From the Flint Journal:
“A 41-year-old Clio woman is suspected of taking 1,500 to 1,600 DVDs from the 18-location library system and trying to pawn them at the shop. Genesee County Undersheriff James Gage said the department is seeking an arrest warrant for the woman.
“This is a new one to us,” Gage said of the alleged crime.”
Clueless Library Director!
The Library Director has no idea how over 1500 DVDs in secure cases could have been stolen from secure cases. Their solution is to be more vigilant! Try taking inventory of your collection people. Kudos to the pawn shop for informing the library. I wonder how longer the library people debated before calling the police.
Re:Clueless Library Director!
Secure cases probably means individual locking plastic dvd cases. We use them at the store I work at and believe me, they’re dead easy to steal. All you need is a tinfoil lined bag to get past the security system (or less depending on the system) and I would imaging filling a bag with dvds is easy enough to do in a library amongst the shelves or in a corner somewhere. Theft is a problem in our store and we *watch* for shoplifters and the dvds are in a fairly secure location. Library employees usually aren’t watching for thieves as they work and professional thieves can be tricky.