BANGKOK, Oct 7 (TNA) – The national police chief said he will discuss with the Interior Ministry control on police’s firearms after the massacre by a former policeman and the police would work out its own measures related to the weapons of present and former police.
Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, commissioner of the Royal Thai Police Office, said the office planned to discuss such measures with the Interior Ministry and organizations responsible for the permission of police’s firearm possession.
There would have to be urgent measures to prevent the abuse of their weapons, the national police chief said.
He also said he ordered police nationwide to step up measures to prevent rampage and seriously tackle illegal drug cartels of all sizes, especially those operating in communities.
Pol Gen Damrongsak said that the Royal Thai Police Office would intensify police’s physical checkups which would include urine drug testing in addition to their annual checks.
The movement responded to the massacre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province on Oct 6 by former policeman Pol Sgt Panya Kamrab.
The national police chief also said that Pol Sgt Panya had not had a drug abuse record when he had applied to join the police force and later worked at Yannawa and Lumpini police stations before moving to Na Wang police station in Nong Bua Lam Phu.
During his service in Na Wang district, Pol Sgt Panya was arrested with speed pills. Then the Royal Thai Police Office expelled him, Pol Gen Damrongsak said.
He was waiting for forensic doctors to find out if there was any drug in the body of the former policeman who took his life after the massacre. (TNA)
