[Publib] Wireless access encouraging criminal behavior?

[Mark Arend]

Good afternoon, 

One of our library directors has been contacted by the village president with concerns about wireless.  He believes that offering wireless access when the library is closed encourages people to loiter around the library and makes the village more vulnerable to criminal activity.  He would like the library to shut off their wireless access when the library is not open.  

Does anyone know of incidents where after-hours use of the library's wireless access has led to criminal behavior?  




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Mark W. Arend, Assistant Director
Winnefox Library System
106 Washington Ave.
Oshkosh, WI  54901
(920) 236-5222           fax: (920) 236-5228

mailto:arend at winnefox.org                 http://www.winnefox.org/


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