How many policemen are there in Malta?

18 13 years, Malta became a British colony. On July 23rd of the same year, the British Regent appointed the first Governor of Malta. In order to better maintain local order and effectively implement colonial rule, British colonists set up a police force in Malta. The early Maltese police were led by the Commander-in-Chief appointed by the Governor-General (now called the Chief of Police). In the following century and a half, Malta's police force was controlled by British colonialists. It was not until September 2 1964 that Malta declared its independence that the authorities formally gained full control and command of the national police force.

organization structure

The Malta National Police is attached to the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs of Malta. The police chief is the highest head of the national police and has the responsibility of commanding, directing, managing and supervising the national police. The Chief Police Officer is nominated by the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs and appointed by the Prime Minister. In addition, 65,438+0 deputy directors and 7 assistant police chiefs assist the police chief in his work. At present, Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg is the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs, and the current police chief John Rizzo took office on May 38, 2006.

The headquarters of Malta National Police is located in Valletta, the capital. The General Administration has seven departmental units and two directly affiliated institutions, among which seven departmental units are: Comprehensive Crime Department, Drug Crime Department, Deputy Economic Crime Department, Security Department, Secret Service Department, Police District Affairs Department and Administration Department; The two directly affiliated institutions are the Police Academy and the Criminal Justice Laboratory.

The comprehensive crime section consists of a crime record room and a crime intelligence analysis group, and there are also three crime groups, namely, the cultural relics crime group, the homicide crime group and the theft crime group. 1 detention center. The Drug Crime Department is the smallest department-level unit, with only 1 coordination office and 1 drug squad. The Anti-vice and Economic Crime Unit is responsible for handling crimes such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, prostitution, gambling, money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, corruption and infringement of intellectual property rights; The security office has jurisdiction over traffic police group, mounted police group, police dog group, comprehensive intervention group and motor vehicle control office; The Secret Service is responsible for the security inspection of ports and airports, controlling illegal immigrants, protecting the personal safety of domestic and foreign tourists and carrying out international police cooperation. It has jurisdiction over Immigration Bureau, Arms and Explosives Office, Europol Office, Interpol Office (namely Interpol Malta National Central Bureau, which Malta joined Interpol on 1974), Political Protection Group and Counter-Terrorism Group. The police district office has two police district offices and a community crime prevention office; As a comprehensive organization, the Administration Section is in charge of recruitment, promotion, training, statistical analysis, auditing, supervision, public relations, publicity, communication services and logistics support. It also has 1 business units, that is, the cyber crime unit, which is the youngest organization in the national police headquarters and is specially established to combat the increasingly rampant cyber crime activities. In 2006, all the above seven departments and units were led by 1 assistant director.

As a directly affiliated institution of the national police headquarters, the criminal justice laboratory mainly includes the following scientific research groups: fingerprint processing group, image processing group, ballistic analysis group, explosive research group, forged document identification group and DNA analysis and application group.

In order to facilitate coordination and management, Malta is divided into two police districts, A and B, of which A is in the south of Malta and B is in the north. Each main police district is divided into five sub-districts, each led by 65,438+0 police chiefs. The department also has several police stations of different sizes. The main task of the police station is to carry out community policing and do a good job in public security prevention and control.

The ranks of police officers in Malta are, from low to high: police officer, sheriff, second-class sheriff, first-class sheriff, inspector, superintendent, assistant police Commissioner, deputy Commissioner-General and Commissioner-General. Among them, those above the inspector level are called police officers, and Malta has a total of 106 police officers. By the end of 2006, there were 65,438+0,834 sworn policemen in Malta, of whom more than 850 were specialized in community policing and the rest were engaged in other jobs. In addition, there are 145 civilian staff, mainly engaged in office management and writing and technical work. At Malta International Airport, most immigration officials are civilians.

Duty and discipline of the police

Since the first Police Act was promulgated on 196 1 Feb. 2006 10, Malta has revised the Police Act seven times up to 2006. Article 4 of the current Police Law defines the duties of the police as the following five aspects: maintaining public order and peace, promoting and urging citizens to abide by the law, as the guarantor of Maltese citizens' human rights, preventing and cracking down on all illegal and criminal activities, collecting evidence, arresting and prosecuting criminals; Respond to citizens' alarm, help and other legitimate demands in a timely manner; In any case, justice in law enforcement, bending the law will not be affected by differences in gender, race, language, nationality, skin color, religious beliefs, political factions, social status, personal property and so on. ; Promote people of all ethnic groups in China to live in harmony and protect public and private property; Faithfully and effectively perform other duties prescribed by this law and other laws.

Under normal circumstances, the police are only responsible for the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases and will not intervene or interfere in civil disputes. Although the police have the right to decide on what charges to prosecute the suspect, if the prosecutor thinks the accused charges are improper, he has the right to ask the police to change the charges, and the police must obey.

In Malta, police officers can apply for a pension after reaching the age of 55 or working for 25 years. Anyone who wants to resign should submit a written application to the Prime Minister 1 month in advance, unless the person is under disciplinary review by the Public Service Commission or is prosecuted by the court for suspected crimes. Under normal circumstances, the Prime Minister will soon approve the application for resignation. In 2006, 37 Maltese police officers submitted their resignations to the Prime Minister and were approved, including 65,438+0 police chiefs, 6 police chiefs and 30 police officers.

Malta's management of the police is extremely strict, and it is stipulated that it is not allowed to organize or participate in demonstrations and strikes, and it is not allowed to participate in various assemblies that endanger national security. If the police want to join a society, they can only join the police association and cannot join any other trade unions, associations or federations. The police chief has the right to warn, reprimand, fine and cancel the leave of absence to the police who violate the discipline. If the police are to be dismissed from public office, they must obtain the approval of the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs and report to the Prime Minister.

In 2006, the Internal Affairs Section of the Executive Office received 145 complaints against the police, including 5 cases of dereliction of duty, 22 cases of abuse of power and 40 cases of violation of the Police Act. In this 145 complaint, 69 complaints have been investigated, and the corresponding responsible persons have been given due disciplinary action, and the remaining 76 complaints are still under investigation.

Recruitment and training

In Malta, the Police Academy and the Department of Criminal Justice of the University of Malta are two specialized police training institutions. The former provides police vocational training and the latter provides police academic education.

The Police College is a public institution directly under the State Police General Administration, which is responsible for police training, on-the-job training and promotion training. A Committee composed of 5-9 people exercises collective leadership over the police academy. In addition to the Commissioner of Police and the President of the Police Association, the members of the Committee also include many experts with rich police work experience and scholars in the field of criminal justice. These members are appointed by the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs. In addition, the Minister of Justice and Home Affairs must appoint two people from the Committee to be the dean and the provost of the police academy respectively. The former is responsible for the daily management of the school, while the latter is responsible for the teaching work. The chairman of the Committee is the chief police officer and the chairman of the police association in turn.

To apply for joining the police force, you must meet the following conditions: Maltese nationality, good conduct, 18 years old and not more than 30 years old, good health and normal intelligence, and have successfully completed high school education. To apply to be a sheriff, you need to graduate from college, at least 2 1 year old and not more than 35 years old.

In 2006, after the announcement of police recruitment was issued by the administrative office, 346 people signed up, including 209 men and 37 women/kloc-0. After layers of examination and selection, finally, 103 men and 32 women were recruited as police officers. Subsequently, they received a four-month training at the Police Academy. In training, besides learning theoretical knowledge, first aid, driving skills and live ammunition are all essential contents. After the training, the trainees swear (the oath is as follows: I solemnly swear that I will be loyal to Malta, to the people, to the Constitution, to consciously abide by all laws, regulations, rules and orders, to faithfully perform my duties, to be impartial, to be brave and fearless, and may God bless me. ) become a full member of the police force.

The Police Academy also provides various on-the-job training. Generally speaking, the training content is aimed at specific police groups. In 2006, the Turkish National Police was invited to set up a training course on monitoring technology in Malta Police Academy, and 208 in-service community police in Malta received training on monitoring technology. According to the regulations, all inspectors go to the police academy to receive 1 month legal knowledge training every year. In 2006, the training content was about the amendment of criminal law, and 66 prosecutors participated. In addition, 73 police chiefs and 20 police chiefs participated in the training of procedural law, while the police at Malta International Airport received the training of passport identification technology provided by American instructors.

In 2006, * * * 37 people received promotion training, among which 7 inspectors were promoted to superintendent, 65,438+0 noncommissioned officers were promoted to first-class noncommissioned officers, and 29 first-class noncommissioned officers were promoted to second-class noncommissioned officers. The promotion training lasts for three months and is held at the Police Academy.

The Department of Criminal Justice of the University of Malta is the only police academic education institution in Malta, which provides full-time academic education for police chiefs. The length of study of the police chief in this department is 1 year, in which the first nine months are to study criminology, criminal law, procedural law, police science, evidence law, police psychology, police sociology, investigation technology, police practice, police management, police professional ethics and other theoretical knowledge; In the last three months, they will go to the police academy for internship, mainly as various instructors. After the end of the study, those who pass the examination can be awarded a bachelor's degree in police science. Only after obtaining this degree can the sheriff take the qualification examination for promotion to inspector.