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When we began encountering this problem several years ago, our city attorney suggested that we create a "Nuisance Policy." The policy is a single sentence followed by a list of nuisance behaviors, so you could probably enfold it into a broader policy on acceptable behavior. I don't have a copy of our Nuisance Policy handy, but it's something like "The following behaviors constitute a nuisance and will cause the removal of any persons in the library who engage or exhibit these behaviors: 1) offensive body odor that can be smelled from a distance of 4 or more feet, 2)loud or obscene language....and a couple of other things that I can't remember at the moment. We have to remove people on about 8 or 9 occasions for strong, offensive body odor. When we do this, we take a copy of the policy with us to give to the patron. Then we simply say that we have noted they have a strong body odor (or that we've had complaints of it, when that is the case) and that they must leave immediately. We also go on to say that they are welcome back in the library once they have corrected the problem. I hope this helps. Deanna Frazee Director of Library Services 205 E. Church Ave. Killeen, TX 76541 (254) 501-8995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: LIBRARY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:49 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: behavior policy This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- I have a problem that I would like to run information on. Two of the patrons who frequent the Library have very poor hygiene. You can smell them from two feet away and they leave an odor trail where ever they walk. They like to sit together and use the computers, which need to be washed when they leave. Is this something that should be addressed in an acceptable behavior policy? Can someone be denied access to the building for offensive body odor? Kim Adele Kroll Library Director - Lena Armstrong Public Library (254) 933-5832 --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
