§ 38-8-311 — Investigative record of officer-involved shooting death

(a) 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 , the district attorney general may disclose all or part of the investigative record to the public prior to the record becoming a public record as provided in this section. (b) For purposes of this section, "officer-involved shooting death" means a death that results from a shooting by a law enforcement officer that occurs while the officer is on-duty or is off-duty while performing activities that are within the scope of the law enforcement officer's duties.

Legislative History

Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 277,s 1, eff. 5/4/2017.