Section 38-3-101 - Methods of preventing offenses

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.Code 1858, § 4931; Shan., § 6892; Code 1932, § 11416; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 38-201.