What's the rule with metal detectors?

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Ben

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What's the rule if someone is guarding or running a metal detector, and you see someone turn around OBVIOUSLY as a result of the metal detector? I wouldn't think that you're supposed to give chase. But at that point, the armed person has often already entered the government building... so what's the policy?

Ben

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So the policy is to go ahead and stop them? That seems a lot riskier than just letting the guy who might have forgotten he was carrying go back out the door and let him just drop his gun back in the car. But you also never know if the guy's just looking for a less guarded entrance. Keep 'em coming.

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[This message has been edited by Ben (edited September 08, 2000).]
 
Whatever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty?"

I've made the "Oh Sh!# turn-around" more times than I care to talk about. It's an honest mistake that happens to honest people. People who are up to no good know that they're up to no good and are rarely surprised by metal detectors.

If I need a subtle reminder to keep my Spyderco in the car when I go to the court house... please don't body-slam me into the wall. :)
 
How is it obvious and why assume it is because of a gun? I can't see squat past about 10" without my glasses or contacts. I also can't begin to estimate the times I've walked in a building, like the courthouse, wearing prescription Ray-Bans and realized the $475 Varilux glasses were still in the car. U-turn. John
 
Rule? What rule?

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Good lord guys... do you like making things difficult? ;) I was just wondering if there's a standard response for someone who sees a metal detector inside a building and turns around and opts to not go through. Obviously action can be taken if the person circumvents the metal detector... but what if he just turns around upon seeing the machine?

It's a semi-serious question.
Thanx for your responses JJR & JohnBT
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[This message has been edited by Ben (edited September 09, 2000).]
 
The only response I've ever received after making my famous Inspector Closeau U-turn and then returning was... "looks like you've lost a little weight since I saw you last!" :)

I suppose that every institution could have it's own policy concerning turn-arounds, but I'm not sure that they should (or even legally can). The purpose of a metal detector is to prevent unauthorized persons from carrying a weapon into a restricted area. Whether it does this by detecting a weapon, or by causing a person with a weapon to remove himself from the premises... it has still performed it's function. A metal detector was not meant to be an instrument of entrapment.

A person has a right to decide whether or not to pass through a metal detector and I don't think they can (or should) be prosecuted or harassed for changing their mind.

To give acknowledgment to what David Scott said, a turn-around can be a good "red flag" and certainly requires closer scrutiny by the backup security personnel. But if the subject does nothing further, nothing further should be done to them.
 
I have a pacemaker and have turned away from a metal detector because I either don't want to advertise that I have a pacemaker or I don't want to be frisked like a criminal.
 
Thanx guys...

Ben

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