JAKARTA, Indonesia – First, Indonesian police were angry about a young cop's YouTube lip-synching antics. Then, they championed him for softening the image of an unloved force. Now, after he put stardom over police duty, Norman Kamaru has been fired.

"Who does he think he is?" a clearly frustrated police spokeswoman, Lieutenant colonel Lisma Dunggio, said Wednesday from his hometown. "What made him famous was his uniform."

In this photo taken April 12, 2011, former police officer Norman Kamaru, centre, dances with a fan

But the 26-year-old Kamaru told reporters he wanted to give singing a real shot. And he wasn't afraid of failure.