Return Your Books!
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 10:26 am
Couple arrested for overdue books.
I find the comments to be the most amazing part about this story. People trying to defend them or say the cops were wrong or tax payer money could be better spent elsewhere...
1. These people were called multiple times and received regular mail including a certified letter informing them of the overdue books and what would happen if they didn't return them. This went on over a period of months.
2. Due to this being a constant problem for the library the entire city was put on notice that they'd be turning these cases over to the cops.
2. After all the notices, they turned the case over to the cops in an effort to get back taxpayer property.
3. The cops didn't arrest them, they simply told them to come down to the station to self report.
4. The couple paid their fines, but don't want to pay back the cops for their time, which is what the fee covers. Again, that's taxpayer money...
So should the library have simply stopped trying to get the books back? Should the cops not be involved in stolen taxpayer property? Should they have handcuffed these people instead of politely asking them to stop by the station to sort this out? Is it wrong for them to then try and get the couple who caused all of this to pay the taxpayers back for the cops' time?
At what point is it ok to blame the couple?
I just don't understand how people can be so short sighted that they think it's a waste of taxpayer money to involve the law, but don't get that the couple was essentially stealing from taxpayers...
I find the comments to be the most amazing part about this story. People trying to defend them or say the cops were wrong or tax payer money could be better spent elsewhere...
1. These people were called multiple times and received regular mail including a certified letter informing them of the overdue books and what would happen if they didn't return them. This went on over a period of months.
2. Due to this being a constant problem for the library the entire city was put on notice that they'd be turning these cases over to the cops.
2. After all the notices, they turned the case over to the cops in an effort to get back taxpayer property.
3. The cops didn't arrest them, they simply told them to come down to the station to self report.
4. The couple paid their fines, but don't want to pay back the cops for their time, which is what the fee covers. Again, that's taxpayer money...
So should the library have simply stopped trying to get the books back? Should the cops not be involved in stolen taxpayer property? Should they have handcuffed these people instead of politely asking them to stop by the station to sort this out? Is it wrong for them to then try and get the couple who caused all of this to pay the taxpayers back for the cops' time?
At what point is it ok to blame the couple?
I just don't understand how people can be so short sighted that they think it's a waste of taxpayer money to involve the law, but don't get that the couple was essentially stealing from taxpayers...