Royal Thai Police (RTP)

The purpose of the study is to take you deeper to the Royal Thai Policing system,
It first came into existence in the year 1455, over 500 years ago, with estimated force
number as of this moment of 200,000 officers, having a highest rank to reach of Police
General and the lowest is called Police Constable. The Royal Thai Police’s primary
responsibility for the maintenance of public order through enforcement of the Kingdom’s
law is exercised under control of Office of the Prime Minister. Since it has to perform
police functions throughout the entire country, the Royal Thai Police is a unitary agency
that has a lot of power which as affect the Thai Government. Consequently, every time
there is a new government, the Royal Thai Police tends to give a new Director-General.
Even though it started over 500 years ago, the modernization of the Royal Thai
Police system came during the reign of King Rama IV, designed by an Englishman
named Captain Joseph Byrd Ames. Captain Ames was the Captain of an English vessel
at the time but was given the responsibility for establishing the first uniform police unit in
Thailand. Ames, himself, was appointed the first uniform police commander by King
Rama IV.
Operational Units are responsible for carrying out police work according to the
Criminal Procedure Code and various Criminal Acts. Auxiliary and Special Service Units
are tasked with providing help and guidance to operational units. Its tasks include
planning, staffing, reporting, and preparation of budgets, etc.
Commissioned Police Officers hold ranks ranging from Police General down to
Police Sub-Lieutenant. Non-Commissioned officers are ranked from Police Senior
Sergeant Major down to police Constable. Police officials are classified in accordance
with Personnel Classification of the Civil Service Commission.
The Director-General of Police is the supreme commander of the police force
with power to direct, control, and supervise police activities throughout the Kingdom of
Thailand. He exercises this authority over more than 200,000 police officials in various
Police Bureaus and Divisions.
The Deputy Director-General of the Police is responsible for crime suppression,
administration and special activities, as well as protection of the Royal Family. There
are 17 Assistant Director-Generals who are selected from among the most senior of the
police commissioners in England and Wales.
There are twelve Deputy Director-Generals and seventeen Assistant Director-
Generals under the Director-General of the Police. They are selected from among the
most senior of the Police Commissioners and are responsible for crime suppression,
administration, special activities, as well as protection of the Royal Family.
At the bureau level, a Police Bureau is headed by a Commissioner of Police who
holds the ranks of Police Lieutenant General. A Commissioner of Police would have
senior Police Major Generals working under him in the positions of Deputy
Commissioner. The number of Deputy Commissioners in a Bureau would depend upon
the workload and responsibilities of that Bureau.
Each Police Bureau controls a number of Police Divisions. Each Police Division
has a Commander as its head and would hold the rank of Police Major General. Under
a Commander, there are Deputy Commanders with the rank of Police Special Colonel,
and under them, superintendents with the rank of Police Colonel who are in charge of
Sub-Divisions. Under the Superintendents, there are Deputy Superintendents selected
from senior Police Lieutenant Colonels.

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