§ 38-12-102. Purpose — Responsibilities
The purpose of the coordinating council is to increase the awareness and understanding of domestic and family violence and its consequences and to reduce the incidence of domestic and family violence within the state. Domestic violence state coordinating council responsibilities include designing a: Policy for law enforcement and judicial response to domestic violence, to be […]
§ 38-12-103. Membership
The coordinating council shall consist of the following twenty-three (23) members: The commissioner of labor and workforce development, or the commissioner’s designee; The attorney general and reporter, or the attorney general and reporter’s designee; The director of the administrative office of the courts, or the director’s designee; The executive director of the district public defenders […]
§ 38-12-104. Annual Report
The coordinating council shall provide an annual report on its activities to the Tennessee department of finance and administration office of criminal justice programs, the governor, and to the chief clerk of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives.
§ 38-12-105. Funds for Support Services — Reimbursement
The Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence is authorized to use funds from the domestic violence community education fund established by § 36-3-616, to provide necessary support services for the coordinating council. Coordinating council members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of […]
§ 38-10-101. System Established — National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact
The director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation shall establish a system of intrastate communication of vital statistics and information relating to crime, criminals, and criminal activity. Criminal history information shall be made available according to the provisions of the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, codified in § 38-14-101. The general assembly approves and […]
§ 38-10-102. Reports by State and Local Agencies — Report by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Law Enforcement-Related Deaths
All state, county, and municipal law enforcement and correctional agencies, and courts, shall submit to the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation reports setting forth their activities in connection with law enforcement and criminal justice, including uniform crime reports and reports of law enforcement-related deaths. The Tennessee bureau of investigation shall provide to the […]
§ 38-10-103. Uniform Crime Reports — Rules on Form and Content
It is the duty of the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the form, general content, time, and manner of submission of the uniform crime reports required pursuant to § 38-10-102. The rules so adopted and promulgated shall be filed with the secretary of state pursuant […]
§ 38-8-309. Applicability of Part
This part shall apply only to those agencies that now provide a property interest in employment for their police officers and that have no other established procedures for dealing with the dismissal, demotion, suspension or transfer for punitive reasons of police officers.
§ 38-8-310. Political Activity
No law enforcement officer, including any member of the Tennessee highway patrol, shall engage in political activity, support or opposition to any candidate, party or measure in any election when on duty or acting in the officer’s or member’s official capacity. When off duty and acting as a private citizen, no officer, including any member […]
§ 38-8-311. Investigative Record of Officer-Involved Shooting Death
After completion of an investigation into an officer-involved shooting death by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and after the completion of the prosecutorial function by the district attorney general, notwithstanding § 10-7-504 to the contrary, the investigative record of the incident shall become a public record pursuant to title 10, chapter 7. Notwithstanding § 10-7-504, […]