Members of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and the Boone County Jail were awarded a proclamation Thursday for becoming the first jail in Missouri to meet the accreditation requirements from the National Institute for Jail Operations.
The jail is the first in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and in Missouri to receive the accreditation, which was presented Aug. 8.
The proclamation from the Boone County Commissioner recognized the hard work of the officers, continued growth during the accreditation process and the high standard the jail has set for the county and the state.
Keith Hoskins, director of the jail, said the process of receiving the accreditation took around 20 months and was a learning process for everyone at the jail.
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