A coming reshuffle of the Royal Thai Police (RTP) will focus on decentralising administration.
Police positions of the level of deputy commander and below will be reshuffled, the source said, but the planned adjustments are not much different from the previous format although there will be clearer steps.
As per the National Police Act 2004, each division’s commander was required to submit a list of candidates for promotion for the national police chief’s consideration before the candidates are screened by a board for appointment.
The Prime Minister invoked sweeping powers based on Article 44 to issue an order on April 26, 2016 amending the act authorising national police to appoint officers directly. The amendment was made after the 2015 appointment of deputy superintendents and inspectors was delayed until last year.
Declining to say if the new format would help to solve the issue of officers paying for promotions, the source said the order was obviously aimed at decentralising the administration of the bureau systematically.
(Source:The Nation,Thailand)