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Newton Free Library adding security

2013 April 23
by Trevor Jones

The Board of Aldermen last week approved funding to install security cameras at the Newton Free Library.

Library Director Phil McNulty said it’s an unfortunate step, but one that’s become necessitated by the rash of thefts at the Homer Street site. McNulty said there have been 10 thefts since early 2012 and two overnight break-ins since March.

McNulty said the videos won’t be watched live and will only be used to review footage after an incident occurs.

4 Responses
  1. April 24, 2013, 8:39 PM

    It would be good to include cameras in the computer rooms both because of the value of the equipment and because of the possiblity of misuse like the bomb threats sent from the library years ago.

  2. Colleen Minaker permalink
    April 25, 2013, 8:29 PM

    The library has been losing material for years. Their book buzzer system at the door entrances has never worked well. I have seen people lift books over their heads to avoid detection.
    Waltham library has a better system which makes it impossible to steal books without the alarm buzzing loudly.

  3. Hoss permalink
    April 29, 2013, 7:07 AM

    We had a sex offender working in our schools, we had another accused offender working for the library, and a few years back we had an individual at a bookstore that repeatedly attacked children in the book aisles… Yet we think of cameras when someone’s laptop is stolen?

  4. May 1, 2013, 9:14 PM

    Good call to be adding cameras, even if as Hoss suggests it should have been done before now. On a side note… stealing books from the public library?? Honestly how much more pathetic can you get… you can borrow them over and over and over for FREE… it’s basically like owning them, but without being a thief… just my observation in case library book thieves read this blog.

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