As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Committee” means a police advisory and review committee;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 38-8-301

  • Committee: means a police advisory and review committee. See Tennessee Code 38-8-301
  • Head of a law enforcement agency: means a chief of police of a municipal police force or a county sheriff, as applicable. See Tennessee Code 38-8-301
  • Local government entity: means any city, town, municipality, county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government in this state. See Tennessee Code 38-8-301
  • Local law enforcement agency: means :
    (A) Within the territory of a municipality, the municipal police force. See Tennessee Code 38-8-301
  • Mayor: means the officer vested by either the city or county charter or general law with the executive powers of a local government entity. See Tennessee Code 38-8-301
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(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.
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