Boston-Bound Buses Searched

The Boston Globe has a story about how Police are beginning searches of buses leaving the Londonderry, NH Concord Trailways station. If my understanding (based on the article) of this situation is correct, I have no problem with it whatsoever although I still object to the "random" searches on Boston's MBTA trains and buses.

First of all, Concord Trailways is a private company which runs a transportation service on private property (buses). Based on this article, it seems that the company is voluntarily complying with a police wish the search buses. Passengers who refuse to be searched are refused a seat. Since we're talking about a private company, I have no problem with that.

Second, the search seemed to be limited to the use of bomb-sniffing dogs and did not involve searches of the passengers themselves or the opening of any luggage.

Third, the "random" portion of the screening refers to the selection of an entire bus to be screened, not random individuals on the bus which diminishes my concern that the searches could be racially targeted.

If I have interpreted all of these things correctly, I don't think that these searches infringe upon anyone's rights. Whether they're effective or not remains to be seen, but they don't seem to pose any civil liberties threat.