librarian faces discipline for obey state law

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
Date: July 3, 2006 9:17:24 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: librarian faces discipline for obey state law

A librarian in New Jersey is facing disciplinary action for following
state law.

A 12-year-old girl was allegdly sexually threatened outside a library.
The girl said that the man was carrying a particular book; when police
asked who had checked out that book, the librarian told them to get a
subpoena, as is *required* by NJ state law.  Local officials are now
accusing her of "blatant disregard" for law enforcement, partially  
because
she consulted a state library association attorney rather than the  
town's
attorney.

One wonders if the town would be so quick to defend her if she were sued
by the defendant for turning over records without a subpoena.

Here are two different stories on the incident.

http://www.northjersey.com/page.php? 
qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5NTE1NjImeXJ 
pcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php? 
qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2OTU1NjU2JnlyaXJ 
5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg==

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb


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