News Forum - Off-duty officer fires shots & fights with Bangkok cabbie

[Thaiger]

A road rage incident between a Bangkok taxi driver and an allegedly drunk off-duty police officer saw shots fired and a bout of fisticuffs on the hard shoulder of a motorway. The taxi driver, Thongchai Baanyam, filed a complaint with the police soon after the incident in Bangkok last night. The 42 year old told police that the reportedly drunk off-duty officer overtook his car in a pickup and nearly crashed into him after performing a U-turn on Pradit Manutham Road in the Ladprao district of Bangkok. Thongchai said the offender opened a window and swore at him several times. […]

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And the beat goes on...

[HiuMak]

Will see him join the 169 police officers being dismissed soon.

[gazmo16]

If they can't be trusted with firearms off duty maybe, they need to check them in and not be allowed to carry them off duty. 

Allegedly drunk with a firearm in a car, what could possibly go wrong ?

[ChrisS]

Surprise surprise a Thai policeman who is arrogant feels he is above the law and gun happy. Prison would appear to be the most appropriate punishment but I would not hold my breath.

[Pinga]

14 hours ago, gazmo16 said:

If they can't be trusted with firearms off duty maybe, they need to check them in and not be allowed to carry them off duty. 

They absolutely should not be allowed to carry them off duty. Drunk police officers shoot people on a regular basis in Thailand - noodle vendor in Phuket who's paralyzed because a drunk officer randomly shot him unprovoked, Arab man who got in a fight with an off duty officer at a street bar over a girl and the officer followed him to his condo and shot him dead, these things happen alarmingly frequently here.