Police Sergeant Edward Falzon, better known among his colleagues as It-Tenur, is being investigated over the possibility that he breached disciplinary rules contemplated in the Police Act after posting politically loaded messages on Facebook.

In one video-post, now deleted, the police officer described himself as a Labour “soldier of steel” – suldat tal-azzar – while warning against PN “turncoats” who he said joined Labour in droves for opportunistic reasons.

Replying to a number of parliamentary questions on this incident, Home Affairs Minister Michael Farrugia confirmed that the police disciplinary board, set up as an independent body, is investigating the case and will take necessary action if Mr Falzon is found to have breached the rules.

Members of the police force are not supposed to participate in any form of political activity or canvassing.

The police officer described himself as a ‘soldier of steel’ while warning against PN ‘turncoats’

However, Mr Falzon, from Cospicua, continues to compose politically loaded messages, showering with praise Prime Minister Joseph Muscat while deriding members of the Opposition.

Mr Falzon had already made the headlines some years ago when, in 2016, he became the first ever police officer to be reinstated in the force despite having a blue badge issued by the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability, declaring him as having difficulties in walking properly.

Edward Falzon known as It-Tenur.

Mr Falzon had left the police force in 2005 as a police constable.

Following Labour’s return to power in 2013, a grievances board had found he had suffered injustices in the past and ordered him to be reinstated.

After being re-employed as a police officer 11 years after having left the force, Mr Falzon was immediately promoted to the rank of sergeant and given light duties serving at the airport’s VIP section. He had publicly thanked Prime Minster Joseph Muscat for his promotion.

Senior members of the police force could not understand how Mr Falzon could have passed a medical fitness test, an obligatory requisite for reinstated police officers, once he was carrying a blue badge that had been issued to him in 2011.

Mr Falzon had also publicly derided former police commissioner Michael Cassar in another of his social media posts. Mr Falzon was called to re-join the police corps a few years after Mr Cassar had resigned from his post and was replaced by Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar.