§ 38-8-301 — Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Committee" means a police advisory and review committee; (2) "Head of a law enforcement agency" means a chief of police of a municipal police force or a county sheriff, as applicable; (3) "Internal affairs unit" means a division of a local law enforcement agency that investigates allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers employed by the agency; (4) "Law enforcement officer" means any person employed by any law enforcement agency of a local government entity, excluding a head of a law enforcement agency, who has a duty imposed by law to: (A) Maintain public order; (B) Make arrests for offenses, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to specific offenses; and (C) Investigate the commission or suspected commission of offenses; (5) "Local governing body" means the city council, city commission, county commission, metropolitan council, or board of mayor and aldermen of a city; (6) "Local government entity" means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government in this state; (7) "Local law enforcement agency" means: (A) Within the territory of a municipality, the municipal police force; (B) Within the territory of a county having a metropolitan form of government, the metropolitan police force; or (C) Within the unincorporated territory of a county, the sheriff's office; and (8) "Mayor" means the officer vested by either the city or county charter or general law with the executive powers of a local government entity.

Legislative History

Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 454, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023. Acts 1989, ch. 398, § 1.