VApatriot
Regular Member
I know that this is just a little off topic, but I would love some input from the OCDO community on this subject.
I'm going to a family member's graduation ceremony next week at VCU, and I'm wondering if they have the authority to force attendees to submit to searches before entering. I'll make it clear that I will be in compliance with the law, and therefor not carrying in VCU facilities, but I would still have a problem with having my person checked when there is no reasonable suspicion of a crime.
At my brother's graduation from Virginia Tech in 2009, they were subjecting certain individuals to seemingly random "enhanced" inspection. This included military officers in full dress uniforms who were being asked to unbutton and open their coats. Interestingly enough, another brother of mine was actually carrying (this was of course before the new restrictions were in place), and he was not searched.
So, if they have a similar search procedure in place at VCU, what can/will happen if I refuse to consent to such a search? Do they have the authority to bar me from entering?
I'm not interested in make any kind of seen here, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let my privacy be invaded when there is no need for it. . . At least I won't be here at Tech next weekend when the SS takes over so that the wife of a certain head of state can grace us with her presence.
I'm going to a family member's graduation ceremony next week at VCU, and I'm wondering if they have the authority to force attendees to submit to searches before entering. I'll make it clear that I will be in compliance with the law, and therefor not carrying in VCU facilities, but I would still have a problem with having my person checked when there is no reasonable suspicion of a crime.
At my brother's graduation from Virginia Tech in 2009, they were subjecting certain individuals to seemingly random "enhanced" inspection. This included military officers in full dress uniforms who were being asked to unbutton and open their coats. Interestingly enough, another brother of mine was actually carrying (this was of course before the new restrictions were in place), and he was not searched.
So, if they have a similar search procedure in place at VCU, what can/will happen if I refuse to consent to such a search? Do they have the authority to bar me from entering?
I'm not interested in make any kind of seen here, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let my privacy be invaded when there is no need for it. . . At least I won't be here at Tech next weekend when the SS takes over so that the wife of a certain head of state can grace us with her presence.