Methods of preventing offenses

Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-3-101, under Public Officers Preventing Commission of Offenses.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-3-101

(1) 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.

(1) Requiring security to keep the peace; and

(2) Suppressing riots, unlawful assemblies and breaches of the peace.