A man who applied to attend a course to become a police constable is claiming he was discriminated against when his application was turned down because he had tattoos.

Joseph Zarb filed an application in the First Hall of the Civil Court in its constitutional jurisdiction against the Police Commissioner.

He claimed that on May 17 he had applied to attend a course to be trained as a police constable and passed his interview as well as medical and physical tests.

However, on September 7, he received a letter informing him that his application could not be processed as it did not satisfy policy and that he had incorrectly filled in the section regarding tattoos.

On September 25, he sent a letter to the police notifying them that he felt discriminated against.

But in a reply to the letter he was informed that he had "already been informed that he has to remove tattoos in both arms before being considered for recruitment".

He noted that there were several members of the police force who had tattoos and, therefore, he was being discriminated against.

In light of this, he called on the court to declare that he had been discriminated against and order the police to accept his application for recruitment.

Lawyer David Farrugia Sacco signed the application.

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