Reader Submission: Thai police are looking for sponsors…..

Always smile in Thailand, even with the police. Pay them extra so that they do their job (well or extra well). 5555 Corruption?

We don't have camera surveillance anywhere and the "mayor" doesn't live next to us either.
But maybe that's not a nice neighborhood where I live so between the plebs.....

In addition to paid police, there is also a paid fire brigade (don't remember which country or year): we will come and extinguish the fire if you put some money. That is paying officers for services during that time that come from the tax pot and fall under their standard range of duties. That is not exactly according to the book that course of events ... (corruption, extra income, mafia practices or very normal is an opinion)

Nice, of course, if you have more than enough money, but people who can't (or don't want to!) pay for it are the victims, right? If they come to you in the street, then not to someone else. If people now do extra jobs outside of service, that is of course a completely different story. But that also says something: if the standard salary is too low to make a decent living or to pay the department, then maybe something is not right how all this is arranged?

Talk to the Thai people, for example, restaurant owners and what they think of shifting money to the police. The Thai I speak to are not really happy about that. Do they have a big mouth? They don't exactly shout it from the rooftops. However, the students are now protesting with cute actions like a song about the Japanese hamster Hamtaro. The youth is angry that the government/cabinet eats up the tax money (instead of spending it sensibly). They are fed up with the fact that everything can be solved in Thailand if you, as a private person, just throw money at it. I understand more and more why the Thai are concerned about the failure of the government and government. 😉

Source: https://thisrupt.co/current-affairs/reinventing-the-wheel-of-political-protest/

There you write something and that is correct and this private security does not belong in a police force, which is there to serve everyone equally, despite rank, color and religion. A serving task and that private task should take place at security companies. There are plenty of those in Thailand. There are cameras everywhere in Thailand and they are used eagerly by the police. This investigative tool has already yielded great success. It's simple yet effective. Securing your own home is therefore also possible in this way, in combination with other measures, of course. A surveillance round per night is a joke and a false sense of security, because the burglars know that too and they simply wait until the patrol has left and then make their move. A guard dog is certainly an option, but one that bites when it counts. In this context, a good neighbor is better than distant relatives. Caring for each other (helpfulness) must be encouraged. The immigration police in Thailand are busy keeping many police officers with administrative tasks. Tasks that are completely unnecessary and useless. Big Joke wanted to get rid of this to some extent and other interests prevailed. Incredible but true. A fair salary that should be offered to police officers. A few years ago I was treated to a true story. We had a small business and there was a bar next to us. This bar was regularly visited late at night by police officers in uniform, but with a civilian car. They came to collect their coffee money, because whether you like it or not, the extra income for the police was desperately needed to pay for all their concubines. When bar staff and the owner of the bar protested, three ladies were taken into the car and in a remote area two of the three were raped by the officers. The third was told to simply pay in the future, otherwise there would be more of these surveillance rounds. Yes, this is Thailand too and unfortunately the population has to make do with it.