As compared there is a principle of fixed and official jurisdictional areas, which are ordered by laws and regulations as seen in the examples, related below.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is responsible for highway safety on all the Interstate systems and state highways and in some cases all county maintained roads all throughout the state of Tennessee. There are over eight hundred (800) commissioned positions, within the THP across the entire state of Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is located at Wm. R. Snodgrass …show more content…
Tennessee Code Annotated 4-7-101 created the THP. Members of the THP enforce all duties set forth by statute, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles laws, investigate traffic crashes, provide assistance to motorists, and assist other law enforcement agencies upon request in unusual situations. In addition, THP is responsible for the enforcement of all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the safe operation of commercial vehicles on the roads and highways of Tennessee, including enforcement of licensing, fuel tax, and insurance laws applying to interstate motor carriers. Major commercial vehicle enforcement activities include inspecting commercial vehicles and driver logs, patrolling highways with a focus on truck traffic violations, and weighing commercial vehicles both at Interstate Inspection Stations and with portable scales along the highways” ("Organization and Administration," 2015, p. …show more content…
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The headquarters of the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is located at 1150 Foster Ave. Nashville TN 37243, is a separate subdivision from main headquarters, which is located in downtown Nashville. THP headquarters, contains it’s own specialized management staff that is separate in part from the main office, in addition files are self contained for the various functions of the department. The management of the office follows a given set of rules and regulations that are governed by the Department of Safety and the Department of Human