As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Complaining witness” means a person who signs a criminal complaint; “Custody” means under arrest by a law enforcement officer or under restraint by a public servant pursuant to an order of a court; “Escape” means unauthorized departure from custody or failure to return to custody […]
It is an offense for a person to intentionally prevent or obstruct anyone known to the person to be a law enforcement officer, or anyone acting in a law enforcement officer’s presence and at the officer’s direction, from effecting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search of any person, including the defendant, by using force […]
Except as provided in subsection (b), it is unlawful for any person to intentionally conceal themselves or flee by any means of locomotion from anyone the person knows to be a law enforcement officer if the person: Knows the officer is attempting to arrest the person; or Has been arrested. It is a defense to […]
It is unlawful for any person to solicit, accept or agree to accept any benefit in consideration of refraining from reporting to a law enforcement officer the commission or suspected commission of an offense. It is unlawful for a complaining witness to solicit, accept or agree to accept any benefit in consideration of abstaining from, […]
It is an offense for any lawfully confined person arrested for, charged with, or found guilty of a civil or criminal offense to escape from a penal institution, as defined in § 39-16-601. A person commits the offense of escape who is in the lawful custody of a law enforcement officer and knowingly escapes the […]
Whenever a person convicted of a felony escapes from the custody of a penal institution, the appropriate warden, departmental official or law enforcement official responsible for the custody of the person shall immediately report the escape to the following persons: Commissioner of correction; Commissioner of safety; Director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation; The district […]
An official or employee of any penal institution that is responsible for maintaining persons in custody commits an offense who intentionally, knowingly or recklessly permits or facilitates the escape of a person in custody. It is unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly permit or facilitate the escape of a person in custody. Permitting […]
It is unlawful for any person, with intent to facilitate escape, to introduce into a penal institution, or provide an inmate with, anything that may be useful for the inmate’s escape. A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly fail to appear as directed by a lawful authority if the person: Has been lawfully issued a criminal summons pursuant to § 40-6-215; Has been lawfully commanded to appear for booking and processing pursuant to a criminal summons issued in accordance with § 40-6-215; Has been lawfully […]
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Radar jamming device” means any active or passive device, instrument, mechanism, or equipment that is designed or intended to interfere with, disrupt, or scramble the radar or laser that is used by law enforcement agencies and officers to measure the speed of motor vehicles; “Radar […]
