Mayor Kenneth Carson

With thirty-eight years in law enforcement, Kenneth Carson, is a respected leader and is also an elected official serving as the Mayor of the City of Adairsville for the past 10 years.

Mayor Carson graduated from Cartersville High School and attended Floyd College Police Academy.   In his thirty-eight years of law enforcement he has had the honor of being named Officer of the Year in 2000, and the opportunity to serve as a Drug Task Force Detective, Sergeant (Patrol Division), Major, Commander and currently serves as the Lt. Colonel Operations Officer,  serving as the Assistant Chief in the absence of the Police Chief, and is responsible for overseeing all Supervisors to make sure their officers are carrying out their official duties as police officers.

Mayor Carson was elected in 2014 and has become very involved in leadership positions with the Georgia Municipal Association.   He has invested more than 200 hours of training through the University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government and has successfully completed The Robert E. Knox Municipal Leadership Institute.     Carson currently serves on the GMA Municipal Training Board representing District 1 and is also a member of the GMA Legislative Policy Committee.

Kenneth’s professional and personal accomplishments are many.   As Adairsville’s Mayor – he demonstrates daily the City’s Vision for Adairsville - “Adairsville is where our citizens can safely live, work, play, raise a family and retire in a healthy, clean, and prosperous community.”