TVA cops use TN statute to harass Highway 153, other travelers

Tennessee law appears to allow for TVA officers to enforce Tennessee commercial and criminal statutes against people along the highways and byways of Hamilton or any other of the state’s 94 counties. By David Tulis / Noogaradio 1240 AM 92.7 FM The officers are charged with protecting TVA investments and assets, but are liberally construing the Tennessee statute to give them new work in traffic enforcement. They have authority “to make arrests for public offenses committed against TVA officials or employees or committed upon, about, or against TVA property or on public roads or rights-of-way passing through or over such property.” … Continue reading TVA cops use TN statute to harass Highway 153, other travelers