Thai police don't know the law, admits RTP chief
Picture: Sanook
The chief of the Royal Thai Police has admitted that his own men do not know the law.
He also made excuses for their slow response time and that training is required for the police.
Pol Gen Suwat Chaengyodsuk and the met chief Phukpong Pongpetra went to Taling Chan in Bangkok where earlier in the week police shot dead a man who killed his own mother.
The case has been trending virally on Twitter among Thai social media users with a hashtag that translates as #killed own mother Bang Phrom 54, after where the incident took place.
Locals revealed on social media that the man had been reported time and time again as a clear and present danger to the family and community.
Yet the police just said they were powerless to act because he had not done anything in front of them.
Suwat said it would be investigated if this was a problem with individuals or the system.
But he admitted that lower ranking officers didn't know the law, principally Article 24 that allows them to take the mentally ill off for evaluations.
He promised training in dealing with situations and that this should be a lesson for a case that should not be repeated.
He also excused officers who are meant to respond in three minutes saying situations in different areas often made this problematic.
Regarding the shooting of the suspect by police he admitted this was not the way to resolve matters that should go to court.
He said that they family could sue regarding this matter.
Earlier reports suggested that the man had cut his mother's tongue out and run into the street with a Buddhist image over his head trying to get run over.
Warning shots were allegedly fired.
The man had a previous offence for armed robbery and had served jail time.
Reporting on the case yesterday Sanook went with the caption: "Police don't know the law".
Source: Sanook
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