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Police crackdown to improve Phuket’s image
PHUKET: New police superintendent Col Grissak Songmoonnark has signed a pact with Patong business leaders aimed at lifting the town’s image among tourists.
Col Grissak said that he had invited representatives of various groups in Patong to attend a series of meetings at Kathu Police Station. Among the groups represented were the night entertainment industry, he said.
“I have signed an MOU with entertainment industry leaders in Patong. They have agreed to have their female service staff dress in a more modest fashion while on their way to work,” the police chief told the Phuket Gazette.
“Many of the female service staff wear revealing clothes on their way to work and are seen by students returning home from school. We don’t want students to get the feeling that this type of dress is normal,” Col Grissak said.
“Although nightclubs already check IDs, I would like to ask for cooperation in preventing minors from frequenting any areas where coyote dancing is going on. Otherwise they might try to engage in such behavior themselves,” he added.
Col Grissak also said that in the effort to crack down on the sale of illegal narcotics, nightclub owners had been asked to have their staff search customers and report any leads to the police.
Tuk-tuk and taxi drivers will soon be asked to sign an MOU aimed at lifting service standards, eliminating overcharging and limiting the number of taxis on the roads in an effort to relieve traffic congestion, he said.
Among the changes he would like to introduce are having all drivers in uniform and having more designated parking areas.
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