sonowthen:

thedailywhat:

Library Police of the Day: A 5-year-old in Charlton, Massachusetts, received the shock of her life when a police officer arrived at her home to collect two overdue library books.

“I thought it was way overboard,” said Hailey Benoit’s mom Shannon. “I closed my door, I looked at my daughter and she started crying.”

Charlton Police Sergeant Dan Dowd told local CBS affiliate WBZ that he didn’t want to get involved, but had no choice. “Nobody wanted to,” he said, “but the library contacted us, and the chief delegated, and apparently I was one of the low men on the totem pole.”

The library defended its actions, claiming that sending a police officer to visit the 5-year-old was a last-resort move after many ignored notices. Benoit, who found and returned the overdue books, insists she never received any warnings.

[cbslocal.]

Haha! This could be an Onion article.

Source: thedailywhat

306 Notes/ Hide

  1. romerovoid reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    got off lucky if ya ask me (which...course no sane person would!)…
  2. fedora-guy reblogged this from lifelovelibraries
  3. geekwithabook reblogged this from themissingportkey
  4. themissingportkey reblogged this from thedailywhat
  5. questionableideals reblogged this from thedailywhat
  6. preisser reblogged this from katicajohnson
  7. katicajohnson reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    What. The. Fuck.
  8. missbogencounty reblogged this from mammalingo and added:
    Really makes me proud...from Massachusetts. *hangs head in shame*
  9. ksbrigid reblogged this from flowersforhamlet and added:
    Notice at 1:42 the newscaster says “in a kindler, gentler fashion.” … Kindler?? Haha.
  10. redneckamericanprincess reblogged this from roadside-assistance and added:
    On the other side, though, as a frequent library user, it does stink to see ALL the popular books I’d love to read...
  11. deerie reblogged this from mammalingo
  12. wring reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    if this happened...i would LOL my ass off
  13. tehacademy reblogged this from thedailywhat
  14. doriana186 reblogged this from thedailywhat
  15. insidethetrees reblogged this from radicalbabysitter
  16. climbingtheeiffeltower reblogged this from thedailywhat
  17. misscheesecake23 reblogged this from thedailywhat
  18. reimagineering reblogged this from thedailywhat
  19. midnighttokerr reblogged this from thedailywhat
  20. tastemycoffee reblogged this from thedailywhat
  21. karlaakins reblogged this from thedailywhat
  22. eggznrice reblogged this from thedailywhat
  23. ephers reblogged this from gokuma
  24. misskittyfantastico reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    terrible person for immediately thinking Tammy Swanson is behind this? Seriously though, what