Nick Gargan

Nick Gargan
Born	Nick Gargan
Nationality	British
Occupation	Strategic Consultant
Known for	Former Chief Constable, Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Chief Executive National Policing Improvement Agency
Spouse(s)	Divorced
Children	2

Nick Gargan, QPM is a former Chief Constable in England, who now runs his own consultancy company, Nick Gargan Consulting.

He was appointed Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in March 2013, and immediately embarked upon an ambitious, and (in some quarters) controversial programme of reform. In May 2014 he was suspended because of allegations made by a third-party whistleblower of inappropriate behaviour towards female officers and/or staff. A protracted investigation by the IPCC found no evidence to support the original allegations, and at the ensuing disciplinary hearing the panel recommended that he be reinstated. Following the intervention of the Police and Crime Commissioner, he resigned from his post in October 2015. A BBC profile from October 2015 provides a succinct summary of his policing career, and its denouement.

Gargan studied French and politics at the University of Leicester.

Gargan joined the Leicestershire Police in 1988 under the Graduate Entry Scheme. In the 1990s he was seconded to Interpol and the British embassy in Paris, where he worked on the investigation into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1995 he was seconded to the National Criminal Intelligence Service. He returned to Leicestershire in 1998 after being sent back to the UK from Paris following an extra-marital affair. He later became a Chief Superintendent before transferring to the Thames Valley Police in 2006.

Gargan moved to the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) in early 2010, as Chief Executive and Chief Constable, where he oversaw the transfer of its functions into other policing bodies before its disestablishment. Gargan was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the New Year's Honours List 2012.

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