Police Commander presents awards to agencies and police with outstanding performance in traffic.

Police Commander presents an award for the "Traffic Gentlemen Project" Citizens move safely" for agencies and police with outstanding performance in traffic, Region 1, to win regional awards along with 49 outstanding units at the provincial level. Satisfied with the work of the Traffic Management Center Reduced more than 1,500 accidents and put in place a system in every dimension. Create a traffic gentleman Continuing the mission of sustainable road accident prevention

Yesterday (20 Sep. 2023) at 1:30 p.m., Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittipraphat, Police Commander, Police Lieutenant General Prachuap Wongsuk, Assistant Police Commander, along with Mr. Surachai Liengboonlertchai. senator As the Chairman of the Senate Integrated Emergency Rescue and Road Safety Committee, Ms. Pannee Pitikultang, Managing Director and Executive of the Central Car Accident Victims Protection Company Limited, Dr. Trudda Siripanich, Secretary-General of the Don't Drunk Drive Foundation, Ms. Kanda Wattanayingsomsuk Corporate Communications Advisor, Viriyah Insurance Public Company Limited, Ms. Nittaya Leeteerakul, Executive of Phithaksantirat Radio Station, S.P.91, Ms. Atchara Buasomboon, Executive of Radio Station JS.100, and the Traffic Management Center Working Group. Royal Thai Police Attend the award ceremony “Traffic Gentleman Project Citizens travel safely” to agencies at the headquarters level Provincial Police/Provincial Police Division and police who have been selected as traffic politeness at the Sriyanon Room Royal Thai Police

Police General Damrongsak said that the Royal Thai Police Has given importance to traffic work missions continuously coming Especially regarding reducing accidents and creating road safety. It has pushed forward several important projects, such as creating a road accident database system. Royal Thai Police improvement Land Traffic Act To be modern and meet international standards Developing operational systems, such as the system for cutting points for those who receive driver's licenses Linking order information with the Department of Land Transport as well as driving with provincial network partners through the mechanism of the Road Safety Operations Center sub-committee on law enforcement. of provincial road safety centers

And this year, the police have initiated a project “Traffic Gentleman Project People travel safely” by the police in cooperation with the Central Car Accident Victims Protection Company Limited. This project has 2 important objectives: 1. Reducing road accidents - by having every police station/province police

reduce number of deaths and the injured from road accidents in your own area Compare with the average of the past 3 years by having each provincial police/provincial police officer survey the factors of accident problems in the area. and organize activities/projects Setting up law enforcement checkpoints in accordance with risk points. To prevent accidents appropriate to the area

2 Creation of professional traffic police - by evaluating the performance of traffic police of every police station/police station in order to select traffic police who perform outstanding work, have knowledge, ability, and have proven results. Create a good image for the Royal Thai Police by adhering to the 5S principles for all traffic police to adhere to, including SMILE (smiling happily), SMART (having a good personality), SALUTE (treating people with politeness), SERVICE MIND (carrying out duties with a service mind. ) and STANDARD (raise the level of practice to have the same standard), which will select 2 outstanding traffic police officers from each province, 1 deputy inspector and 1 non-commissioned officer.

For the results of operations according to project activities, especially the establishment of traffic discipline checkpoints at risk points throughout the project, totaling more than 74,000 times, as well as the use of various activities/projects. of each province from October 2022 to August 2023. In the past, the number of deaths in the entire country could be reduced by 1,550 people, the number of injured people could be reduced by 111,660 people, and in addition. Can also create professional traffic police. that has 5S characteristics to effectively prevent road accidents in every station as well

In this regard, the central company has supported the prize money in the project, totaling 4,890,000 baht, to provide morale to the agencies and traffic police who have been selected according to the specified criteria. The headquarters-level agencies that received the first prize were Provincial Police Region 1 (200,000 baht), Provincial Police Region 3 (100,000 baht) and the Metropolitan Police Headquarters (100,000 baht), respectively, and there were provincial/provincial police level agencies. that has been selected In the project, there are another 49 awards from the winning agency of each agency, such as the Traffic Police, Samut Prakan Province, Sa Kaeo Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Loei Province, and Province Province. Lamphun Province, Nakhon Sawan Province, Nakhon Pathom Province, Surat Thani Province, Songkhla Province (100,000 baht per prize). There is also a prize for traffic police. that has been selected Be a traffic gentleman will receive another prize of 10,000 baht .

Source: Thai News Agency