Police set up centre to protect victims
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Police have set up a crime-prevention and suppression centre in Ayutthaya to protect flood-affected people from being dealt a second blow, a senior official said yesterday.
Acting national police chief Pol General Priewpan Damapong said officers in non-affected areas had been dispatched to assist residents in Nakhon Sawan, Lop Buri and Ayutthaya, though there was still a lack of sufficient boats and trucks. He said Provincial Police Region 1 chief Khamronwit Thupkrachang was in charge of the newly set-up centre in Ayutthaya and would have officials gather complaints and well as lead patrols to guard people’s property.
The Royal Thai Police Bureau has also earmarked Bt150 million to help officers affected by the flooding in 12 provinces, Priewpan added.
