Library chief draws cops' ire for refusing to break the law for them

[thepurpose]

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS -- Library Director Michele Reutty is under fire for refusing to give police library circulation records without a subpoena.

Reutty says she was only doing her job and maintaining the privacy of library patrons. But the mayor called it "a blatant disregard for the Police Department," which needed her help to identify a man who allegedly threatened a child.

Reutty, the director for 17 years, now faces possible discipline by the library board. Members of the Borough Council have suggested she receive punishment ranging from a letter of reprimand in her personnel file to a 30-day unpaid suspension. But the Library Board of Trustees said it would reserve judgment until a closed-door hearing next month.

Police received a report May 10 that a 12-year-old borough girl was allegedly sexually threatened by a man outside the municipal building. The library is on the second floor. The girl told her parents, who called police.

The suspect, who has been identified as a 23-year-old Hackensack man, did not molest the girl, said borough Police Chief Michael Colaneri. The investigation is ongoing through the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Colaneri said.

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[GodlessBiker]

1. Get a freakin' subpoena.

[thepurpose]

4. The funny thing is they did get a supoena and had no problem getting the

records from the Library Chief. I'm not certain what these people are blowing up about. Its as if the police can never be wrong and the little girl couldn't have been playing everyone for some reason. That's never happen before.

[Robbien]

2. How is this not like Germany in the 1930's

I don't see how we will ever be able to turn this around and get out civil liberties back.

[AX10]

3. Get a subpoena you lowly beaurocratic bastards!

[Vidar]

5. Applauding the librarian.

[Supersedeas]

6. elected and appointed officials won't protect our rights--the common man

will have to ban together