38-8-102 - Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission Creation and composition. - Tennessee Statutes

38-8-102. Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission Creation and composition.

(a)  There is established the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission, referred to in this part as the “commission.”

(b)  (1)  The commission shall consist of:

          (A)  Two (2) police officers below the rank of assistant chief, or equivalent rank;

          (B)  The attorney general and reporter;

          (C)  Two (2) sheriffs and two (2) municipal chiefs of police, who shall be appointed by the governor and serve at the governor's pleasure;

          (D)  Two (2) nonsupervisory police officers;

          (E)  One (1) member of the senate and one (1) member of the house of representatives, who shall be appointed by the respective speakers and who shall be nonvoting members of the commission, to serve for terms of two (2) years;

          (F)  Three (3) citizens who are not connected with law enforcement, one (1) of whom shall be appointed by a resolution of the house of representatives and one (1) of whom shall be appointed by a resolution of the senate and the third shall be appointed by the governor; and

          (G)  Four (4) additional members to be appointed by the governor.

     (2)  The commission shall include at least one (1) person who is of a racial minority.

(c)  The members of the commission shall elect the chair of the commission.

[Acts 1981, ch. 455, § 1; T.C.A., § 38-11-102; Acts 1983, ch. 270, § 2; 1987, ch. 412, §§ 3, 4.]