Posted on 01/26/2011 6:04:39 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
Myrtle Beach "offenders" face collar over tardy titles.
--Police have secured arrest warrants for a dozen South Carolina residents who are suspected of “false pretense/swindle” for failing to return overdue material borrowed from the library in Myrtle Beach.
In a series of incident reports filed last week, the Myrtle Beach Police Department detailed the books and videos that had been checked out and not returned--despite written request from staff at the Chapin Memorial Library. In each report, the library card holder is referred to as “offender."
For example, a 56-year-old man named in one report has not returned seven books (valued at $204), including “Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers.” A 22-year-old woman still has ....
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i smell an overstaffed PD...
/johnny
“i smell an overstaffed PD...”
Look to the bureaucrats and politicians. The Cops will do anything for a paycheck.
MB must be looking for new revenue sources since tourism is down.
Lord knows what crimes I might be subject to for some absurd infraction. I better check the freshness dates on the yogurt in my Frig. Expired food might carry a death penalty.
Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time is over.
I think the time for public libraries is past tense. Let them go ON LINE, today most public libraries is just a place for the homeless to warm up, and give employment to obese people who can’t get a job anywhere else. Let’s save money, office space, heat, insurance and maintenance.
Sorry, but most homeschool families including mine use them for the many resources that cannot be found online. My wife and 3 kids check out 20-25 books a week to supplement our homeschool curriculum.
I don't know where you live, but our public libraries are a vital part of our community.
If you look at just one individual you can ask why the fuss. But when you have several hundred library patrons not returning borrowed materials it can add up into the hundred of thousands of dollars. Plus it’s the public tax money that pays for all that. Just asking but is anyone here willing to jump in and pay that $200???
If you look at just one individual you can ask why the fuss. But when you have several hundred library patrons not returning borrowed materials it can add up into the hundred of thousands of dollars. Plus it’s the public tax money that pays for all that. Just asking but is anyone here willing to jump in and pay that $200??? Ask your local library how much money is lost through non-returned items.
I guess, I am not an e-book nook type fan, even though I own an iPad; for the reason I need to HOLD A BOOK, CANNOT DONATE or SHARE and also more expensive TO DOWNLOAD than if I bought sale books at Barnes & Noble.
I have fond memories as a child going to the library and down into the basement children's section. Now, I travel to this small town library and donate. The economy has been bad there for a long time—but the old stone library has been kept up with the basement children's activity room now renovated.
In another case in Texas a couple years ago, police arrested a woman on the day before Thanksgiving; even though she had a home-fire and said Red Cross and other officials would be able to substantiate.
Some areas offered amnesty for those to return books.
So you take away the card if they are a violator, limit the # of books per visit, take a credit or debit card to secure, if it is such a problem in some libraries--or call a collection agency if the fees add up. Donations of new books once read are very often duplicates. But I understand your tax response. Note our cell phone bills have the tax money taken out for library etc and other fees taken out which we have no control over.
I’m not saying these people should be arrested. They should be found and made to pay either the late fees or return the items or pay for what they lost. The cops these days don’t use common sense. However, they’re the instrument of the courts and if the court says arrest then they have to arrest. However I do think that common sense should take precedence.
"Hey, don't Bundy that book."
How about civil court? Collection agencies also work. Sending a man or woman with a gun and handcuffs to throw someone in jail over past due books and DVD’s is abusive.
I have had the library sending me an “overdue” notice for 6 years for a video I returned 6 years ago. I can’t make them understand that I did return the video. I guess I should just pay for a video that i made the mistake of borrowing to prevent getting arrested someday.
They have superiors, and city councils etc..just obeying orders.
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