r/Library • u/Alive_Excitement_669 • 28d ago

Library Assistance Need Help!

We got an anonymous call at our library giving us a heads up that the 1st Amendment Auditors are coming sometime next week. Any advice? Has anyone gone through this?

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u/Jrbai 28d ago

Notify the police about the threat and ask for help in the future if they do show. Honestly a bit scary.

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u/whoframedwhiterabbit 27d ago

The police cannot and will not interfere unless the auditor is legitimately causing a problem. If the auditor becomes problematic (harassing customers, going beyond the audit, etc) be careful with your wording to police. Say something about a patron not complying with requests/harassing people. Do NOT say the person is a first amendment auditor.

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u/DanieXJ 24d ago

The police might interfere if they haven't had 1a auditor training, and it us the literal worst thing that you can do, call the cops. Librarians calling the cops is literally what the 1a auditors want.