Will Peter Paul Zammit be taking disciplinary action against this officer, for bickering with and insulting a member of the public?
Many of you will know – it was widely reported in the newspapers – that around 10,000 non-Maltese residents of Malta have been left without their e-resident card because the government (which had a roadmap) can’t get its act together to process them.
Meanwhile, to add further insult to injury, these same 10,000 residents, who are really the ones bringing jobs and money to Malta by setting up companies, helping staff them and keep them going, keeping the property rentals market buoyant and giving their trade to shops, restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses, must watch the government obsessively prioritise the sale of passports to those who helped them get into power.
They have to listen to the prime minister say how much we need their ‘investment’ and their ‘talent’.
One Polish woman in this predicament complained about the situation on the Times of Malta comments-board and was immediately targetted by a police officer, who defended the government, dissed asylum seekers, and told her “I am a citizen of Malta more than you will ever be.”
This is completely unacceptable behaviour, and disciplinary action should be taken. His Facebook page doesn’t exactly inspire respect and trust, either: aside from the entirely acceptable bits about running and athletics, there are plenty of photographs of him acting idiotic, posts which betray his xenophobic views towards immigrants, a remarkable pair of bosoms, and pictures of his travels with Sammy Baldacchino of the Four Seasons bar in Birkirkara, the place where certain magistrates and police officers used to congregate to get plastered and with luck get it on (not that the owner was to blame for that, of course).
Oh, and there’s also a post where he expresses his joy at the Labour victory.
In any case, the bottom line is this: police officers are in a position where the public simply has to be able to trust them and respect them. The situation is bad enough as it is, without having total idiots like this exposing their political views, their racist prejudices, their ‘jokiness’, their bar-owner friends and their resentment towards the ‘foreigners’ they are meant to serve, on social media and elsewhere on the internet.
Exactly why would a police officer upload a picture like this on full public view? To inspire awe in criminals?
Officer, officer! I’d like to file a report.
We get it – he finds bosoms interesting
Why did he join the police force if he’s counting down the years to retirement already?
Police Officer David Bezzina inspires the trust and respect of all those who voted against the Labour Party
It gives us such faith in our police officers to see them behaving like this on Facebook
Police Officer David Bezzina (right) with Sammy Baldacchino of the Four Seasons Bar in Birkirkara (centre)
Police Officer David Bezzina reveals his xenophobic views
Police Officer David Bezzina tells a Polish resident: “I am a Maltese citizen more than you will ever be.”
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Daphne, sometimes I think giving such jerks publicity just gives them more pleasure and makes them feel more heroic. On the other hand we have also taken note of the officer’s name.
Peter Paul Zammit, Commissioner of the Malta Police Farse.
David Bezzina, membru tal-Korp tal-Pulizija ta’ Pietru Pawl Zammit, persuna li ma tistax tafdah biex izomm l-ordni pubbliku.
Ahseb u ara kemm ser immur naghmel rapport lill-Pulizija simili biex jittutela l-ordni.
Mur ara kemm ser jiehu passi kontra s-sid tal-bar li jiffrekwenta (kontra r-regoli tal-Korp) hu f’kaz li dan jikser il-ligi. Ara ghal min iridu jiggieldu l-Assocjazzjoni tal-Pulizija u jridu insurance cover ghal carlatani simili.
Issa nistennew azzjoni mill-Kummissarju tal-Pulizija. Jekk le ikompli jinzel fil-hama.
When the people’s role models are themselves hooligans how can we be surprised that the man on the street finds his own hooliganism justified?
Don’t expect the Police Commissioner to take action against this officer for bringing the force into disrepute. He is busy doing the same himself.
No, he will not take action because the police commissioner has a totally distorted idea of what is wrong and what is right.
He thinks it is right to arrest someone on the trumped-up charge of taking a picture at the airport but and he also thinks it is right to halt the prosecution of that crook John Dalli.
Why ‘report’ him to the commissioner,when everyone knows that the commissioner has a Facebook account?
Not only are such people idiots, they are not aware of their idiocy which they mistake for cleverness. Employers of such people should take remedial steps if they care about the reputation of their enterprise.