TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Apr 20, 2021

The Tennessee Senate, in an act of substantive bipartisanship, yesterday voted unanimously in favor of police use-of-force reforms, the Nashville Post reports. The proposed law would ban chokeholds unless an officer believed deadly force was authorized, require the teaching of chokeholds at training academies, require law enforcement agencies to develop de-escalation policies, require other officers to intervene in cases of excessive force, prohibit firing at moving vehicles unless the officer believes deadly force is authorized and prohibit the issuance of no-knock warrants. Senate Bill 1380/House Bill 1406 sponsored by Sen. Mike Bell, R-Riceville, and co-sponsored by some Democrats, will tomorrow be considered by House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.