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Published: May 17, 2014 at 11:58am

Posted by Sister Ray: ‘Ara kif spicca Robert Plant miskin.’

This is one of the 'former police officers' reinstated into the force by Manuel Mallia and Peter Paul Zammit earlier this week.

This is one of the ‘former police officers’ reinstated into the force by Manuel Mallia and Peter Paul Zammit earlier this week.




43 Comments Comment

  1. Joe Fenech says:

    I guess that when someone told Mallia “most of your entourage should be locked up” he though they meant “locked”.

  2. J Abela says:

    Is this Arlette Baldacchino on a bad-hair day?

  3. MoBi says:

    I feel safer already.

  4. H.P. Baxxter says:

    Dan Suldat tal-Metal.

  5. P Bonnici says:

    This is a good way you cause demoralisation in the police force and the public is expected to respect the police. Respect is earned, not this way.

  6. helen says:

    Enough to scare the shit out of you with his/her looks.

    • ken il malti says:

      She’d be perfect for arresting unruly young women or emasculating some young and bald tattooed hamallu with the gold chains around his neck.

  7. Natalie says:

    I think it is a woman. Note the handbag slung across the left shoulder, the feminine chin and soft look in the eyes. She is also not wearing a tie with her suit.

    It’s a woman.

  8. Alexander Ball says:

    I promise to come quietly.

  9. anthony says:

    I would not be at all surprised if this guy were to be put in charge of the drug squad.

  10. Rumplestiltskin says:

    Are these guys serious? Or is this just a bad joke that they want to pull in the general public?

  11. kev says:

    Sources close to the police claim there is a frantic investigation into how that person appears in the photo, since no one saw him at the time and no one knows who he is.

    According to the long-time janitor at the Officers’ Mess, ‘the apparition seems to relate to the building itself, rather than to anyone present,’ adding, however, that he cannot elaborate further at this stage.

    Other sources speculate he could be a DARPA agent gone wrong, a Pleiadian in search of a home, a cheeky Nordic playing a joke, or even a bored shape-shifting reptoid who thought he’d try a spot of policing for a change.

    But according to Padre Elijah, such apparitions are always demonic, no matter how ‘alien’ they look. ‘Demons are great illusionists,’ he explained. ‘The question we have to ask is, what is his message and to whom is it being addressed.’

    The ministry has dispelled any talk of the devil. ‘We are saintly pure white. Squeaky clean. Hallowed good,’ said a spokesman who wished to remain anonymous. ‘Demons do not dwell around us.’

    http://www.marsatoday.com.mt/apparation-caught-on-police-photo-thought-to-be-demonic.html

    [Daphne – Oh damn, Kevin, and there I was hoping that you would tell us exactly who he is, given that you would probably both have been in the force at the same time.]

    • kev says:

      All I know is what MarsaToday reported, Daphne. In any case, every single one of my former colleagues who did not flee in time must be dead in some form or other.

      • ken il malti says:

        Her name is Pam, leave her alone.

      • H.P. Baxxter says:

        Are you also a former rozzer and current Lowellian like our Kevin, Ken il-Malti?

      • ken il malti says:

        I am a rabble-rouser because I am related to Dun Mikiel Xerri from my mother’s side (I kid you not) and I don’t think I ever visited Lowell Massachusetts yet.

        Polythene Pam is getting short shrift and deserves better because 99% of us do not know her and there is a very good chance she might be a excellent human being.

        Everyone is judging her from one cropped photo where she appears to have a preponderance for male inspired attire, which is her right to do so.

      • kev says:

        How nice of you to empathise with her after pissing all over the place at her expense, ken il malti. Being related to Dun Mikiel Kid-You-Not Xerri you should have listened to him on his visits to grandma.

        Baxxter – the term is ‘Norwellian’.

  12. Mickey Mouse says:

    Police academy ‘a la Malte’ comedy series.

  13. girbi says:

    It is not a police force but a farce. Shame on you minister.

  14. Grezz says:

    Is that a mock-up, or is it really his hair? He looks more like a junky than a police officer.

    • ken il malti says:

      So it is OK to mock an old hippie guy eh?

      I’ll bet you would not do that if you knew she was a lesbian on the butch side, you know, in today’s Western and politically correct world you cannot do that to someone who prefers to have sex with a person of their own gender.

      It is simply not done, so you better apologize or else you will be labeled a homophobe and your world will come crashing down on you.

      It won’t be pretty.

      • sonia vella says:

        This LADY has taken it upon herself “to serve and protect” our country – can any of you apply to do the same or do you even have the guts with the crime levels in Malta today? Instead of shaming this person, one should congratulate her. These people who has sarcastically written on this topic all should take a hard look at themselves in a mirror, no one has the ability to cast any stones. For all you know, she may appear in the papers one days after saving someone’s life. This is the kind of person SHE probably is!!!!!!!

        [Daphne – I’m afraid I genuinely thought this reinstated police officer is a man, and looking at the picture again and again, I still think so. There is nothing to indicate that it is a woman. Some people have suggested the button-side of the jacket and shirt, but Mrs Muscat wore a jacket that buttons up on the ‘male’ side for the opening of parliament, and it doesn’t make her a man. But I shall have to take your word for it as you know the person and so know the facts. I am not, however, going to congratulate her on ‘serving and protecting’. If she had wanted to do that, she wouldn’t have left the force in the first place. This reinstatement business strikes me as a bit of opportunism. I doubt that these older people will be tramping the streets fighting crime.]

  15. catharsis says:

    Spiccajna.

  16. Nighthawk says:

    Do we even know if this is a man or a woman? Is that a manbag, a handbag or a laptop case?

  17. rob says:

    Really, Daphne, do not judge a book by its cover. Maybe he is a damn good cop with lots of underground information. We all loved the Miami Vice cops with their sleek images and styled hairdos. Maybe he is Malta’s Miami Vice officer who will solve all unsolved crimes and bring down corrupt politicians.

  18. jack says:

    Ideal for undercover ops

    • Dott Abjad says:

      That look was perfect for busting pot-smokers and maybe junkies in the 70s & 80s. But now your average weekend recreational coke or ecstasy user would look down on such a specimen as a loser, with suspicion and disdain.

      On another note however, Chris Engerer probably knows him from his former drug busts.

  19. Don Camillo says:

    Ghandu xorti! minflok jigri bil-KartAnzjan issa se jdoqq ma’ The Police.

  20. ta wied is sewda. says:

    How are we going to fight organised crime?

    By reinstating mature and experienced ex cops as long as they are Laburisti. This individual was reinstated to work undercover operations as seen in thrillers.

  21. James says:

    Pity everyone saw his picture. I’m sure he/she would have been a great undercover cop

  22. Charlie says:

    No longer the police force but the police farce. One of the reinstated policemen by the surname Farrugia who hails from Rabat but lives in Qawra is about 72 years old. What kind of service will he be rendering our country? Thanks Daphne you are brilliant. Keep it up.

    • ken il malti says:

      He is needed as a narc to sneakily befriend and infiltrate the back gardens of pensioners growing a cannabis plant or two for their old age ailments.

  23. TROY says:

    U ejja, dan se jkun undercover.

  24. alex caruana carabez says:

    Really do we hail from a Christian county? Some of the comments posted exhibit extreme ignorance and low level of education and even your choice of selecting one officer from the lot speaks volumes about your disposition towards other people….shameful and disgusting.

    [Daphne – Kindly inform your boss that you are the reason I never shop at Flamingo. There was a point some months ago at which I was about to do it myself, but then felt sorry for you. Big mistake. I just love your selective use of Christianity – apparently, it doesn’t figure where I’m in the mix. It is a very bad idea for showroom salesmen like you to spend their spare time insulting potential customers all over the internet. You are a rude and stupid man, because anyone whose business it is to sell washing-machines and television sets on commission FOR THEIR EMPLOYER should treat everyone as a potential customer and lay off the offensive remarks. It’s not my problem if you’re a rabid Mintoffian. It’s yours. And lest anyone think I’m making a fuss about this remark, I’m not. This is a man with a fixation. ]

  25. anthony says:

    With this idiot as a salesman, I am very surprised Flamingo has not yet called it a day.

  26. ALEX CARUANA CARABEZ says:

    Something ominous and savage lurks behind your reaction to my comment. NEITHER POLITICS OR PLACES OF WORK were the issue here but a simple response to what seemed unnecessary comments about the looks of another person irrespective of her political beliefs.

    [Daphne – There is nothing ominous or savage in my reaction, Mr Caruana Carabez. It is an attempt at explaining to you how your sort of behaviour can harm your employer’s business. It is you who are savage, though not ominous because you are merely stupidly obsessed. I have seen your comments about me all over the internet. You bother to use your own name. This would have been admirable in itself were it not for the fact that it is a really bad idea for you to attack your customers at a personal level, especially when they are not really your customers at all but your employer’s customers. This has nothing to do with freedom of speech, but merely good manners and common sense. If you are prepared to take someone’s money, don’t be rude to them or about them. I stopped walking into the Flamingo showroom the day I realised that the Alex Caruana Carabez who is vile about me on the internet is the one who is quite happy to take my money and make his commission on a television set or a washing machine. I hadn’t made the link before. As soon as I did, I took my business elsewhere. There’s a basic lesson here: respect your customers, because this is no longer a Mintoffian monopoly market, much as you would like it to be.]

  27. verita says:

    Is he obliged to cut his hair now?I remember my brother used to be fined five shillings for growing sideburns beyond the limits when in the police force. But those were serious times.

  28. Matthew S says:

    People keep saying that the above police officer is a woman. The report about the reinstatement of police officers says that TWO women police officers were reinstated. In the group photograph, there are two women on the left, which presumably means that all the rest are men.

    I’m still not entirely convinced that the Robert Plant lookalike is a woman.

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140515/local/more-police-officers-reinstated.519165

  29. C.G says:

    James Blond is back.

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