Keith Kelley

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Skills

Accreditation, CALEA, Computer Aided Dispatch, Dispatching, E-911, Emergency Management, Emergency Medical, Emergency Notification, EMS Management, Firearms, Fire Management, Fire Service, Fire vehicles, IP Cameras, Land Mobile Radio, Law Enforcement, Mass notification, Mobile Technology, NCMEC, Next Gen, NG911, P25, Police vehicles, Public Safety, Public Safety Broadband, Public Safety Systems, Public Safety Technology, Radio Communication, Search and Rescue, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Vehicles

About

Deputy Chief Keith Kelley is currently in command of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department’s Field Operations Bureau. The Field Operations Bureau is comprised of the East and West Patrol Precincts, and the Communications and Technology Division.



Prior to his assignment to the Field Operations Bureau, Deputy Chief Kelley commanded the police department’s Administrative Services Bureau. The Administrative Services Bureau includes the Communications and Technology Division and the Standards, Records, and Training Division.



As a Police Captain, Deputy Chief Kelley was responsible for many of the technological aspects of the police department. He spearheaded the implementation of numerous new technologies within the ACCPD still used today. Deputy Chief Kelley is a certified CALEA Accreditation Manager and has overseen several highly successful CALEA on-site accreditations during his command over the Communications and Technology Division.



In January 2018, Deputy Chief Kelley was appointed to the IACP’s Communications and Technology Committee and appointed as a vice committee chair in 2021. He serves as chair of the IACP’s NG911 subcommittee and also serves on the IACP’s sUAS (drone) subcommittee.



Deputy Chief Kelley is a representative for the IACP on the Public Safety Next Generation 9-1-1 Coalition, and in May 2022, was appointed by the IACP to SAFECOM, managed by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).



In January 2023, Deputy Chief Kelley was appointed to serve on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Advisory Policy Board (APB). Also January 2023, Deputy Chief Kelley was appointed to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC).



Deputy Chief Kelley is a graduate of the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College, the 79th session of the Police Executive Research Forum’s (PERF) Senior Management Institute of Policing (SMIP), IACP’s Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) command training, the 87th Session of the NENA Center Manager Certification Program (CMCP), and APCO’s Registered Public Safety Leader (RPL) Program. Deputy Chief Kelley has a bachelor’s degree in Leadership Studies from Piedmont University. He has a Master’s Degree in Public Safety Administration through Columbus State University. Deputy Chief Kelley is a graduate of the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College.



Deputy Chief Kelley also holds Fire and EMS certifications and has served with Oconee County (GA) Fire-Rescue for over 28 years.