Former police chief Sir Norman Bettison has been referred to the police watchdog over claims officers tried to smear Stephen Lawrence's family.
West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson said he had "significant concerns" about Sir Norman's conduct when he was Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police in 1998.
He said documents had emerged relating to Sir Norman's involvement in the Macpherson inquiry - a probe of the Metropolitan Police's investigation into the teenager's murder.
The documents refer to Sir Norman "commissioning a report to be prepared in respect of a key witness" at the inquiry.
"This may suggest an attempt to intervene in the course of a public inquiry and influence the manner in which the testimony of a witness, who was due to present evidence before it, was received," Mr Burns-Williamson said.
Stephen Lawrence was murdered in 1993 He went on: "This is a matter which needs to be thoroughly investigated and, if wrongdoing is demonstrated, those responsible must face the consequences of their actions.
"Doreen Lawrence (Stephen's mother) and her family need their treatment by the police service reviewed independently and this must be done as a matter of urgency.
"I am sure the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will do the same for these separate issues of concern indicating possible corrupt practices in the later period around the Macpherson Inquiry."
It comes days after Ms Lawrence met Britain's top policeman, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, over claims by a former undercover officer that the Lawrence family were subjected to a "smear" campaign shortly after the 18-year-old's killing in Eltham, southeast London, in a racist attack.
The officer, Peter Francis, said his superiors wanted him to find "dirt" that could be used against the Lawrences.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has also started a Lawrence investigation after claims the force's Special Branch sent a memo in August 1998 to all divisions seeking information on "groups or individuals" expected to attend the Manchester-based Macpherson inquiry.
GMP referred itself to the IPCC over the matter.
Home Secretary Theresa May, who has met with Ms Lawrence, said earlier this week that the claims could be examined by two existing inquiries - a police probe into the activities of undercover officers and another led by Mark Ellison QC into allegations of corruption in the original investigation into Mr Lawrence's murder.
But Ms Lawrence said she did not trust the existing police-led investigation into undercover officers and expressed shock that her family was targeted.
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