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.
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. How does knowing within that 10 minutes that she's "Jane Smith" (and likes books about crockery recipes, perhaps) help in that hypothetical situation? "Oh, you say her name is Jane? That must mean she drove a carload of kids into the crick and we just can't see it!" .