How often have you been to the Admin Building? I've been. I've been "behind" the scenes while armed. There is no "holding" area at the Police Admin building. The Admin Building is where property and evidence is located, but there is no "secure" area where they bring prisoners. Processing and magistrate are over at the City Jail and have always been as long as I can remember.For the life of me, I cannot locate the statute which provides for this restriction.
Can you cite it for posterity?
Building 11 is not the "admin building" though. It is a building where the Chief's office/staff is located which includes all of the "HQ" functions, all three division staff, and nearly all the special units. They do also have the records, crime reporting, logistics, and property/evidence units there. But it is also the location of the First Precinct. Each precinct has a holding area but please note above that I didn't say that it was used for "prisoners" as I said suspects. A prisoner is a different thing from a suspect that is being interviewed. That is done in holding rooms. I have seen the ones at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th. I have been to quite a few "behind the scenes" things there, and quite a few meetings (and have even been to the Chief's office), and have had a full tour of the building as part of Citizen's Police Academy. I admit that I don't recall if I actually toured a holding room for First Precinct (that I can recall) but I take their word for it as the Chief's office stated that they have one there (that was said during lecture when I attended the Citizen's Police Academy -- which was held in yet another building where they have a sign, but if memory serves me that particular sign outright prohibits weapons being brought in). So I have no reason to disbelieve the Chief's office (and it may have even been the Chief himself who said it) about the First Precinct. But as part of ride alongs at the other precincts I have seen those rooms at other precincts.
Regarding city jail -- there actually isn't a Virginia Beach City "jail." The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office operates the Virginia Beach Correctional Center (VBCC). They're independent from the City, and the Sheriff is a constitutional officer. So they handle all in-processing as Virginia Beach City doesn't have its own "jail." The magistrates are an entirely separate entity, and are separate constitutional officers, and in 2010 the magistrates offices were moved from the secure area of the VBCC.
Regarding any "cite" for their restrictions -- you misunderstand, I'm not claiming that there IS one. I'm simply reporting what I have myself seen first hand. Rather, my issue is that there ARE NOT applicable statutes being cited by VA BH.
