" Tourists in Patong: no longer as safe with the expat volunteers on strike"

Good article ??? Glad that Gary Halpin is on strike too.

[Bogan Koori]

" Tourists in Patong: no longer as safe with the expat volunteers on strike"

Good article ??? Glad that Gary Halpin is on strike too.

Yes there is a crime epidemic now that 2 TVPs are in jail. 1 has been deported and another one from Chalong police station died

[jocko]

Who expected the real cops to take any notice of the tourist cops when it comes to money.

It's sad.

[falkan]

Patong police volunteers wants respect? With both Tourists and Police joking about them? It's better to shut down that fiasco..

[samsensam]

surely volunteers cant go on strike, they just stop volunteering...

[Bogan Koori]

I only wish these clowns would withdraw their services island wide. This way we dont have to see the suckholes playing lapdog to the local cops at roadblocks. It disgusts me the way these people with weird dress up fetishes enjoy shaking down tourists with no licences or helmets in cohorts with the local constabulary.

Or when they storm through go go bars in Patong in full battle gear complete with combat boots, hand cuffs and pepper spray.

If it were put to a vote by all the expats and locals they would have been told to boot off long ago. I dont know how or why it still exists, perhaps it is keeping a few people at the top in cushy well paying jobs.

I really wish one of the big newspapers would pick this story up and expose exactly what these clowns are up to. Then get a public opinion on whether they are warranted on the island.

Edited March 10, 2015 by Bogan Koori

[NamKangMan]

Who is really going to notice that they are on strike anyway?

[KarenBravo]

They're back Friday evening.