38-8-201 - Creation and purpose. - Tennessee Statutes

38-8-201. Creation and purpose.

(a)  There is created the Jerry F. Agee Tennessee law enforcement training academy, for the purpose of training police and law enforcement officers in the methods of maintaining law enforcement services in state, municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions.

(b)  In addition to attendance by law enforcement officers at the academy, students pursuing a degree with a major in law enforcement or police science in a college or university of this state shall also be eligible for enrollment and training, the same as if they were law enforcement officers in the academy.

(c)  The academy shall also have the authority to provide specialized training to other government or private sector employees whose work impacts public safety, such as court officials, emergency services personnel, process servers, hospital personnel and employees of the criminal justice system. It is the intent of the general assembly that the training be provided at no additional cost to the state. The director of the academy shall have full discretion in scheduling any additional training sessions offered by the academy; provided, that the training of state or local governmental law enforcement employees be given priority over private employee training.

[Acts 1963, ch. 173, § 1; 1969, ch. 144, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 93, § 1; T.C.A., § 38-801; Acts 2006, ch. 659, § 1.]