Officer Kelly was one of the original co-founders of the Gay-Lesbian-Liaison-Unit and is now assigned to the Public Information Office. Kelly joined the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department in May 1992 and made crime fighting her second career. She worked in the Fifth and Second Police Districts before she helped create the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (Gay-Lesbian-Liaison-Unit).

Before becoming a cop, Kelly worked as a magazine writer and editor for Regardie's Magazine, Trial Magazine, Legal Times, Ohio Magazine, and Columbus Monthly. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism degree from Ohio University, graduating summa cum laude in 1984. It was Kelly's perseverance and dedication that helped make the Gay-Lesbian-Liaison-Unit what it is today. She currently lives with her partner, Marcia Collins-McMurry.