Some military draftees to be part of police force
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The Cabinet yesterday approved the National Police Act, which would also create "drafted policemen" whose status would be equivalent to military conscripts, deputy government spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said.
When the military drafts manpower, it will also allocate some of it to the police force, Sansern explained. The drafted police officers would serve as privates for two years and, once this term is completed, they will have the same status as military reservists, he said.
A drafted policeman’s duty would be to support the police’s mission to maintain peace and order as well as public safety and national security, he said. Their salaries would be based on military regulations and they would be entitled to other allowances in the same manner as their military counterparts, he added.
