<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We have worked with disruptive youth and had  success with enforcing bans from <b>Library property</b> (inside and out) for a week,months  or multiple months. And yes, we involved the police. The disruptive youth often disappear after they turn 18-- but a new group keeps arriving....</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 3:24 PM Amber Hughey via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
   
 
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   With the resounding replies of call the police, and a few others, such as hiring a security officer, I think the advice will be very useful!
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   Thank you all!
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    <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Amber L Hughey, MLIS</span>
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    On 03/22/2023 3:08 PM EDT Amber Hughey via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:
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    We're dealing with nearly daily fights (outside but on library property). How do/would you handle such situations?
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    Any advice is welcome.
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    Thanks!
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Amber L Hughey, MLIS</span>
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Director</span>
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Bridgeport Public Library zv041</span>
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">3399 Williamson</span>
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Saginaw MI 48601</span>
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     <span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">989-777-6030 ext 4</span>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Jean Fellows</div><div dir="ltr">(she/hers)<br><div>Programming Coordinator</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson St.,</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div>517-627-7014<br></div><div><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(71,71,71);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central Michigan University Library:<a href="https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory." target="_blank">https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.</a></i><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>