Nick Gargan was appointed Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Constabulary in March 2013, and immediately embarked upon an ambitious, and controversial programme of reform.
15 Facts About Nick Gargan
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Nick Gargan joined Leicestershire Police in 1988 under the Graduate Entry Scheme, before transferring to Thames Valley Police in 2006.
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Nick Gargan moved to the National Policing Improvement Agency in early 2010 as Deputy Chief Executive, and became Acting Chief Executive and Acting Chief Constable when Chief Constable Peter Neyroud began a Home Office project in September 2010.
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Nick Gargan oversaw the transfer of its functions into other policing bodies before its disestablishment.
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Nick Gargan was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the New Year's Honours List 2012.
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Nick Gargan was forced to return the Honour in 2017 for bringing the police service into disrepute.
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Nick Gargan was appointed as Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary in March 2013, following the retirement of Colin Port.
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In mid-May 2014, Nick Gargan was suspended by Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens, as a result of allegations of 'inappropriate behaviour towards female officers and staff'.
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On 9 July 2015, Nick Gargan was found guilty of eight counts of misconduct, none of which related to the original allegations.
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However, there was vocal local resistance to the idea of Nick Gargan returning to work: the Police Federation of England and Wales issued a statement questioning whether the public could have "confidence in his leadership" following the guilty findings of the misconduct case, and a petition was set up campaigning for his resignation.
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Ultimately, it was felt that the duration of Nick Gargan's suspension made his position untenable.
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On 16 October 2015, Nick Gargan resigned from Avon and Somerset Constabulary.
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Nick Gargan was awarded three months' salary in lieu of notice.
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Nick Gargan took up a four-month contract with the global security company G4S in December 2015, as a programme director in its justice health division.
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Nick Gargan was stripped of his Queen's Police Medal in 2017 by the Honours Forfeiture Committee for disreputable conduct.