Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
[citation needed] The Blue Lites were a rock and roll musical band whose members worked for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.The department is configured in a decentralized format, providing its precinct commanders with control of their own resources to address issues and crime trends in their areas.Then-Chief of Police Ronal W. Serpas stated that this step up in patrol was intended to send a message that he would not tolerate gang activity in Nashville.[citation needed] In August 2009 Nashville appeared on Season Five Episode 11 (Hunt and Kill) of the TV Show Gangland featuring the street gang, "Brown Pride".[7] Activists disputes that Operation Safer Streets is effective and alleges that the program has disproportionately affected black and brown neighborhoods.