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Man, that's shame. A grave disspointment i'm sure.
All AA. county school ground's and parks are part of the dpt. rec and parks. and all are off limit's to MDing So say's the nice police lady who told me to leave.
All AA. county school ground's and parks are part of the dpt. rec and parks. and all are off limit's to MDing So say's the nice police lady who told me to leave.
All AA. county school ground's and parks are part of the dpt. rec and parks. and all are off limit's to MDing So say's the nice police lady who told me to leave.
.... I've detected almost every Park in Anne Arundel county the past 4 years. In front of police, in front of Parks employees. Even pulled my director out at Kinder Farm Park right in front of the Directors office, who asked me what I was up to. I told him I was looking for a ring, which was true, was looking for a ring from a Craigslist ad from someone who lost one while visiting out of state. No issues.
Parks employees ask me all the time if I've found anything good.
...the cop gave you some BS .
well well well, if you do "control F", and then enter the search term "metal", on this link, it does indeed appear that the AA county parks are a no no for metal detectors :
https://www.aacounty.org/department...-and-publications/ParkRulesandRegulations.pdf
However, that would not apply to other forms of county land, nor city land, nor state land, etc... And yes, "schools" are not part of "parks", are they ? The O.P's lady cop seemed to indicate that they ARE under the same jurisdiction. If so, that's strange. I know at least in CA, that all the schools are NOT "parks", nor administered by the same agency.
But assuming for the moment that in AA county they are administered by the same dept, and therefore, "no md'ing at schools in AA county". Ok then, what are we to make of surfmaster & ChrisMD that have apparently discovered that it's a non-issue ?
The quickest way for someone to MAKE IT AN ISSUE, is to rush to the powers-that-be and "seek clarification".
For me, personally speaking, I go by the test of reality. Ie.: if no one cares, then no one cares. But to each his own! Follow your own caution level & risk assessment when & if there is true verbiage like this.
..... I don't take the Facility user rules and guidelines as law, or else it would be written into County Code. If it was specifically mentioned in County Code, then it would be a red light for me.....
.... Police man came out, was really chill, and agreed with me on the County Code vice an internal document created in a vacuum. This police man stated he viewed metal detectors like tobacco, county parks are full of people smoking and dipping even though it is prohibited in the Facility User Rules and Guidelines, and they don't enforce it unless it is backed up by county code....
This is very interesting Chris . I am as "brazen as they come" in trying to see through cracks and end-arounds in semantics. But this tops them all. 2nd-only to scuba-diver perhaps, haha. To classify one as "suggestions", or "commentary" or only "guidelines" , but not "law". Even when they are on the exact same page/link here :
https://www.aacounty.org/department...-and-publications/ParkRulesandRegulations.pdf
And then to say you've prevailed with a visiting cop who agreed with you on that. And to say you go out md'ing ad-nauseum and never had an issue. This is quite revealing to the psychology of this all. Because other md'rs would find some singular dire-sounding thing (or an outright "no") as seen here, and conclude that they can't detect. And then sit around and lament their lack of freedoms.
While this doesn't mean "Let's all go out and throw caution to the wind", it does give food for thought.
They are only on that same page on that website, where someone tacked them on. ....
.....If you really want to see a can of worms opened, I metal detected probably half the Army bases in the U.S., including the NSA side of Ft. Meade, and I'm constantly reading about how you can't metal detect military bases.
.......For me, personally speaking, I go by the test of reality. Ie.: if no one cares, then no one cares. But to each his own! Follow your own caution level & risk assessment when & if there is true verbiage like this.