[Publib] parent abusing child

[Rachel Davis]

"Jennifer Inglis" <jinglis at ocln.org> writes:
>No one was comfortable just letting it
>go, but we weren't sure if calling the police was within bounds because of
>privacy issues (the mother is a patron).  

Patron privacy issues deal only with keeping a patron's borrowing records
confidential.  Child abuse is against the law.  If you feel the patron was
violating the law, then call the police. 
 
Rachel

Rachel Q. Davis
Children's Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME  04107
207-799-1720


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