An MP is seeking a meeting with the Home Secretary over a chief constable's decision to use photographs of a decapitated motorcyclist to emphasise his road safety message.
North Wales Police Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom showed the images of 40-year-old Mark Gibney, who died in 2003, during a private meeting with journalists on Thursday.
One showed Mr Gibney's head, still in its helmet, on a grass verge. The other showed his headless torso.
Mr Gibney, of Liverpool, was not named during the presentation but details of his distinctive T-shirt, which bore an anti-police message, were given.
The T-shirt received widespread publicity during Mr Gibney's inquest, and effectively identified him to the audience.
North Wales Police did not tell the dead man's family of the plans to use the pictures.
His partner Eileen Burke told the Liverpool Echo: "We should have been asked. We are trying to put this behind us. His death should not be dragged up again."
Bob Wareing, Labour MP for the West Derby area of Liverpool, where Mr Gibney lived, said he planned to raise the issue with the Home Secretary.
"I believe that Mr Brunstrom deserves to be reprimanded, at the least. It mystifies me how someone who seems to have so little common sense can be in such an exalted position," he said.
The force did not release the pictures for publication, and banned filming and photography when they were shown during the meeting. Mr Brunstrom said they were shown to give journalists the context of his campaign against speeding motorists.
