38-1-502 - Part definitions.
38-1-502. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Law enforcement agency means the sheriff's office of any county, the police department of any city or municipality, or the Tennessee highway patrol;
(2) Law enforcement officer means a sworn officer of a law enforcement agency; and
(3) Racial profiling means the detention, interdiction or other disparate treatment of an individual solely on the basis of their actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin or religion.
[Acts 2008, ch. 977, § 2.]