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Another possible way of looking at it is to say the Police are not "the public." The act says the info must not be disclosed to the public. Presumably the Police are part of the same governmental structure as the librarian. Therefore, information could be released to the police without it being considered a public release. Just a possibility I post for others to consider.

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Initially, library officials refused, citing state privacy laws prohibiting the release of such information without a court order.

If the library relied on that act we were discussing above, they may have been in error. And, if they are put on notice of the error, would further refusals in like circumstances subject the library to liability?