2019 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 3 - Supreme Court
Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts
§ 16-3-817. Goals of the integrated criminal justice system.
- Any integrated criminal justice system developed through the facilitation of the committee shall:
(1) Increase public safety and improve national security;
(2) Minimize the threat and risk of injury to specific individuals;
(3) Minimize the threat and risk of injury to law enforcement and other first responder personnel;
(4) Minimize the threat and risk of damage to real or personal property;
(5) Protect individual civil rights, civil liberties, privacy rights and other protected interests;
(6) Protect the integrity of the criminal investigatory, criminal intelligence and justice system processes and information;
(7) Minimize reluctance of individuals or groups to use or cooperate with the justice system;
(8) Support the role of the justice system in society;
(9) Promote governmental legitimacy and accountability;
(10) Not unduly burden the ongoing business of the justice system; and
(11) Make the most effective use of public resources allocated to justice agencies.
