The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. Defendant sought to enter a homeless shelter that required all entrants to be searched via metal detectors, and that their belongings pass through X-ray machines to search for contraband, such as weapons or drugs. Defendant first set off the walk-through magnetometer, and a handheld scanner subsequently alerted a Department of Homeless Services officer to the presence of something in defendant's waistband.
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