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Phuket Police practice crowd control

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Despite the serious nature of the exercises, these participants had fun taking part.

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In the end, volunteer rioters armed with sticks found they were no match for the police phalanx.

PHUKET TOWN: -- More than 300 Phuket Police donned riot gear this morning for

crowd control drills outside Phuket City Police Station.

The drills were overseen by Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Pekad Tantipong, who assigned

Kathu Superintendent Grissak Songmoonark to command one unit and Thalang Police Superintendent Thammanoon Faiju another.

A total of 310 officers from all eight police districts in Phuket took part in the exercises, the first in a series of monthly drills to be conducted in all Police Region 8 provinces throughout 2010.

This morning’s exercises consisted of the police first trying to negotiate with an unruly crowd of volunteer rioters armed with sticks.

When peaceful measures failed, police with shields marched forward in phalanx formation to disperse the crowd as officers behind the main formation blasted them with a water cannon and threw tear gas

canisters.

After the exercises, Gen Pekad commented to his forces that they appeared to have strong group will, but still

lacked the cohesion to carry out the drills to maximum effect.

“We need more practice to increase efficiency,” he said.

Observing the drills as an invited guest was Greg Miller, Chief of the US Embassy’s Bangkok-based Force Protection Detachment unit.

Mr Miller is in Phuket to prepare for the arrival on Sunday of three US Navy vessels (USS Nimitz, USS Pinckney, USS Rentz) for four days of rest and relaxation for some 6,000 US sailors and marines.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2010-01-27

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