Brad Cazort has been named director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center.

A news release from Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he’d recommended Cazort for the position and the Board of the Center voted for Cazort Friday.

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Cazort, a lawyer and former Little Rock city director, has worked at ACIC since 2005. He succeeds Jay Winters, who the governor said stepped down for health reasons.

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