Commander Mu, master of Big Data
The newly promoted police chief hasn’t worked ‘in the field’
Pol Maj Gen Suwat Sangnum is a most unusual new commander of the Crime Suppression Division; documents are his key weapon in fighting major crime.
Pol Maj Gen Suwat, who assumed his new job on Oct 1 and is nicknamed “Commander Mu,” spoke to the Bangkok Post about his unusual path to the top, how to better serve the people and police use of Big Data.
Normally, the commander of the Crime Suppression Division is promoted from the rank of detective or investigator but that was not the case with Pol Maj Gen…