Sheriff named to advisory panel

Henry County Sheriff J. Kent Oberkrom has been appointed to another three-year term by the National Sheriff’s Association to serve on the North Central Region Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Process.

Nationally, there are five working groups with two representatives from each state who meet twice a year to review policy, rules and regulations concerning the operations of the FBI’s computer systems.

These computer systems include the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) and the National Instant Criminal check System (NICS).

Several other computer databases feed into these computers used nationally by all levels of law enforcement, including the military Oberkrom represents agencies throughout Missouri.