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Send a letter to the Editor ![]() ![]() News From 91.3 KUWS Libraries and police unite for tougher law on library criminals
Libraries will be able to help law enforcement investigations without compromising the privacy of its patrons. Mike Simonson reports on a bill signed into law this month. The law allows libraries to turn over video surveillance tapes to police if a crime has occurred in the library. It stems from separate incidents in Neenah and Sun Prairie libraries where crimes were committed, but librarians had to wait until they were served with a subpeona. Under this new law, Northern Waters Library Service Director Jim Trojanowski in Ashland says they can move faster against lawbreakers. "So if we caught a patron defacing library materials for example, tearing up books or creating a problem like that or engaged in more serious conduct, sexual misbehavior, things like that." Trojanowski says this is a narrow exception to the court order requirement, so the privacy of patrons isn't compromised. "Law enforcement can't come in and ask to view the surveillance tapes to try to find out who may be using certain sections of the libary or who may have borrowed particular material without a court order." The new law is supported by both the Wisconsin Library Association and law enforcement agencies. Previous KUWS Articles:
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