Honours
Bettison was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University in 2004. In the Millennium New Year's Honours list, he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal, and was knighted in 2006.
Liverpool John Moores University came under pressure to rescind Bettison's fellowship, following the publication of the report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel. The University responded that the requests were being treated with the 'utmost seriousness' but that it would be 'prejudicial' to IPCC investigation to make a decision before the outcome of that investigation was known. On 9 April 2013, LJMU announced they were withdrawing the honorary fellowship granted to Bettison.
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