“The Office of the Sheriff is unique and provides many opportunities to touch people’s lives in a positive manner. I look forward to serving the citizens of Hillsborough County and providing fair, compassionate and impartial law enforcement services to the community as your Sheriff.”

With over thirty years of varied law enforcement experience I am uniquely suited to serve as the Hillsborough County Sheriff. I have command level experience having served as a Police Chief and Chief Deputy Sheriff. My experience with local and county government operations, management and budgeting provides me with unique insight into the duties and responsibilities of serving as Sheriff. I am a proven law enforcement leader with a reputation for assisting in the development of highly motivated, professional law enforcement officers and public safety personnel. I believe that it is imperative to be a good steward of tax dollars and to always operate in a fiscally responsible manner while striving to provide the highest level of law enforcement services to the citizens of Hillsborough County. I am proud to have received the endorsements of retired Sheriff Walter Morse and Sheriff James Hardy. Each has worked to improve the professionalism and efficiency of the Sheriff’s Office and I will continue these efforts.

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SERVICE

CHRIS’ RECORD OF SERVICE

  • Former police chief and former Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy
  • Experienced full time certified police officer; graduate of the 81st NH Police Academy with over three decades of service including extensive command level experience
  • Master of Public Administration Degree; Bachelor of Science Degree in Organizational Management
  • Experience with local and county government operations, management and budgeting
  • Proven track record of being a fiscally responsible steward of taxpayers’ dollars
  • Strong leader with motivational management style and a reputation for assisting in the development of highly motivated, professional law enforcement officers and public safety personnel
  • Proven ability to build and maintain coalitions with various local, county, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies
  • Extensive experience in law enforcement policy development and implementation; professional standards oversight and reporting requirements
Chief Deputy Connelly at his desk in the Sheriff’s Office

 

Drew Connelly pins his dad’s new Goffstown Sergeants badge on him while his wife Joanne looks on.

LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE

  • Chief Deputy Sheriff, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
  • Chief of Police, Dunbarton Police Department
  • Sergeant/Detective/Field Training Officer/Evidence Officer/Patrol Officer, Goffstown Police Department
  • Sergeant/Deputy Sheriff, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
  • Contract Guard, United States Marshal’s Service, District of New Hampshire

 

Community Engagement and Interests

  • Goffstown Rotary Club, past executive board member
  • Dunbarton Police Association founding member and former executive board member
  • Goffstown Police Association life member and four term executive board member and past president
  • Hillsborough County Law Enforcement Association
  • New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police life member
  • Honor Flight New England Chapter, former executive board member
  • Easter Seals of New Hampshire, Autism Network, Chatter Cup Hockey Tournament volunteer
  • Pointers Fish and Game Club
  • Purgatory Falls Fish and Game Club.

 

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