From “Big Joke” to a crisis of faith It’s time to reform the police. Reduce political interference

As for the Chairman of the Police Commission who must perform the duty of appointing the Police Commander It should adhere to the same guidelines as other judicial agencies such as the courts and prosecutors, that is, have personnel within the organization preside over the appointment. It will answer the concerns about political interference.

In addition, the selection of police commanders It is very necessary to have the identity of the person who will take up the position. Therefore, giving the Prime Minister Be the user of discretion here. There is a risk of being accused of political interference in the appointment of the police chief. This has been the allegation all along. and facts appear from time to time

However, it must be acknowledged that at present there has been some police reform. As a result of the 2017 Constitution, which is specified in Section 258, Section d) regarding the justice process. Reform the police And there has been police reform in the National Police Act 2022, which has reformed the personnel administration section to a certain extent. Even though it still cannot answer the problem of police problems in every dimension. But it is considered that some reforms have already taken place.

An example of police reform that has already taken place in a concrete way is the addition of two more committees: the Police Ethics System Protection Committee (P.C.P.) and the Police Complaint Review Committee. (R.R.C.) from the past where there used to be just National Police Policy Committee and the Police Civil Service Commission (Police Commission) only

For the incident that happened in the case of Big Joke And the police community now will be a turning point for serious police reform. To solve the conflict in the khaki industry or not, Pol. Gen. Aek commented that It is difficult to predict because The facts arise from the accusation that a police officer committed a crime. which must enter the process of litigation and disciplinary consideration

But the result of the incident is a crisis of people’s faith in the police organization. Because it is an accusation against the Police Commander and Deputy Commander. The police, therefore, depends on the Prime Minister. As the person in charge of the Royal Thai Police and Cabinet that there will be ideas and opinions for How to improve it so that this kind of problem does not occur again?