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Section 38-8-113 - Choke holding training

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Use of a choke hold, with or without the use of a police baton, must be taught to candidates at state law enforcement training facilities as a method of restraint to be used only if the officer reasonably believes that deadly force is authorized pursuant to § 39-11-620.Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 489, s 3, eff. 5/18/2021.Acts 1994, ch. 893, § 1.