Friends of Police PAC

Political Action Committee

Registered Jan 1990 · Treasurer: Brandon Tennant · Nashville, TN

Raised

$36,048

incl. $36,048 unitemized small gifts

Total Spent

$21,783

Operating & other

$13,683

63% of spending

To TN candidates

$8,100

37% of spending

Where the Money Goes

Of the $21,783 this committee reported spending, the largest share — $13,683 (63%) — went to operating costs and overhead.

Operating share of spending compares operating spending with total spent.

Show formula

Operating / overhead spending divided by everything this committee spent (each expenditure lands in exactly one bucket).

Operating spending: $13,683 ÷ Total spent: $21,783

Inputs behind Operating share of spending
Operating / overhead spending	$13,683
Contributions to candidates	$8,100

Source filings:

Operating & other $13,683 63%
To TN candidates $8,100 37%

Contributions to Candidates

No contributions to tracked candidates on record.

This committee’s own filings report $8,100 to candidates, while tracked candidates reported receiving $0. Of the $8,100 difference, $8,100 went to recipients not tracked here (itemized below).

Its filing also reports $8,100 in candidate contributions to recipients not tracked here:

Moore, Gary $2,000.00
Bennett, Karen $1,500.00
Derryberry, Tony $1,500.00
Brown, John $500.00
Jones, Sherry $500.00
Turner, Michael L. (Mike) $500.00
Eisenstein, Dan $250.00
Harwell, Beth Halteman $250.00
Haynes, Joe $250.00
Langster, Edith Taylor $250.00
…and 3 more recipients

Tennessee caps what a PAC may give one candidate per election — $15,400 for statewide and House races, $30,800 for Senate races (2025–26 limits; a primary and a general count as separate elections). Registry of Election Finance limits.

Operating & Other Spending

Operating spending by purpose
Purpose	Total
Advertising	$13,512.68
Professional Services	$170.00

from to

Individual operating payments
Payee	Purpose	Date	Amount
The Tennessean	Advertising	12/04/2004	$4,077.20
The Tennessean	Advertising	09/12/2004	$2,986.92
The Tennessean	Advertising	03/14/2004	$2,613.56
The City Paper	Advertising	09/12/2004	$1,690.00
The City Paper	Advertising	12/12/2004	$1,690.00
The City Paper	Advertising	02/22/2004	$455.00
Cooper, Travis & Company, PLC	Professional Services	11/07/2004	$170.00

Who Funds It

No itemized contributions to this committee on record.

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing	Cash Beginning	Cash Ending	Source
Q4 2004 Amended Historical	$19,157.89	$21,649.69	Source: Q4 2004 filing Report 2674
Q3 2004 Historical	$14,902.81	$19,157.89	Source: Q3 2004 filing Report 1809
Q2 2004 Historical	$12,906.81	$14,902.81	Source: Q2 2004 filing Report 785
Q1 2004 Historical	$7,459.37	$12,906.81	Source: Q1 2004 filing Report 154