The availability of COVID-19 relief funding is giving Pulaski County an opportunity to install new security equipment at the jail. The county commissioners Monday agreed to let the Sheriff’s Office purchase a body scanner using $159,000 in federal CARES Act money.
Sergeant Chris Schramm said the scanner will be able to detect weapons, drugs, and anything else that shouldn’t be brought into jail, without the need for jail staff to physically touch the inmates. He noted that the Cass County Sheriff’s Office has one. The sheriff there told him that there hasn’t been any downside and it’s been a liability saver.
Schramm felt the availability of the federal reimbursement would make the scanner purchase a “win-win” for Pulaski County.
