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Tennessee Code Title 8. Public Officers and Employees § 8-7-231

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference shall certify the entry level of compensation awarded to criminal investigators of the district attorneys general based on prior service credits. Criminal investigators for the district attorneys general shall be entitled to prior service credits as follows:

(1) Any criminal investigator for the district attorney general who has prior experience as a criminal investigator for the district attorneys general or for the district public defenders shall be eligible to receive year-for-year credit upon the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive committee of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference;

(2) The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference may certify prior service credits for prior law enforcement experience and post-secondary education degrees obtained and in no case shall year-for-year credit exceed twelve (12) years.

(b) As used in subsection (a), prior law enforcement experience includes full-time employment with a law enforcement agency during which the employee performed duties typically performed by law enforcement personnel, including exercising arrest powers. An employment record from the law enforcement agency shall be used to establish such law enforcement experience.

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