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The Thai police are subdivided into numerable regions and services, each enjoying their own powers.

* Royal Thai Police Headquarters - Bangkok
Director-General of Police
* Border Patrol Police Division 40,000 paramilitary force
BPP General Staff Division
BPP Tactical Training Division
BPP Support Division
BPP Nawut Sondetya Hospital
BPP Village Scout Center
BPP Counter-Insurgency Training Center
BPP Districts 1 thru 4
Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (PARU)
+ Airborne Training
+ Naresuan 261 Counter-Terrorism Unit (formerly the 4th Company PARU)
+ Sea Air Rescue Unit
* Bangkok Metropolitan Police
* Central Investigation Bureau - national coordinating headquarters which assist provincial and metropolitan components in preventing and suppressing criminal activity and in minimizing threats to national security.
Crime Suppression Division, Responsible for investigating and enforcing Thai criminal laws
+ Emergency Unit(s) - a mobile unit used to suppress riots and public disorders, combat sabotage, counterfeiting, fraud, illegal gambling, narcotics trafficking, secret societies, and organized crime.
Forestry Police Division
Highway Police Division
Marine Police Division
Railroad Police Division
Special Branch Division
Licenses Division - registers and licenses all of the following: firearms, explosives, vehicles, aircraft, boats, gambling establishments, and various other items and organizations.
Criminal Records Office
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
* Office of Immigration Bureau
* Narcotics Suppression Bureau
* Office Of Logistics
Aviation Division
* Office of Royal Court Security Police
Crown Prince's Royal Protective Unit
+ Crown Prince Royal Protective Unit 'Dechochai Knight 3'
* Provincial Police Division - divided into 9 regions covering the 75 Provinces of Thailand except metropolitan Bangkok and the border areas.
Region 1 Ayuthaya
Region 2 Chonburi
Region 3 Nakhon Ratchasima
Region 4 Khon Kaen
Region 5 Chiang Mai
Region 6 Phitsanulok
Region 7 Nakhon Pathom
Region 8 Surat Thani
Region 9 Songkhla
Chaiya Training
Special Operations Units
* 191 Special Branch Police
Arintharat 26 Special Operations Unit
* Training Division
* Tourist Police - Recently also recruiting foreign national volunteers living in Thailand.
Training
* Immigration Police Division
* Marine Police Division
* Metropolitan Police Division, Bangkok
* Narcotics Suppression Division
* Provincial Police Division

The 14,000 member Thahan Phran was formed as a volunteer militia force deployed in active trouble spots along the Cambodian and Burmese borders. The organization followed a military structure and had 32 regiments and 196 companies. The Thahan Phran gained considerable publicity and incurred significant casualties during Vietnamese bombardments and local assaults along the Cambodian border.
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