Cap. 164 Art. 4Objectives.

The main objectives of the Force are:

(a) to preserve public order and peace, to prevent the commission of offences, to promote and enforce the observance of the laws, as a first guarantee of the rights of all persons in Malta, even before action is needed through the judicial system to repress, sanction or remedy any breach;

(b) to respond immediately to any request for the protection and intervention of the law;

(c) to apply the law without discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, language, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status;

(d) to promote the orderly and peaceful coexistence of all persons in Malta, paying due attention not only to private property rights but also to public property;

(e) to seek to protect the environment;

(f) to assist, within reasonable limits, any person seeking the help of a police or other public officer even though the ultimate responsibility to provide such help may not lie with the Force; and

(g) to perform honestly and effectively all those duties assigned to it by this Act or by any other law.