Methods of Preventing Offenses

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Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice by:

  1. Requiring security to keep the peace; and
  2. Suppressing riots, unlawful assemblies and breaches of the peace.

Code 1858, § 4931; Shan., § 6892; Code 1932, § 11416; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-201.

Cross-References. Registration of persons acting as law enforcement officers, §8-8-221.


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