[Publib] Bathroom security

[Susan Thaler]

Hi all,

I searched the archives for this topic and found a few relevant hits, but
wanted to see if I could draw more from the collective wisdom.  We are a
fairly new facility--an old factory completely renovated so that you'd never
know it wasn't brand new--opened in 2002, in an inner-city area.  We have 4
floors, with public multi-stall restrooms on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors.
We have continual issues with the restrooms--grafitti, sexual activity, drug
use.  We are considering a variety of security tactics to try to improve the
situation, including the following:

--locking the restrooms and having the librarians on each floor give out the
keys (they're not thrilled with this idea);
--having some sort of buzz-in system (problematic because the entrances to
the restrooms are not really in sight-lines from the desks);
--removing the entrance doors (NOT the stall doors) altogether, kind of like
in an airport or rest area so that (maybe) people will feel that there's a
greater chance of being caught red-handed at whatever dastardly deed they're
up to;
--security cameras trained on the entrance doors.

We are looking for what has worked for other libraries,  and would be
grateful for any input.
Susan Thaler
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