" Promotions more 'fair and a transfer system are the necessary steps to reform the police forces Thai "
This is' the affirmation of Watcharapol Prasarnratchakij, deputy national police chief.
police reform is part of the reconciliation project. Vasit Dejkunjorn, a former army general, and 'was appointed by the Prime Minister at the head of the Police Reform Committee with the task of drawing up a reform plan that would make the weapon more' responsible to the people.
General Watcharapol said that the reform plan would aim to create more cops' secure the performance of their duty.
" The phenomenon of 'police tomato' reflects the insecurity of the police to be able to advance a career " said Watcharapol the microphones at a seminar held yesterday by the Journalists and the Thai Development Foundation Press.
'Police tomato' and 'marked the end to them during the protest of the red jersey, referring to those police who sympathized with the Protestants loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (red inside and out).
The General went on to say that one way to increase security and the police 'to ensure a fair and transparent system of promotion and transfer based on merit and seniority '.
The annual remix of the Police and 'was criticized because' guilty of corruption and political interference.
Sompien Eksomya - former Chief of Police Bannang - and 'seen as a victim of political interference and injustice within the system of promotion and transfer. The year before he retired, he asked to be transferred from one location to Yala 'more' safe as Trang. His request was not answered on March 12 and he, his wife and driver were killed by a bomb placed by the rebels.
General Watcharapol said the provincial police chief must be carefully selected and should correspond to a professional manager IMMULITE each police station must have a competent superintendent.
" We must ensure that the police reform plan will produce quality 'at all levels " says General Watcharapol adding the need' to improve police stations, making them more 'acceptable and accountable to the people.
The system of recruitment and training should be reviewed along with greater investment in technology. They spent a total of 2 billion baht for the rental of vehicles operating with only 200 million were spent on technology.
Sawaeng Boonchalermvipas player, the Thammasat University, said the number of policemen should be reduced and that the police should work with local communities' premises in order to accelerate the reform process, adding that the police should be applied more 'the law and maintain order.
" It 's time the police began to open to the changes allowing people to take part " says Sawaeng.
Chotichakornphan Kasemsant, vice-dean of Public Administration Institute National Administrative Development, said that reforms should involve politicians, the public and the police, adding that the government needs to enact reforms while the police must be ready to embrace them with an open mind.
" The problem that concerns the police is going through an identity crisis '" said Colonel Kasemsant adding that one of the obstacles to economic reform and' the lack of security in the state and political reform commission .
Boontan Tansuthepweerawong, secretary-general of the Human Rights Commission, said the plan to reform the police can not 'proceed without the participation media and the public. " The debate on the reform program must be conducted openly and national police should also be encouraged to respect the rights of the people " adds Boontan.
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