Description
The Tennessee Criminal Code. Translated for the Field.
The Tennessee Criminal Code, rewritten for the officers who actually use it — so you can charge the right law, the right way, on every call.
You didn’t sign up to be an attorney. You signed up to do the job.
But the criminal code wasn’t written for the officer on the street. It was written by lawyers, for lawyers — paragraphs deep in cross-references, archaic phrasing, and definitions buried six clicks away from the offense itself. Mid-shift, in the dark, on a domestic call — that’s not the time to be decoding legislative grammar.
Simplified Statutes: Tennessee Laws Made Easy fixes that.
Written by Anthony Bandiero — attorney, retired police officer, and trainer to thousands of cops nationwide — this book breaks the Tennessee Criminal Code down to the only two things that matter when you’re standing on a scene:
- The elements you need to prove the crime — laid out clean, in order, no fluff.
- The purpose of the law — so the second you read it, you know whether it actually applies.
That second piece is the difference between a charge that sticks and a charge the prosecutor kicks back Monday morning. When you know why a statute exists, you know whether you’re charging the right one. The first time. The next time. And every time after that.
What’s inside
- Every major offense in the Tennessee Criminal Code, simplified
- Elements broken out as a checklist you can lift straight into your report
- A “Purpose” callout on every law — so you know its lane before you key the mic
- Definitions translated into the language officers actually use
- Updated for current law
Built to ride in your patrol bag. Built to live on your FTO’s desk. Built so the rookie in their first year and the sergeant in their twentieth both reach for the same book.
You don’t get a do-over on the charge
You don’t get to rewrite the probable-cause statement after the DA reads it. You don’t get to un-file the report. The officers who make a career out of this job are the ones who get the call right the first time — and right every time after.
That’s what this book is built for.
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Simplified Statutes: Tennessee Laws Made Easy.
Because the law shouldn’t be the hardest part of the call.
A SAMPLE OF THE BOOK FROM A PUBLISHED STATE
The next few pages are a sample. Use them to see how Simplified Statutes is built.
Every offense in the full edition is laid out the same way you’re about to see.
Flip through. Then decide.
