Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh presides over the
planning meeting for a joint task force to increase security citywide.
Manoon Makpol
Police stations in Pattaya, Jomtien Beach, Banglamung
and Huay Yai would join together in a new task force to increase
security citywide under a plan under consideration at city hall.
At a Nov. 9 meeting, Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh
said the project, to be headed by the city Peace and Stability
Maintenance Department, aims to bolster the safety of tourists and
residents through increased use of closed-circuit television cameras,
Global Position System-equipped response vehicles, additional lighting
and complaint and threat-reporting systems.
The various police stations and the city hall
department would each contribute members to the task force, which would
have no fewer than five people working around the clock.
Ronakit said the city has already started bolstering its surveillance
systems, including installing cameras to monitor swimmers on the beach,
adding 77 CCTV cameras, and improving electricity systems in Jomtien
Beach.