About Global Policing Accelerator
Our Vision
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
GLOBAL POLICING ACCELERATOR was formed to facilitate the migration of local law enforcement agencies around the globe from individual agencies standing alone in fighting 21st Century crimes to globally-connected agencies working in global collaboration with law enforcement and strategic partner firms.
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
Our Expertise
GPA is led by former law enforcement executives, cybersecurity professionals and international business executives who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields and have now come together to precipitate law enforcement's transition to Global Policing in the 21st Century.
Our Services
Our Expertise
Our Services
GPA offers a full range of Cybercrime Investigation Support Services enabling law enforcement and other criminal investigators to access crime information from sources in its country of origin with high situational awareness.
GPA's Cybercrime Investigations Platform
✔ CJIS v6-compliant, Prosecutorial-Grade AI
✔ AI LLM Labor-saving Access + SLMs for Tasks AI Cannot Perform
✔ Graph-based Threat Intelligence
✔ Top 10 Foreign Cyberrisk Country RAG-Secured Content
✔ 10x–100x investigative Throughput
✔ 70% Analyst Time Reduction
✔ Country-specific Criminal Slang & Insider Threat Behavior
GPA Senior Leadership
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Sheriff David Goad is Chairman of GPA's Board of Directors and GPA Chief of Investigations. He was 4-term elected Sheriff of Allegany County, MD. The 67th President of the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), he has served as the Chair of the NSA Cybersecurity & Crime Work Group from its inception in 2017 to the present. Sheriff Goad
Sheriff David Goad is Chairman of GPA's Board of Directors and GPA Chief of Investigations. He was 4-term elected Sheriff of Allegany County, MD. The 67th President of the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA), he has served as the Chair of the NSA Cybersecurity & Crime Work Group from its inception in 2017 to the present. Sheriff Goad is a graduate of the National Sheriffs’ Institute, the Rural Executive Management Institute, National Institute of Correctional Management, and DOJ Instructor’s Training School. Sheriff Goad is also a June 1997 graduate of the FBI National Academy on Leadership and Management, 189th Session.
Chief Jerold Wright (Ret.)
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Chief Jerold Wright has an extensive background in law enforcement, law enforcement software, and technology incubation. During his law enforcement career, he served as a patrol officer with the Goose Creek, SC Police Department, a Deputy Sheriff in the Berkeley County, SC Sheriff’s Office (Narcotics Enforcement, K9 Division and SWAT Tea
Chief Jerold Wright has an extensive background in law enforcement, law enforcement software, and technology incubation. During his law enforcement career, he served as a patrol officer with the Goose Creek, SC Police Department, a Deputy Sheriff in the Berkeley County, SC Sheriff’s Office (Narcotics Enforcement, K9 Division and SWAT Team), as Chief of Police for the Bonneau, SC Police Department from 2000 to 2005, and attended the FBI Command College..
Dennis Kelly, Esq.
Sheriff David Goad (Ret.)
Dennis Kelly, Esq.
Dennis Kelly, Esq. is EVP, Secretary & General Counsel of GPA. An International Business Lawyer and NSA Life Member, he has served as Vice Chair of the NSA Cybersecurity & Crime Work Group since 2017. A Goldman Sachs Fellow at Harvard Business School, he served as Management Director & General Counsel of a Goldman-Sachs funded Telecom Fi
Dennis Kelly, Esq. is EVP, Secretary & General Counsel of GPA. An International Business Lawyer and NSA Life Member, he has served as Vice Chair of the NSA Cybersecurity & Crime Work Group since 2017. A Goldman Sachs Fellow at Harvard Business School, he served as Management Director & General Counsel of a Goldman-Sachs funded Telecom Firm, and is a Member of the Harvard Business School Foundry. He also served as Invited Subject Matter Expert on Global South-South Cybersecurity Collaboration for the 2022 Paris Peace Forum, held in Paris.