Library Sends Cops To 5-Year-Old's House For Overdue Books

[Zah]

I thought libraries just charge your account for the value of the unreturned book plus all late fees?

[faze]

For all you people siding with the cops on this one, read this: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/03/us/massachusetts-overdue-books/index.html?hpt=us_c2[/url]

[Dori]

Your point?

[faze]

[QUOTE=Sanius;34049226]Your point?[/QUOTE]

The damn police chief went out over this, and it was only over $100 bucks. Send it to a damn collection agency and be done with it. Harassing a 5 year old with police over an overdue picture book is bullshit.

[carcarcargo]

[QUOTE=faze;34049260]The damn police chief went out over this, and it was only over $100 bucks. Send it to a damn collection agency and be done with it. Harassing a 5 year old with police over an overdue picture book is bullshit.[/QUOTE]

What difference does it make in regards to who went to collect the books? It's not like the 5 year old is being banged up in prison for it. Also chances are the police chief wasn't doing anything at the time so he decided to take up the task.

Honestly you act as though he went to the house and started beating her with his baton or something

[faze]

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;34049459]What difference does it make in regards to who went to collect the books? It's not like the 5 year old is being banged up in prison for it. Also chances are the police chief wasn't doing anything at the time so he decided to take up the task.

Honestly you act as though he went to the house and started beating her with his baton or something[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure police enforcement isn't required to collect 'How to tie my shoes' from a fucking 5 year old. When you're 5, shit like this is a [I]little[/I] more dramatic than it really is.

[dass]

Its like an Elder Scrolls game, where guards fuck you up for taking a tomato.

[Dachande]

when my grandpop died he had a bunch of his stuff
one of them was a library book from over 60 years ago

im fucked

[Mr. Someguy]

[QUOTE=faze;34049260]The damn police chief went out over this, and it was only over $100 bucks. Send it to a damn collection agency and be done with it. Harassing a 5 year old with police over an overdue picture book is bullshit.[/QUOTE]Being the Police Chief doesn't exempt you from standard police work, there is nothing significant about the police chief being dispatched to this person's home, it's the same as if they'd dispatched any other cop.