NRSA to start deliberation of proposed reform of Thai police structure on 29 Feb

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NRSA to start deliberation of proposed reform of police structure on 29 Feb - Whip

BANGKOK, 26 February 2016 (NNT) – The National Reform Steering Assembly is scheduled to start the deliberation of the proposed reform of the country’s police next week.

NRSA Whip spokesman Kamnoon Sidhisamarn said that the reform assembly will start the deliberation of the police reform on February 29 and the agenda will continue on March 1.

Mr. Kamnoon said that, on the first day, the NRSA will look at the report from the committee in charge of the reform of legal and justice system, which focuses on political non-interference in the police personnel administration, before moving on to the report from the committee overseeing the economic reform, which is about the reform of the bioeconomy.

There is also a report from the committee tasked with the reform of sports, arts, culture, religion, ethics and morality, which discussed the setting up of a national sports policy committee, for the NRSA to review on February 29, he added.

The NRSA Whip spokesman went on to say that, on March 1, the reform assembly will take a look at the report on the observations of the draft amendment of the Computer Crime Act, which was prepared by the committee in charge of the reform of mass communications, and the report on the energy conservation submitted by the committee on the energy reform.


-- NNT 2016-02-26

[inaktive]

fire them all and then build it up from scratch sounds like a good idea

its not like they really do any work except look for Teamoney anyway ;-)

[thesetat2013]

fire them all and then build it up from scratch sounds like a good idea

its not like they really do any work except look for Teamoney anyway ;-)

Nice comment but off topic. This is about the laws, not about the police department restructuring. The headline is very misleading.

[maoro2013]

Yep, two days should do it.

[Artisi]

Yep, two days should do it.

Does that include the long lunch breaks, briefings and meetings and the compulsory site visits?

[Srikcir]

focuses on political non-interference in the police personnel administration

That would be appropriate so long as the leadership is elected.

Unfortunately, all proposed NRSA reforms are predicated on a government operating independently from Thai military command. But as we've seen with the last twelve military coups, the military can unilaterally suborne police administration to military objectives.

Case in point: Prayut invoked Article 44 of the Interim Charter to unilaterally reshuffle the RTP organization, reassign officers to inactive stations and carry out police arrests under NCPO orders without regard to laws and regulations that apply to police personnel admininstration.

Classic "Do as I say but not as I Do."

[Hawk]

Actually there is nothing in the article about police restructuring.

[Eric Loh]

Actually there is nothing in the article about police restructuring.

Still at the deliberation stage which will probably takes forever or until the next government.

[JAG]

29th of February eh?

So no doubt progress ( if any) will only be reported in leap years?

[Redline]

They should investigate the person in charge of the Morality Department. There is a butt load of lying going on, and nobody seems accountable.

[phoenixdoglover]

Today's word is"underwhelming".

[naboo]

2 years after the coup, and they start looking at reforming the police. Its like they didn't know.

[heybruce]

2 years after the coup, and they start looking at reforming the police. Its like they didn't know.

The problem is that the RTP knows too much. Major long-running crimes, such as people smuggling and slave trade, require high level involvement of both the military and the police. Partners in crime don't "reform" each other, it could lead to people who know many things talking about these things.