Fulton County Sheriff’s Department

One of the organizations that organize and sponsor these joint trainings is the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE), a joint program of Georgia State University and local law enforcement. GILEE works to foster cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Georgia and Israel, educating Israeli law enforcement on community policing and training Georgia law enforcement on counter-terrorism. Since its establishment, GILEE has run law enforcement executive development and trainings to enhance homeland security, through 450 programs that reached over 33,000 law enforcement and other executives across over 25 states and 25 countries.

The Sheriff’s Department of Fulton County, Georgia is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Theodore Jackson has served as Sheriff of Fulton County Sheriff’s Department since 2009, a position he filled after retiring from a 32-year career with the FBI. Sheriff Jackson attended a GILEE training in Israel in June 2010. His delegation also met with Home Depot co-founder and CEO, Bernie Marcus, a major funder of GILEE.