A mobile police station in Marsascala was inaugurated this afternoon by Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia.

The police said the facility (a converted mobile home) would beef up its presence in this locality.

Dr Mallia said that another mobile police station would be set up in Paceville. He also announced that district police would soon have a fleet of electric motorbikes.

The minister expressed concern over an increase in assaults on police officers in the Marsascala district, but noted that theft was on the decline.

Asked whether he would publish the findings of two inquiries, one dealing with the Inspector Elton Taliana case, and the other into how former commissioner Peter Paul Zammit  had dropped charges against a man who allegedly assaulted four police officers, Dr Mallia said that he was still analysing the report conclusions.

The Taliana inquiry was concluded a year ago, whereas the other probe was concluded at the end of July.

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