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May of that first year, he decided college wasn’t for him and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. There he became an Infantry Assault- man, specializing in rocket weap- onry and small explosives used by his fellow Marines to gain entry to buildings and other structures.
As a Marine, Chapple had two overseas deployments and spent six-and-a-half years in service through both active and reserve duty. Then, back at home, he took a job with the N.H. State Liquor Commission as an Enforcement Officer. In that role, he worked in many communities in Rocking- ham County and beyond. “That was a really interesting experience. I got to see how law enforcement works while getting to know many towns of all sizes,” said Chapple.
While still part of the Liquor
Commission Enforcement team, he also became a part-time officer for the Sandown Police Depart- ment. It was there he found his passion for small-town community policing.
Encouraged by friends in the Lakes Region, Chapple joined the Northfield Police Department in 2009, serving in that town for eight years. “I wasn’t looking to leave Northfield, but then Bristol reached out to me and asked if I was interested in a patrol sergeant position,” Chapple said, “and I realized it was the perfect makeup of a community that I was looking for.”
The attractions were the small- town community policing prac- tices, the numerous events held in the town, the lake, the forests, and everything that encompasses the Newfound Region.
“I never had the opportunity to work in a community like this, and
I knew this is where I needed to be. This is me!” he said.
Furthermore, his love for law enforcement has inspired him to expand his skills and education in the field. Chapple was a marks- manship instructor in the Ma- rine Corps and is now an Active Shooter Instructor and a Drug Recognition Expert, serving as an instructor in that area.
He also volunteers his time to several causes, including Swim
with a Mission, Police and Fire Explorer programs, peer support groups for veterans and first re- sponders, crisis intervention pro- grams, and the Hidden Battles Foundation.
Chapple can be found at his other job as a mate on a deep-sea fishing boat when not on duty. He enjoys not only fishing for tuna, haddock, and other saltwater fish but checking their lobster traps, too. Other pastimes are hunting,
marksmanship competitions, and trail riding on ATVs.
Most of all, though, he en- joys being with his wife and two daughters and said he is grateful for the two twenty-hour shifts Bristol police officers work each week. The schedule allows him to be with his family more often and gives him time to take part in the other facets of life that are mean- ingful to him.
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