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Thailand Central Investigation Bureau
Having jurisdiction over the entire country, the Central
Investigation Bureau was organized to assist both provincial and
metropolitan components of the TNPD in preventing and suppressing
criminal activity and in minimizing threats to national security.
The specialized units of the bureau, including the railroad,
marine, highway, and forestry police, employed up-to-date
technical equipment, law enforcement techniques, and training.
In addition to the specialized units, five other divisions
and offices employed modern procedures to assist in investigating
and preventing crime. The Crime Suppression Division--one of the
bureau's largest components--was responsible for conducting most
of the technical investigations of criminal offenses throughout
the kingdom. Its emergency unit coped with riots and other public
disorders, sabotage, counterfeiting, fraud, illegal gambling
operations, narcotics trafficking, and the activities of secret
societies and organized criminal associations. The Special
Branch--sometimes referred to by critics as the "political
police"--was responsible for controlling subversive activities
and served as the TNPD's chief intelligence organization. The
Criminal Records Office collected and maintained records required
in the conduct of police work, including dossiers and
fingerprints of known criminals and persons suspected of wrongdoing . At the well-equipped Scientific Crime Detection
Laboratory, technicians performed the requisite chemical and
physical analyses. The Licenses Division registered and licensed
firearms, vehicles, gambling establishments, and various other
items and enterprises as required by law.
Data as of September 1987
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