Top cop, officers charge down Bangla

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Top cop, officers charge down Bangla

Phuket Gazette

 

          

The 150-strong group was led down Bangla Road by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Teerapol Thipjaroen. Photo: Phuket PR

 

PHUKET: -- A posse of police officers paraded down the island’s party soi Wednesday night in an effort to boost tourist confidence.

The 150-strong group was led down Bangla Road by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Teerapol Thipjaroen to scan the area for any suspicious activities.

“The high season is coming,” said Gen Teerapol. “Christmas and New Year celebrations may attract criminals to our island and we want people to know that we are prepared.”

 

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-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-10-28

[LivinginKata]

The usual sensational headline - charge down Bangla looks more dramatic than march down Bangla.

 

I wonder if the tourists were impressed or scared to death....

[impulse]

Instilling tourist confidence is the last thing that comes to mind when I see a gaggle of uniformed personnel marching in columns after dark, especially with some of them in bulletproof vests.

 

No warm fuzzy here.  If they think they need a vest, do they know something I don't?  Will I have to drop trou and pee in a cup?  Or should I beat it to my hotel before it starts (whatever "it" is)?

 

Wanna instill confidence?  Have them mingling in the crowd passing out free bottled water, samples of local products (provided as a promotion by the makers- win-win-win) and local brochures, maps and train and bus schedules.

 

And ditch the vests, at least.  Edit:  And it wouldn't hurt to smile.  Coming to L.O.S. and seeing those sour pusses?  I'd be Googling Bali when I got back to the hotel.

Edited October 28, 2016 by impulse

[harada]

Give it a couple of months and they will probably outnumber the tourists.

[d123]

Hope they cleared the touts.

[Squeegee]

 

26 minutes ago, impulse said:

Instilling tourist confidence is the last thing that comes to mind when I see a gaggle of uniformed personnel marching in columns after dark, especially with some of them in bulletproof vests.

 

No warm fuzzy here.  If they think they need a vest, do they know something I don't?  Will I have to drop trou and pee in a cup?  Or should I beat it to my hotel before it starts (whatever "it" is)?

 

Wanna instill confidence?  Have them mingling in the crowd passing out free bottled water, samples of local products (provided as a promotion by the makers- win-win-win) and local brochures, maps and train and bus schedules.

 

And ditch the vests, at least.  Edit:  And it wouldn't hurt to smile.  Coming to L.O.S. and seeing those sour pusses?  I'd be Googling Bali when I got back to the hotel.

 

A simple show of power:

 

confidence-boosting 101 for kindergarten

 

or

 

banana politics

 

 

 

 

Up to you

[schlog]

The scanners for suspicious activities made the loudest noise next to the police box at the end of Bangla......55555.

[jolive]

It's seem like nowadays there a lot of activities happening in Phuket.. raiding drugs, gamble and now scanning suspicious activities.. impressed


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[JacChang]

Why does that guy get to wear a bullet proof vest? Do tourists get one too?

[klauskunkel]

Let me guess: no suspicious activities were detected whilst stampeding down Bangla Rd in assault gear... Well done, the Boys in Camo

[cruisemonkey]

59 minutes ago, JacChang said:

Why does that guy get to wear a bullet proof vest? Do tourists get one too?

 

It's not for bullets, it's for ping pong balls.

[Deli]

Welcome to the muppets show...

And the illegal tuk tuks keep on running and running...

[Rorri]

3 hours ago, d123 said:

Hope they cleared the touts.

Reminds me of a couple of years ago, when they entered a few establishments, then  some time later, invited reporters in, then pronounced no ping pong shows, or any other illegal activity was in the area.

[The manic]

nobody wants to see the bill or soldiers in the streets. it makes people fearful not confident.  it appears like can army of occupation. dreadful publicity.

[The manic]

2 hours ago, jolive said:

It's seem like nowadays there a lot of activities happening in Phuket.. raiding drugs, gamble and now scanning suspicious activities.. impressed


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What's impressive about thugs with guns in uniforms? This isn't Mosul! It's awful and a sign of weakness.

[The manic]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

Instilling tourist confidence is the last thing that comes to mind when I see a gaggle of uniformed personnel marching in columns after dark, especially with some of them in bulletproof vests.

 

No warm fuzzy here.  If they think they need a vest, do they know something I don't?  Will I have to drop trou and pee in a cup?  Or should I beat it to my hotel before it starts (whatever "it" is)?

 

Wanna instill confidence?  Have them mingling in the crowd passing out free bottled water, samples of local products (provided as a promotion by the makers- win-win-win) and local brochures, maps and train and bus schedules.

 

And ditch the vests, at least.  Edit:  And it wouldn't hurt to smile.  Coming to L.O.S. and seeing those sour pusses?  I'd be Googling Bali when I got back to the hotel.

Me too!

[Emster23]

'... we want people to know that we are prepared.” ... to march around. Forget about walking a beat as that could be dangerous. Criminals are out there, ya know.

[RichardColeman]

Must be some Chinese buffet in the area needing calming down.

[Psimbo]

5 hours ago, impulse said:

Instilling tourist confidence is the last thing that comes to mind when I see a gaggle of uniformed personnel marching in columns after dark, especially with some of them in bulletproof vests.

 

No warm fuzzy here.  If they think they need a vest, do they know something I don't?  Will I have to drop trou and pee in a cup?  Or should I beat it to my hotel before it starts (whatever "it" is)?

 

Wanna instill confidence?  Have them mingling in the crowd passing out free bottled water, samples of local products (provided as a promotion by the makers- win-win-win) and local brochures, maps and train and bus schedules.

 

And ditch the vests, at least.  Edit:  And it wouldn't hurt to smile.  Coming to L.O.S. and seeing those sour pusses?  I'd be Googling Bali when I got back to the hotel.

So, the cops in your country don't wear vests? You are very lucky to live in such a Utopian society!

[Psimbo]

4 hours ago, jolive said:

It's seem like nowadays there a lot of activities happening in Phuket.. raiding drugs, gamble and now scanning suspicious activities.. impressed


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how dare you go against the outflow of apoplexy- someone will blow a gasket! 

[Psimbo]

2 hours ago, The manic said:

What's impressive about thugs with guns in uniforms? This isn't Mosul! It's awful and a sign of weakness.

So a police force that is armed throughout the country is suddenly thugs is it? I would be interested to know where you hail from.

 

It makes me laugh whenever I see overweight 'Bubba cops' dressed up like combat Ninjas in the US. They can't wait to strap the combat gear on.

 

I can just see your follow up to  'an unarmed police officer failed to stop................................' or 'a police officer was injured due to a lack of personal protection equipment'.

[bearpolar]

7 minutes ago, Psimbo said:

So, the cops in your country don't wear vests? You are very lucky to live in such a Utopian society!

 

The cops in Europe look more  like mall security guard than actual cops, which is a good thing.  I really hate the vest as even a 5'1 woman with one seems hostile.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, Psimbo said:

So, the cops in your country don't wear vests? You are very lucky to live in such a Utopian society!

 

Not when they're on parade for the specific purpose of convincing tourists that it's a safe place and they've made a good choice of vacation spots.

[Reigntax]

"Charge down the road"...only if someone told them there was a box of brown envelopes at the other end and it was first in, best dressed, finders keepers.

[Xircal]

6 hours ago, The manic said:

nobody wants to see the bill or soldiers in the streets. it makes people fearful not confident.  it appears like can army of occupation. dreadful publicity.

 

Well, at least they're not armed to the teeth with assault rifles. I agree though that the sight of soldiers rather than police officers doesn't exactly instill me with confidence.

[Xircal]

5 hours ago, Psimbo said:

So, the cops in your country don't wear vests? You are very lucky to live in such a Utopian society!

 

Dutch police officers don't wear vests. Citizens don't carry guns either.

 

 

Edited October 28, 2016 by Xircal

[steelepulse]

If they were looking for positivity out of this photo op, they failed.

[gdgbb]

On 28/10/2016 at 3:18 PM, JacChang said:

Why does that guy get to wear a bullet proof vest? Do tourists get one too?

 

Aren't they stab vests (that most police forces worldwide use)?  They get to wear them because they're more likely than the general public to need them.

[bokningar]

Waiting for the statement

"No ping pong shows" and "no illegal animals as photo props"  in Patong . 

 

With that many men you could probably have sealed of the whole place and arrested quite a lot of people involved in illegal activity's. 

Maybe next time?

But again I don't think they will.

[300sd]

Can a whole country have rabies?