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Article: West Yorkshire chief constable loses pay and pension battle.
- Article from:
- Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
- Article date:
- December 24, 2007
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CHIEF Constable Sir Norman Bettison has lost a battle to receive a police pension alongside his six-figure salary as West Yorkshire's top police officer.
It has been revealed that Sir Norman took legal advice after his former employers - Merseyside Police Authority - stopped paying his pension when he took up the [pounds sterling]150,000-plus post as head of West Yorkshire early this year.
Sir Norman, 51, who is on a five-year contract with West Yorkshire Police, would have ended up receiving almost a quarter of a million pounds a year, had he won his challenge.
His decision to take legal advice was seen as a test case. Sir Norman was the chief ...