Royal Thai Police

Royal Thai Police สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ
Official Seal
Coat of Arms (cap badge)
Flag of the Royal Thai Police
Abbreviation	RTP
Agency overview
Formed	1860 (164 years)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Thailand
Operations jurisdiction	Thailand
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Pathum Wan, Bangkok, Thailand
Police officers	230,000[1][2]
Minister responsible	Srettha Thavisin, Commander (as PM)
Agency executive	Police General Torsak Sukvimol, Commissioner-General
Bureaus	12 Metropolitan Police Bureau Central Investigation Bureau Tourist Police Bureau Narcotics Suppression Bureau Special Branch Bureau Immigration Bureau Police Education Bureau Border Patrol Police Office of Police Forensic Science Office of Information Communications and Technology Royal Police Cadet Academy Police General Hospital Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau
Regional Bureaus	9 Region 1—covering provinces: Ayutthaya Lopburi Chai Nat Sing Buri Ang Thong Saraburi Province Pathum Thani Nonthaburi Samut Prakan Region 2—covering provinces: Chanthaburi Trat Sa Kaeo Chachoengsao Prachinburi Chonburi Rayong Nakhon Nayok Region 3—covering provinces: Chaiyaphum Nakhon Ratchasima Buriram Yasothon Surin Sisaket Amnat Charoen Ubon Ratchathani Region 4—covering provinces: Kalasin Khon Kaen Nakhon Phanom Bueng Kan Maha Sarakham Mukdahan Roi Et Loei Sakon Nakhon Nong Khai Nong Bua Lamphu Udon Thani Region 5—covering provinces: Chiang Mai Chiang Rai Lampang Nan Phrae Lamphun Mae Hong Son Phayao Region 6—covering provinces: Kamphaeng Phet Tak Nakhon Sawan Phichit Phitsanulok Phetchabun Sukhothai Uttaradit Uthai Thani Region 7—covering provinces: Suphan Buri Nakhon Pathom Samut Songkhram Samut Sakhon Prachuap Khiri Khan Phetchaburi Ratchaburi Kanchanaburi Region 8—covering provinces: Chumphon Ranong Surat Thani Nakhon Si Thammarat Krabi Phuket Phang Nga Region 9—covering provinces: Trang Yala Satun Phatthalung Pattani Narathiwat
Website
www.royalthaipolice.go.th

The Royal Thai Police (RTP) (Thai: สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ; RTGS: samnakngan tamruat haeng chat) is the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants (excluding the military and the employees of state-owned enterprises).^[2][3] The RTP is frequently recognized as the fourth armed force of Thailand since their tradition, concept, culture, skill, and training are relatively similar to the army and most of their officer cadets need to graduate from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School before entering the Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy. Officers also undergo paramilitary training similar to the army but with an additional focus on law enforcement.

On 20 March 2024, Kitrat Panphet became acting police chief; however, Torsak Sukvimol is still the police chief while having been transferred to an inactive post at the primeminister's office; on the day of the transfer, Torsak Sukvimol was in a meeting with the prime minister.^[4] As of 21 March, Police General Winai Thongsong "said [...] that he still could not confirm if the investigation would finish within the assigned 60 days or before the retirement of" Torsak Sukvimol in September.^[5]