Gunnar Foss

Chief Foss was raised in Nottingham and attended Nottingham Elementary and Dover High School.  He served in the United States Army Military Police Corps from 1966 to 1969.  He spent 15 years in Newport, RI, working in Research and Development for the Trident Submarine.  He returned to Nottingham in 1988, became a part-time officer, and attended the 95th Police Academy in 1991 to become a full-time police officer.  He was promoted to Chief of Police on January 1, 2008.  Chief Foss retired from the Nottingham Police Department effective December 31, 2020.  We wish him well!