GC Sheriff’s Office adding computer security measures, bringing office into 21st century; losing two deputies

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Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins told Magistrates at Tuesday afternoon’s Grayson County Fiscal Court meeting that his office has an opportunity to significantly upgrade its computer security by adding a dedicated server for $9,705.

Chaffins said County Attorney Clay Ratley’s office is donating $5,000 toward the purchase, leaving Fiscal Court responsible for only $4,705 of the cost, a move magistrates unanimously approved. The monthly support package offered by Lang is $450 per month.

The server purchase from Lang Company will bring the GCSO into the 21st century, as the computers currently used by the sheriff’s office for photography storage, confidential informant information and many other types of sensitive data has “no firewall, no security,” according to Chaffins (tax information, though, is kept and maintained on a secure server). He added that the “technology we have (now) is what we had 30 years ago.”

When asked how soon the server and its inherent protections will be in place, Chaffins said only a matter of a few days.

GCSO losing two deputies

Chaffins announced to magistrates that he’s losing two of Grayson County’s finest, as two deputies, Dylan Bohn and Taylor Logsdon, are leaving the GCSO. Chaffins, though, has hired two new deputies, Brandon Rafferty and Mark Johnson.

Logsdon, who’s first day as a full-time deputy was Jan. 1, 2015, is leaving the GCSO to join the Leitchfield Police Department. Logsdon also serves on the Leitchfield Fire Department.

Bohn has been with the sheriff’s office as a deputy for about three years following his service as courthouse security.

Rafferty previously worked for LPD and as a deputy jailer at the Grayson County Detention Center, and Johnson comes to the GCSO from the Cave City Police Department.

By Ken Howlett, News Director

Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000