title: Darryl Preston
text: # Darryl Preston
  
  Darryl Preston is a British Conservative Party politician and former police officer, who currently serves as the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
  
  ## Career
  
  Preston joined the Metropolitan Police in 1983, before transferring in 1998 to the Cambridgeshire Constabulary, where he served until retirement in 2017. He then became a senior official of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.
  
  ## Police and Crime Commissioner
  
  Preston was elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire in 2021.
  
  