71-5-2507 - Enforcement by law enforcement officers. - Tennessee Statutes

71-5-2507. Enforcement by law enforcement officers.

(a)  The staff of the office of inspector general may include law enforcement officers, as defined in § 39-11-106(21) and qualified as defined in § 38-8-106, who have successfully completed a training course approved by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission, including surveillance training.

(b)  Any duly authorized law enforcement officer who has been specifically designated by the inspector general to enforce the provisions of this part is authorized and empowered to go armed while on active duty engaged in enforcing the provisions of this part. Any such person is also authorized and empowered to execute search warrants and do all acts incident thereto in the same manner as search warrants may be executed by sheriffs and other peace officers.

[Acts 2004, ch. 673, § 20; 2005, ch. 474, § 8.]