CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Cheatham County constable, sworn to uphold the law, was taken into custody Thursday morning.
Armed with a warrant, the Ashland City Police Department made contact with 48-year-old Jack Sanders Jr. on Thursday, May 15 in the courthouse, where he was in court on other charges related to a violation of an order of protection against him. From there, he was walked down the hallway into the county jail.
According to the Tennessee Constables’ Association, “Constables are citizen elected, sworn, bonded, conservators of the peace and are vested with all the power and authority belonging to the office of Constable by Common Law. Constables have full powers of arrest under Tennessee Code Annotated Title 8, Chapter 10. They are charged with keeping the peace and with the enforcement of the laws of the state, county, and its cities.”
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The association’s website lists Sanders as the constable for District 2 in Cheatham County since 2022. However, an executive officer for the Tennessee Constables’ Association said Sanders was not an active member of the organization…