Sir Norman Bettison, Wikipedia And Celebrity Policing
SIR Norman Bettison has been described as a “greedy, vain moron”. The Mail says Bettison is favourite to succeed Sir Ian Blair as head of the Met.
As such, he may be ideally suited to the job.
But Police Review magazine says the 52-year-old chief constable of West Yorkshire is unimpressed with his Wikipedia entry, which you have already seen.
The Mail reports that “image-conscious” Sir Norman has instructed staff to make sure his Wikipedia entry is not sabotaged.
A look at the page brings up the following message:
Editing of this article by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until March 14, 2008 (UTC) due to vandalism.
Were you in the area? Did you see anything suspicious. Call Mr Bettison. Unfavourable reports may be treated in the strictest secrecy and edited.
That aforesaid appraisal of Sir Norman has been erased from his online biography. A user has deleted references to Sir Norman as “a pioneer of neighbourhood policing”, saying the article had become nothing more than a “PR piece written by the chief”.
Says an insider: “He called a meeting and said he was sick and tired of people changing his Wikipedia page. He insisted staff regularly log on to see if the entry has been changed - and make sure the words he wants are put back on as soon as possible.”
Sir Norman appears very interested in his image and keen to make the biography an autobiography.
Anorak would, accordingly, like to support Sir Norman’s appointment as Chief Constable of the Met, the UK’s premier celebrity police force.
Such an event would afford Sir Norman the chance to meet with other leading lights and discuss image issues, image rights and the media as he nicks his fellwo celebrities for drugs, drink and disorderly conduct…
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March 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Why is anyone surprised that Norman is using police time to edit his wikipedia page?
In 1998 in the House of Commons Maria Eagle MP accused him of being part of a “black propaganda campaign which aimed to deflect the blame for what had happened on to any one other than themselves.” It is a pretty serious situation if you get named in Parliament as a cop, and accused of skulduggery. His vanity and craftyness are legendary in any force he has served in.
Old habits die hard clearly.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
He’s just a silly old bugger really.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Omigod, are they cloning her????
She looks unreal enough already to be a zapped-out artist’s representation of what a female should look like, don’t tell me the meth-lab scientists have turned their hands to putting things together on petrie dishes now?
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Sounds like a good choice for adding to the climate of fear that we get what we deserve.
I know nothing about this character, beyond his passion for the right, high profile image, which has a common purpose with others who pined for the limelight.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:22 am
Which Beckham woman? ?
There’s a team - with subs bench.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
How can he be vain? His tache is wonky, his left ear seems way out of proportion with his right one and that hat just doesn’t suit.
If he gets the job, will there be expenses allowed for airbrushing of pics and maybe a personal stylist? If there are, I think the Beckham woman is looking for a new job.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
He has ransacked his own dignity in a way no wikipedia page ever could have, and now looks like a total plonker.
This the same guy who when he was appointed chief constable compared terrorism to being like ‘waiting for Jaws 2′. Isn’t he just a harmless pratt?
Why is anyone taking him seriously, let alone thinking of him, for the Met Commissioner’s job?
March 1st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hilarious - he tries to prvent himself being exposed as a greedy, vain moron and somehow manages to have himself exposed across newspapers as someone obsessed with money and his image who thinks police time should be wasted on his wikipedia page - er, a greedy vain moron surely?
March 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pm
He’ll fit right in at the Met. An ideal man to head up sleaze allegations from Westminster and the City.
A man with experience, a depth of personal knowledge. A rat (catcher) turned Grand Ol’ Dupe Of York.
Leave the literals: a senior West Yorkshire minion above Chief Super. rank will be along in just a minute or two to proof read and change it all.