Back the Blue Act Goes into Effect

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, KIP CAPLEY, CELEBRATED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN DISTRICT 71 AND ACROSS TENNESSEE THIS WEEK AS THE BACK THE BLUE ACT TOOK EFFECT.

THE NEW LAW SPONSORED BY CAPLEY, WENT INTO EFFECT MONDAY AND WILL ENHANCE PROTECTIONS FOR POLICE BY INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULT AGAINST A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FROM A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR TO A CLASS E FELONY PUNISHABLE BY A MANDATORY MINIMUM 60-DAY SENTENCE AND A $10,000 FINE.

ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, THERE WERE 1,603 SIMPLE ASSAULTS ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LAST YEAR IN TENNESSEE. ASSAULT INCLUDES KNOWINGLY CAUSING BODILY INJURY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSING OFFENSIVE PHYSICAL CONTACT,

INCLUDING SPITTING, THROWING OR TRANSFERRING BODILY FLUIDS, HUMAN PATHOGENS OR WASTE ONTO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.  STATE REP. KIP CAPLEY REPRESENTS HOUSE DISTRICT 71, WHICH INCLUDES WAYNE COUNTY AND PART OF HARDIN, LAWRENCE AND MAURY COUNTIES.