Gang Unit Detective Matt Chance today was named the Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigative Services Bureau Investigator of the Year for 2006 for his outstanding work on the notorious MS-13 gang.
Detective Chance’s investigative efforts significantly contributed to this month’s federal grand jury indictment of 13 gang members on charges that they conspired to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise. The indictment alleges that Nashville-based MS-13 members and associates killed three people, attempted to kill at least seven others, and plotted to shoot or kill additional individuals in Nashville during 2006. All of the defendants are now in custody.
“This was a significant criminal case and Nashvillians are safer because of the work of Detective Chance, his colleagues in the Gang Unit, and our federal law enforcement partners,” Chief Ronal Serpas said.
Detective Chance is an eight-year police department veteran.
Chief Ronal Serpas presents the Investigative Services Bureau Investigator of the Year Award to Detective Matt Chance
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