Sgt. Michael Hotz has served with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) since 2010. He began his career in the North Precinct Patrol, including assignments with the North Precinct Flex Team, North Precinct Crime Suppression Unit, and the Specialized Investigations Division Narcotics Unit. Sgt. Hotz was promoted to sergeant in 2016 and assigned to the Central Precinct Patrol, then the Hermitage Precinct Patrol. He was then selected to supervise the Hermitage Precinct’s Crime Suppression Unit, and later chosen to lead the Specialized Investigations Division Major Case Task Force. In 2019 he was tasked with building a unit from the ground up to investigate drug overdose deaths. The MNPD Overdose Unit, is where he currently serves. He is a certified expert witness in undercover operations, nuisance abatements, and methamphetamine labs.
Prior to joining the MNPD, he served as a Rifle Team Leader Sergeant in the United States Army Infantry. He was deployed to combat twice, once in Afghanistan and then to Iraq. Mike received the Purple Heart Medal for injuries sustained in combat. While in Afghanistan, his unit intercepted thousands of tons of black tar heroin bound for distribution throughout the world.
Mike earned an associate’s degree in Photojournalism from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and a bachelor’s degree in Photography from Thomas Edison State University.
