Is there a new sheriff in town?

[Big Boy]

I often rabbit on about the lack of proactive policing in Thailand.

Today, as I was turning out of Soi 68 onto Petchkasem Road I saw what looked to be a super cop, stopped, giving way to traffic turning into Soi 68. Just the look of this guy told me he was different. Smartly dressed, nice shiny bike etc. I just said to Mrs BB that he looked as though he meant business.

Sure enough, about 800 yards up the road, he pulled over a young kiddie and his passenger riding a bike. No helmets, no licence plates etc. It just so happens that this happened, where I was stopping, so I could rubber neck. The passenger was sent to get what seemed to be the driver's father. All hell broke loose, but super cop stuck to his guns and he took the young kiddie (13 to 14 I'd guess) into custody.

I can honestly say, in over 7 years of living in Thailand, that was the first bit of proactive policing I've seen. Well done. Please can we have some more.

[buksida]

He wont last long if he stops the wrong hi-so or army general ...

COP REMOVED FROM DUTY FOR STOPPING JUDGE AT CHECKPOINT
Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha has joined in demanding justice for a policeman who was punished for stopping a judge at a checkpoint.

According to a government spokeswoman on Friday, the junta leader has ordered that Lance Corporal Ekkapol Juisongkaew be reinstated to his post and urged local police to investigate the incident.

Ekkapol, who works at Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Thung Song Police Station, was transferred from his traffic duties on Thursday after a now-viral video on social media showed him asking a judge to show his driver’s license.

http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crim ... heckpoint/

[oakdale160]

A judge who does not know that no-one is above the law, you may say.Actually in Thailand the HI-So and well connected ARE above the law.
But there is a tiny light at the end of the long tunnel--Incidents like this are taped and go viral--Now we have the greatest lever--Loss of face!