Star-studded lineup includes John Ford Coley, Andy Griggs, Michelle Wright, John Conlee, Marty Raybon, Terry McBride, T. Graham Brown, Ronnie McDowell, and David Frizzell Country music artists have always been supportive of law enforcement and community charities...
Thanks to the benefit concert held in May, LEAP created the Jeff Carson Memorial Scholarship. This year they will be awarding FOUR scholarships with these funds. This scholarship will go to the student with the highest GPA each year. Dayton Carson, was the first...
Franklin’s police officers have a new tool to beat the summer heat. The Franklin Police Department’s Law Enforcement Assistance Partnership (LEAP) has purchased patrol officers a unique device called CoolCop. One end of a hose connects to an AC vent in...
Pictured L-R: Josh Bleidt, Event Producer and Jeff Carson manager; Barrett Hobbs, Nashville Palace owner; Diane Wilhoit, President of LEAP (Law Enforcement Assistance Partnership); Kim Carson, widow of Jeff Carson; Dayton Carson (Jeff’s son); and Justin Ward, CEO of...
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — A concert in memory of country artist and Franklin Police Department officer Jeff Carson will now go to benefit a department program for officers in need. Carson, 58, died of a heart attack in late March.The benefit concert — happening May 10...
Jeff Carson, the country music hitmaker and Franklin police officer who died March 26 after an apparent heart attack, will be honored with a concert May 10 at the Nashville Palace. A Music Memorial for Jeff Carson will include musical acts Michael Ray, Lee Greenwood,...
