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Martin Surl is the Independent Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner. He is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. As a former senior police officer, he worked in policing and crime reduction across the county and in other parts of the UK for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), which is now the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). For more than 10 years Martin worked with Estonia to help it modernise its police service and develop its crime reduction partnerships. I was an advisor to the European Union and advised the Estonian Government on how it should prepare for EU membership in the field of crime reduction, cross government communications and partnership working and was awarded the Order of Merit for introducing child protection measures to that country. Martin also held the position of Chief of Staff for ACPO TAM – Terrorist and Allied Matters - to co-ordinate the building of the UKs police counter terrorism network.