Chris Nelson was elected as Gloucestershire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in May 2021.
After growing up in Leeds, state educated, Chris joined the Army at 18, attending Sandhurst. He retired as a full Colonel, having served operationally in the First Gulf War and on the streets of Northern Ireland. His senior staff roles embraced tri-service programme and resource management, operational equipment requirements, budgets, work force planning, IT, training, recruitment, and estates. He gained two degrees and multiple academic and professional qualifications during his time in the Army.
Following his military service, he had a career in business, helping to provide state of the art training facilities to police forces around the world, finishing off that second career as Vice President International Business Development for a US company in Atlanta, Georgia.
His third career as a politician includes time as a Borough councillor in Cheltenham, Member of the County Police and Crime Panel and Chairman of a very busy parish council. A passionate believer in the virtues of volunteering and public service, he is privileged to have supported his local community whenever an opportunity has presented itself.
As PCC for Gloucestershire, Chris has introduced a zero-tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour; sorted out the budget and secured funding for more than 400 extra police officers/staff; tackled male violence against women and girls; reduced the cost of rural crime; mitigated scam calls; and improved Gloucestershire Constabulary’s 101 service.
If you would like to contact Chris, please email him at
pcc@gloucestershire-pcc.gov.uk.
Please follow Chris on his facebook page to learn more about his work
@ChrisNelsonPCC.
Promoted by Stephanie Chambers on behalf of Chris Nelson both of Gloucestershire Conservatives Unit P2, Innsworth Technology Park, Innsworth Lane, Gloucestershire, GL3 1DL.