The police watchdog has received a referral from West Yorkshire Police Authority over the alleged conduct of its chief constable in the aftermath of the Hillsborough tragedy.
Sir Norman Bettison was an off-duty inspector with South Yorkshire Police at the football game in 1989 and took part in an internal inquiry afterwards.
He has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The IPCC said it was conducting a "detailed assessment" of the referral.
The watchdog said it had received the referral following complaints from members of the public about Sir Norman allegedly being "involved in the production and supply of misleading information for the various inquiries that have been undertaken into the Hillsborough disaster".
It said a second element of the referral related to a statement he made last week, following the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, in which he said the Liverpool fans' behaviour made policing at the tragedy "harder than it needed to be".
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19652747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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