ABSTRACT
John Rizzo is the 31st Malta police commissioner to date, heading a force of 1,800 in a country with a population of 400,000 people. He was at the helm during Malta’s transition into the European Union as a member state in 2004 and during further changes when Malta became part of the Eurozone in 2008. This has meant that the small island of 346 square kilometers has had in the space of a few years to reorientate itself from a Mediterranean context to a European and continental outlook, to filter this new mentality into the civil service, and to realign the country’s police culture.
