Bangkok Administration to deploy 2,000 municipal police for 'Bike for Mom'

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City administration to deploy 2,000 municipal police for Bike for Mom



BANGKOK: -- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will deploy up to 2,000 municipal police and medical staff to provide services to 40,000 bikers participating in the Bike for Mom event this coming Sunday.

Deputy city clerk Chakkapan Piew-ngarm said Tuesday that the municipal police and medical staff would be scattered along the 40-km bike route.

On top of that, he said the city administration had prepared parking lots at Sanam Luang, in front of the city hall and car parks of Bang Lamphu and Chatuchak office which can accommodate 500 cars.

In addition, areas around the Royal Plaza, army stadium, army club, the 11th infantry regiment barrack and Kasetsart University will be open to parking and they can accommodate up to 10,170 cars.

Pol Lt-Gen Prawuth Thavornsiri, the assistant national police chief, said that police were 95 percent ready to do their jobs to provide security and to maintain peace and order this coming Sunday.

A final police preparation will be held on Saturday, he added.

(Photo : Thai PBS File)

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/city-administration-to-deploy-2000-municipal-police-for-bike-for-mom


-- Thai PBS 2015-08-11

[Lupatria]

Must be a field day for the local crooks.

[Jimlove]

Must be a field day for the local crooks.

Crooks have a field day everyday here - dosent matter if police are at this great event "Bike for Mom" or at their office playing Cards or looking porn at the computer ...

[impulse]

Must be a field day for the local crooks.

Crooks have a field day everyday here - dosent matter if police are at this great event "Bike for Mom" or at their office playing Cards or looking porn at the computer ...

I have lived in downtown BKK for 5 years. Never been mugged, never been burglarized, never even seen a real dust-up on the street.

I'm not a big fan of some of the cops, but there must be a few doing their jobs quite well.

Edited August 13, 2015 by impulse