Visitors to Clarion County’s public buildings will be a bit safer after the county purchased 10 temperature verification kiosks.
The kiosks arrived at the county administration building last week and will soon be distributed to the Clarion County Courthouse, the three district judge offices, the district attorney’s office, the public defender’s office, Human Services building and the administration building.
The kiosks cost a total of $25,146.50, and county commissioner Ed Heasley said the money will come from the county’s $3.7 million CARES Act grant.
Heasley said an alarm will sound when a kiosk detects someone with a high temperature trying to enter a building.
“That is not a problem at the courthouse where a deputy is on duty, but in other locations the employees will have to police the kiosk,” said Heasley.