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The Royal Thai Police RTP Thai: ตำรวจà¹à¸«à¹ˆà¸‡à¸Šà¸²à¸•à¸´; RTGS: tamruat haeng chat are the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants excluding military and the employees of state-owned enterprises.[2][4] The Royal Thai Police frequently is recognized as the fourth armed force of Thailand as their tradition, concept, culture, skill, and training are relatively same as the army and most of their officer cadets need to graduate from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School together with prospective cadets of the armed forces branches as a preparatory requirement before entering the Police Academy, while the constables endure paramilitary training similar to the army but with an additional focus on law enforcement.