Pelham Police Department

The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) is one of the organizations that organize and sponsor these joint trainings. As a joint program of the 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 Police Department of Pelham, Georgia, is among the departments that have sent delegates to Israel. Nealie McCormick serves as Chief of the Pelham Police Department, and attended a GILEE training in Israel in 2018. He is currently a committee member on the Judicial Council of Georgia.

In 2012, McCormick was named in a civil suit regarding a 17-year-old who was found dead in an isolation cell at the municipal jail, alleging deficient policies of the City of Pelham and the Pelham Police Department regarding medical treatment. McCormick was also named in a 2015 civil suit that alleged that numerous people in Pelham were wrongfully detained or jailed for not being able to afford to pay court fines or probation fees.