The Malta Police Association has complained that the police administration has rejected its call for payment for the extra hours performed by officers during the Valletta Summit and CHOGM in November.

The association said that at the time of those two events, the impression had been given by the organisers and the police administration that the officers would be paid for their extra hours. Yet now, request for payment for those extra hours had been turned down.

The MPA pointed out that officers are not paid for for the extra hours they work every day, but are given  'miserable compensation' of 10% of their monthly salary.

But apart from the usual extra hours, there were officers who during the summit meetings worked more than 150 extra hours, or in excess of 75% of normal hours. 

The association said it could not understand how the members of the organsing task force said there were funds to cover the extra hours, yet the request for payment had been rejected by the police administration.

The Minister for Home Affairs had been asked about the situation, but had given no reply.

This, the association said, was disheartening for the officers, who had worked hard for their country. It said it was prepared to take action to safeguard the interests of the police.