By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Brian Truchon, chief of the Operational Support Section in the Criminal investigative Division at FBI headquarters, has been named the special agent in charge of the agency’s Kansas City Division.
Truchon, a native of Illinois, replaces Monte C. Strait, who is retiring.
Truchon entered the FBI academy in 1987 and was first assigned to the Salt Lake City Division, where he investigated white collar crimes and narcotics, the FBI said. In 1991, he went off to the Los Angeles office to work on terrorism and gang investigations.
During that time, as part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, he led the Los Angeles Riots Civil Unrest investigation, the FBI said.
In 1996, he came to FBI headquarters in the Criminal Investigative Division’s Safe Streets and Gang Unit and later went on to Phoenix, and then Portland where he was an assistant special agent in charge. He then returned to headquarters as an inspector in charge and was assigned as the director of the MS-13 National Gang Task Force , the FBI said.
In 2007, the FBI said, he was promoted to chief of the Operational Support Section in the Criminal Investigative Division.
