News Forum - Frenzied police officer opens fire in Bangkok

[Thaiger]

A Royal Thai Police officer started firing gunshots randomly at Soi Jiramakorn in the Sai Mai district of Bangkok at 11am this morning and still has not been arrested as of 5pm. No one is reported to be injured. Police identified the gunman as 51 year old Pol. Lt. Kitikarn Sangboon, an inspector with the …

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[Ramanathan.P]

How can a mentally unstable person become a police officer in the first place. Don't they have a regular health and mental stress check for such officers before they are allowed to continue their duties? It is always the same story when something happens....."mental health issue"

[Rookiescot]

3 minutes ago, Ramanathan.P said:

How can a mentally unstable person become a police officer in the first place. Don't they have a regular health and mental stress check for such officers before they are allowed to continue their duties? It is always the same story when something happens....."mental health issue"

You don't have to be mentally unstable to become a police officer but it certainly helps.

[TSS]

another cop had a bad day and needs to be transferred

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[Vigo]

32 minutes ago, Ramanathan.P said:

How can a mentally unstable person become a police officer in the first place. Don't they have a regular health and mental stress check for such officers before they are allowed to continue their duties? It is always the same story when something happens....."mental health issue"

You have assumed  he was unstable prior to his becoming a police officer. It is likely that the man developed his condition after some time as a  cop. He is a Lt., so he has been there 10+ years.

You have no idea as to what checks were done prior to this event. It is obvious, some action had been taken.  You are deluded if you believe that any police officer would want to work with  someone who was a danger to other police officers. Read the news item again: The man was already off duty because of mental health issues. What else  did you want the police to do? They can't just lock up people presumed to be  mentally ill. It requires family involvement and a court order. 

 

[Khunmark]

There is an element keystone cops attached to this story. They tried to smoke him out with 10 canisters of tear gas, which he was able to avoid by walking out to his balcony.