Library Removes Security Cameras Because of Privacy Concerns
The King County, Wash. Library System is removing security cameras from its libraries, worried that supplying security video to law-enforcement agencies could compromise patron privacy.
"We decided the cameras were not serving a purpose and were a point of contention with law enforcement," said Bill Ptacek, who as director of the county library system has the final say, and quoted in a Seattle Times report. "We don't want to be in an adversarial relationship. We believe intellectual freedom is the important part, so we got out of the camera business."