Neil Chaudhary and his wife Jennifer and lived in Newtown for over 16 years where they are raising their son (age 13) and daughter (age 11). Neil holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology and uses his education to combat death and injury on America’s roads. This expertise also lends itself ideally to the position he is seeking on—police commission—Newtown’s traffic authority. In addition to being among the nation’s top behavioral traffic safety researchers and traffic safety law enforcement experts, Dr. Chaudhary has served on the Legislative Council for 5 years. He spent 2 years as Vice-chairman of the council and has served on the ordinance committee, as chairman of the education committee, on the finance committee, and as the council’s liaison to the Public Safety Committee overseeing the town interests related to Garner Prison. Neil continues his membership on the public safety committee alongside the Newtown Chief of Police, the First Selectman and others.

Neil also volunteers on Newtown’s Community Emergency Response Team and has served on the Town’s Tickborne Disease Action Committee. He is also a member of the Connecticut’s DUI task force, Connecticut’s Novice Teen Driver Safety Committee and other State and National committees where he serves with law enforcement and other top members of the field. Dr. Chaudhary has been invited speak to law enforcement in Connecticut, nationally and internationally to provide feed back on effective strategies to safeguard motorists on our roadways.

Learn more about Neil by visiting his face book at: https://www.facebook.com/neilfornewtown/