Enhancing Cooperation of Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Crime Prevention and Suppression in Ratchaprasong Area, Pathumwan District, Bangkok

Abstract

According to the crime statistics and the results of the public sentiment survey, it obviously reflects the
importance of safety management innovation. This innovative research is a mixed study aiming to 1) study the level of cooperation and factors affecting the decision of participation 2) study personal factors and factors affecting participation decisions that influence the cooperation; and 3) to enhance cooperation in crime prevention and suppression of motorcycle taxi drivers in the Ratchaprasong area, Bangkok. Research subjects were selected from 95 motorcycle taxi drivers with 76 samples acquired for the quantitative research. Data were collected using a questionnaire with reliability of 0.954, and 8 key informants were interviewed.

Findings of the study reveal that the cooperation in the prevention and suppression in general and in all aspects are at a moderate level and the overall factors affecting the decision of participation are at a moderate level. Individual factors and factors affecting the participation decision indicate 59.4% possible contribution to cooperation with a statistically significant level of 0.01.And the variable of the number of serviced trips has a statistically significant effect on the cooperation at the 0.01 level. Finding also reveals 3 ways to improve cooperation in crime prevention and suppression, namely: 1) The police should take concrete action to increase participation in motorcycle taxis 2) All motorcycle taxi drivers should attend the training and a variety of effective and efficient coordination channels should be provided; and 3) Relevant agencies should integrate cooperation networks, establish a specific coordination center in the area for incident prevention.