The Prime Minister ordered a lesson learned from taking care of the safety of police officers while performing their duties.

The Prime Minister ordered a review of lessons learned to ensure the safety of police officers while on duty, stressing cooperation with Cambodia to solve the problem of call center gangs. Prime Minister Settha Thavisin traveled to chair the 6/2567 Police Commission meeting at the Royal Thai Police Office. The Prime Minister arrived at approximately 2:30 p.m. and immediately went to the meeting. Before the meeting, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of providing sufficient security equipment for officers on duty, including strategies for performing duties safely, as in the past 2-3 weeks, several police officers have died while performing their duties, including during a search and arrest of drug dealers in Chiang Mai Province and the suppression of an armed man who took a family hostage in the area of ??Tha Kham Police Station. He also provided recommendations on the matter. For today's meeting agenda, there are 5 items: Agenda 1: Matters to be informed by the chairman; Agenda 2: Approval of the minutes of the 5/2024 NACC meeting; Agenda 3: Matters to be informed, including: Agenda 1: Report on the operations of the NACC Disciplinary Committee assigned by the NACC to act on its behalf; Agenda 2: Report on the operations of the NACC Legal Committee assigned by the NACC to act on its behalf; Agenda 3: Request for a copy of the NACC meeting minutes. Agenda Item 4: Matters proposed for consideration: Matter 1: Salary increase or granting special compensation for the year 2024, first time, first half year (1 April 2024) to police officers receiving salary S.6 and above, Matter 2: Draft regulations of the Police Commission on additional pay for positions stationed abroad B.E. ..., Matter 3: Draft regulations of the Police Commission on additional pay for positions with special circumstances, positions acting as school administrators B.E. ..., Matter 4: Amendments to the regulations of the Police Commission on the qualifications and disqualifications of being a police officer B.E. 2023, Section 4 (1), and Agenda Item 5: Other matters. After the meeting, which lasted for 1.5 hours, Prime Minister Settha Thavisin wore a white civil servant uniform to continue his duties without giving any interviews to reporters. Pol. Lt. Gen. Archayon Kraithong, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police, revealed that the Prime Minister is concerned about police officers who have been involved in arresting drug dealers or insane people in various places and have had accidents resulting in deaths and injuries. Therefore, he would like commanders at the Royal Thai Police Office to be aware of and take action on issues related to solving the problem, including learning lessons and taking care of the rights, benefits, and welfare of police officers involved in accidents, especially by providing necessary equipment to perform their duties safely. In addition, the Prime Minister also mentioned the suppression of call center gangs in collaboration with Cambodia, where he assigned the National Police Chief to discuss the guidelines and me asures to suppress the call center gangs that are prevalent in both countries with the Cambodian National Police Chief. Initially, the Thai authorities coordinated with Cambodia to help track down the groups of people with approximately 100 arrest warrants and set a time frame for the joint operation with Cambodia that at least tangible results must be seen within 30 days. After that, the Thai working group is scheduled to travel to coordinate information and prepare for the suppression and investigation in Cambodia early August. -419-Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency