THAILAND

POLICE
SYSTEM
LEA 5 (3:30- 5:30) TF
 THAILAND

 Thailand is a MONARCH STATE.

 Government is headed by a PRIME MINISTER.
 Thailand has 17 CONSTITUTIONS.
 All of Thailand's branches of government are
located in BANGKOK.
Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn
Royal Family
Prime Minister Prayu Chan-o-cha
MAJOR POLICE UNITS OF THE ROYAL
THAI POLICE

1. Provincial police
2. Border patrol police
3. Metropolitan police
4. Units supervised by the CENTRAL
INVESTIGATION BUREAU
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL
INVESTIGATION

 Thailand's counterpart to the US FBI.

 Department of the Ministry of Justice of Thailand.
 Operates independently of the Royal Thai Police.
 Tasked with the investigation investigation of certain
special cases such as;
1. Those affecting National security.
2. Organized criminal organizations.
3. Potential implicating officials.
 THAILAND
NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT /
ROYAL THAI
POLICE
THAILAND NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT (TNPD)
 Police Paramilitary since 1860.
 Changed to ROYAL THAI POLICE
 Located in Patnum Wan District Bangkok.
 Police agency under control of the Ministry of
Interior.
 In charged in police functions throughout the entire
nation.
 Headed by a Commissioner General who’s under
direct command of the Prime Minister.
 Police General Somyot Poompanmoung.
THAILAND NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT (TNPD)

Boarder Patrol Police (BPP)

 Responsible in border security and
countering terrorism.
 Serves as the Executive Protector of the
Royal Family.
THAILAND NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT (TNPD)
Border Patrol Police (BPP)

 BPP General Staff

Division  PARU
 Tactical Training Division  Airborne Training
 Support Division  Naresuan 261
 Nawulti Somdejya  Sea Air Rescue (SAR)
Hospital
 Counter Insurgency
Training Center
THAILAND NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT (TNPD)

Bangkok Metropolitan Police

 The most visible and publicly recognizable of all Thai
police components.
 Responsible in providing policing services in the
capital city of Bangkok and its suburbs.
 Under control of a Commissioner who’s rank is Police
Major and assisted by six(6) Deputy Commissioners.
 Accounted for about forty(40) police precincts
within the metropolitan area.
THAILAND NATIONAL POLICE
DEPARTMENT (TNPD)
Bangkok Metropolitan Police
 Traffic Police Division- serves as escorts, guards for
the king and visiting dignitaries; riot control force.

 Traffic Police Division- also have building guards,

canine corps, traffic control specialists and law
enforcement personnel trained to deal with juveniles.
CENTRAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU
(CIB)

 Located in Bangkok
 National in Jurisdiction
 Serves as the national coordinating headquarters
which assist provincial and metropolitan
components in preventing and suppressing criminal
activity and minimizing threats to national security.
 It has specialized units at the bureau includes:
railroad, marine, highway, and forestry police.
CENTRAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU
(CIB)
Divisions of the
Bureau
 Crime Suppression
Division
 Emergency unit
 Special branch
 Criminal Records Office
 Scientific Crime
Detection Laboratory
 License Division
 Office of the
Immigration Bureau
 Narcotics Suppression
Bureau
 Office of Logistics
 Office of Royal Court
Security Police
 PROVINCIAL POLICE

 The largest of the RTP/TNPD’s

operational components in both
manpower and geographical
responsibility.
 This division provides police services to

the entire country, to towns and villages

except to the Metropolitan Bangkok and
border areas.
 191 SPECIAL BRANCH POLICE

 Special Branch Police Unit that acquires and

develops intelligence, usually of a political nature
and conducts investigations to protect the State from
perceived threats like terrorism and other extremist
activities.

 Special Operation Unit (Arintharat 26)- is a SWAT

team of the Royal Thai Police.
TOURIST POLICE
 AVIATION DIVISION

 They are responsible in conducting aerial patrol,

providing emergency assistance during calamities
and provides surveillance for traffic system.
RECRUITMENT AND
TRAINING OF
TNPD/ RTP
 QUALIFICATIONS

1. Physically and mentally fit

2. At least high school graduate
3. Bachelors Degree(recommended)
4. Good eyesight
5. Fluent in the Thai language English language
especially for applicants of the Tourist Police.
6. Not been convicted of any crime especially crimes
involving drugs.
7. 16 to 21 year of age
APPLICATION
 Step 1

 APPLICATION
 Individually assigned identification date
to submit the application form to the
recruitment staff.

 Each applicant will be given an

applicant’s ID to carry throughout the
recruitment process.
 Step 2

BASIC KNOWLEDGE TEST



 Applicants are given three sets of

tests
1. English knowledge test
2. Test of subject areas essential in police
work
3. Basic Aptitude test
 Step 3

 MEDICAL EXAMINATION
 The medical examination of the applicants is
undertaken at the police general hospital.
 Preparation guideline is to abstain from food 12
hours prior to the medical examination.
 Must be properly attired and bring along the
applicants ID and writing instruments.
 Step 4

 Document Submission
 Original documents with one copy of each
 Four colored one inch photos taken within three months
prior to the application date.
 Identity card or Government employee card

 House Registration Certificate

 Place and time to submit the completed application

form.
 Step 5

 INTERVIEW

The applicants will be interviewed by the

Selection Committee . Must be properly attired
and carry the applicants ID and personal
identity card.
 Step 6
 APTITUDE TEST
 Written test- to assess the basic skill required for
police work.
 Teamwork Exercise- this test evaluates how the
applicants cooperate, communicate and act as a team
and to execute leadership when needed in a high
techand changing environment.
 Individual Examination- designed to measure the
operational skills such as stress, tolerance, etc..
 Applicants who fail may re apply after 3 years.
 Step 7
 PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST
 Psychological group test-held at RTP headquarters,
the applicants are recommended to have their
breakfast and be at the test room not later than 7:30.
must bring their own identity cards and writing
materials.
 Psychological Individual Interview – the interview will
be aranged by the Medical Psychologists. Date and
time of the interview will be advised. Test will be
review by the Selection Board before the applicants
undergo their training.
TRAINING
Training

 Teams are divided up into units of 5 people

following the model set up of Germany’s GSG-9.
 These units are specialized according to a
respective tasking:
 Counter terrorism
 Maritime
 Airborne,
And teams are trained in military tactics, sniping,
waterborne operations, martial arts, and operation in a
variety of vehicles.
Training
 After initial training, groups pass on their
experiences to other members of the Special
Operation Company.
 Special Operations are military activities that train,
organize, equipped personnel using unconventional
tactics , techniques in the modes of employment.
 Company will also assign members to train abroad
and bring the knowledge back to Thailand to help
train the company.
Training
 Standard Training
1. International counter terrorism training consisting of 24
weeks of training for new Police privates.
2. International counter terrorism training of 6 weeks of
training for Police who are now in active service as well as
one week of anti-terrorism planning.
3. Explosive Ordinance Disposal(EOD) training consisting 12
weeks of training.
4. Sniper/counter-sniper training consisting of 4 weeks of
training for those assigned to sniper position.
5. Electronics proficiency training consisting of 12 weeks of
training for those assigned to the duty of Electronics
Proficiency Officer.
THAI POLICE
TRAINING
Pre- service Training

THE Provincial Schools emphasize a professional

or vocational training program in police science or
technology that stresses police knowledge and the
techniques required to perform basic police tasks
such as criminal law, criminal procedure,
investigation, patrol, traffic control, report writing,
ethics, self defense, crime prevention, DNA…
In-service Training
Non -Commissioned Officers
SPECIPIC-Police corporals and sergeants. Twelve(12)
week long and teaches investigative knowledge and
capability, designed by police provincial school.

GENERIC- Deals with drug investigation, drug

prevention & suppression, fundamental police tactics
crime prevention & suppression, administration and
personnel management, traffic contorl , logistics training
and budget finances. Designed by the Education and
planning Division of the Police Education Bureau.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
 16 weeks command course given to deputy police
commanders or top level administrators to increase
their administrative and managerial, and
organizational skills and capabilities.
 16 weeks superintendent course designed to
providemid-level management with knowledge and
skills in applying managerial and technological
models of their work.
 10 weeks inspector course to enhance sub- inspector’s
or first level administrator’s knowledge in their work
related areas; administration, investigation, criminal
law and traffic control.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
 15 weeks general staff course that is also given to
sub- inspector to learn about advanced administration
and managerial skills.
 16 weeks criminal investigation course that instills sub-
inspectors with the core concepts of investigation,
criminal procedure and its application.
 A specialized course, spesially designed by individual
police units to repond to a particular situation such as
anti riot course by the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
Designed by the Institute of Police Administrstion
Development which is under the Police Education
Bureau.
Ranks Commissioned Officers

1. Police General
6. Police Lieutenant
2. Police Lieutenant Colonel
General
7. Police Major
3. Police Major General
8. Police Captain
4. Police Senior Colonel
9. Police Lieutenant
5. Police Colonel
10. Police Sub-
Lieutenant
Ranks Non-Commissioned Officers

1. Police Senior Sergeant Major

2. Police Sergeant Major
3. Police Sergeant
4. Police Corporal
5. Police Lance Corporal
6. Policeman/ Constable
 PROMOTION

With in the Sam Pam Group that has

approximately 300 members each year, about 50
of them were police constable who passed the
examination and went back to the police academy.
These selected officers have about 1-4 years of
police working experience before entering the
academy. This is a way the RTP promotes constables
to be commissioned officers.
 How to become a Commissioned
Officer
1. High School graduates and a small group of
policemen undergoing a four year police education
and training program at the Police Cadet Academy .
2. Law and Political Science degree graduates with a six
months police training course often called LPS group.
3. Police sergeants getting promoted known as Sergeant
becoming Lieutenant.
4. Those with special knowledge or expertise in the law
enforcementfield who got transferred to be officers
and received six months of police training which is
called special group.
Thank you, . . . .