Police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda on Wednesday defended plans to bar women from the police academy.
Gen. Chakthip said today that the academy – the only career route to the upper echelons of the force – will only accept applicants from the all-male Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School starting next year. He pushed back against accusations of sexism and said women will still be able to become cops through other channels.
“This policy does not discriminate against women, and it won’t affect the female officers in the force,” Chakthip said.
The change would prevent women from enrolling in the police academy, which graduates cadets with the rank of lieutenant, thus making them eligible for important posts.
The academy, located west of the capital in Nakhon Pathom, is considered the major gateway for those seeking to become commissioned officers. Rank-and-file officers graduate from the non-commissioned academy, which would continue to accept women.
The change would undo a historic 2009 move to admit women into the academy and shut them out of advanced positions. It would also be an abrupt U-turn from two years ago, when police considered promoting women to be station chiefs, an unprecedented move.
Source: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/ ... hief-says/
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Women barred from Thai police academy
Women barred from Thai police academy
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