Peeved police squabble after revoked officer award

The revocation of a policeman’s Officer of the Year award, after it emerged he had a history of domestic violence, has sparked other officers to seek the recognition. Times of Malta is informed that after the award was withdrawn last week, the police authorities received claims from officers insisting that they too had committed heroic acts that remained unrecognised. The police also launched an internal investigation after one of the officers who expected to be rewarded put up a Facebook post saying the award was granted on grounds of favouritism. The decision to revoke the award was taken after the Times of Malta asked the Home Affairs Minister and the police force whether it was aware of the recipient’s background. PC Saviour Chircop was presented with the Officer of the Year award a fortnight ago after he disarmed a knife-wielding man who was attacking a pensioner. At the time, the officer was off duty. Read: Off-duty policeman who disarmed man named Officer of the Year However, it transpired that PC Chircop had appeared in court twice, charged with domestic violence. In both instances, the proceedings came to a sudden halt when his wife informed the magistrate she was not...