The Office of the Judiciary is recruiting the first batch of court marshals to provide security at courthouses and pursue offenders who jump bail.
Judge Punnapat Mahaleetraul said on Sunday the office has announced 40 vacancies for soldiers and police officers keen to work as court marshals, both as desk officials and those in charge of operations.
The job openings follow the establishment of the court security centre directed by Pol Col Surapong Plengkham, a superintendent of the Special Branch's Division 3, with a budget of some 200 million baht.
The centre plans to deploy more than 17,000 court marshals to supervise security at courthouses and arrests of suspects who flee bail granted by the courts.
The National Legislative Assembly passed the bill to establish a unit of court marshals in February, and it became law on publication in the Royal Gazette.
Judge Punnapat was chairman of the committee that selected the first director of the court security centre.
