[Tamar1973]

We have to draw the line somewhere, and I think almost everyone would agree we are all better off if librarians do not act as public executioners.

The fact that the police didn't know her name for 10 minutes did not add one second or take one second away from her life.

The library's policy is a reasonable balance between the right of privacy and the right of law enforcement for assistance.

[muawiyah]

You didn't read my posts ~ what if she'd driven a whole carload of kids off the road into the crick, and the cops just can't see the vehicle. Without her name, and her incoherent, that 10 minutes could turn a horrible accident into a needless, meaningless tragedy.

Your name (which seems to be what the cops wanted) isn't private information anyway.

Apparantly the librarian who took the call has not bothered to inform herself on these matters.