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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 38 - PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CRIME (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-14-101)
Chapter 8 - EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF POLICE OFFICERS (§§ 38-8-NEW — 38-8-312)
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 38-8-NEW — 38-8-134)
- Section 38-8-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered]
- Section 38-8-101 - Part definitions
- Section 38-8-102 - Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission - Creation and composition
- Section 38-8-103 - Director - Staff - Expenses of members
- Section 38-8-104 - Powers and duties of commission
- Section 38-8-105 - Minimum standards binding on governmental entities - Penalty for violation
- Section 38-8-106 - Qualifications of police officers
- Section 38-8-107 - Certification of officers - In-service training by employing agency - Decertification check
- Section 38-8-108 - Donations of property or money to commission
- Section 38-8-109 - Stricter qualifications and standards by employing agency
- Section 38-8-110 - Application of chapter
- Section 38-8-111 - In-service training - Cash supplements
- Section 38-8-112 - Courses on use of citations in lieu of arrest - Domestic violence training - Procedures to respond to persons with mental illness
- Section 38-8-113 - Choke holding training
- Section 38-8-114 - Community policing pilot programs
- Section 38-8-115 - Safe Neighborhoods Act of 1998
- Section 38-8-116 - Law enforcement shooting ranges - Methods for retired law enforcement officer to meet annual requirements to carry firearm shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce - Maintenance of a list of approved certified firearms instructors
- Section 38-8-117 - Training in animal and canine behavior
- Section 38-8-118 - Employment of private special deputies for security and law enforcement
- Section 38-8-119 - Training to respond to mentally ill persons
- Section 38-8-120 - School policing
- Section 38-8-121 - Substitution of training in school policing for continuing education hours
- Section 38-8-122 - Substitution of training in courthouse security for continuing education hours
- Section 38-8-123 - Determination of eligibility of retired officer to carry a firearm under federal law
- Section 38-8-124 - Providing false information to POST
- Section 38-8-125 - Government participation in certain voluntary motor vehicle checkpoints and stops prohibited
- Section 38-8-126 - Arrest of officer - Notification requirements - Suspension or revocation
- Section 38-8-127 - Reward for information leading to arrest of any individual responsible for shooting of law enforcement officer in line of duty
- Section 38-8-128 - De-escalation
- Section 38-8-129 - Duty to intervene
- Section 38-8-130 - Shooting at moving vehicles
- Section 38-8-131 - Use of force reporting
- Section 38-8-132 - Training on proper testing procedures for use in investigating cases of suspected driving under the influence
- Section 38-8-133 - Contract for provision of security services at megasite
- Section 38-8-134 - Section definitions - Development of drone policy - Use of drone by qualified officer
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