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If a child is left unattended and it is 30 minutes or less until closing time, or if an unattended child becomes distraught, library staff may, if necessary, use the following procedures in order to resolve the situation: 1. Try to identify the child and locate the parent or responsible party by walking through the building with the child and/or page the child's parent/guardian/grandparent using the latter's name and/or the child's name. If no name is available, describe the child's physical appearance. 2. If the parent/guardian/grandparent is not located within 30 minutes (ten minutes if building is closing), library staff should attempt to locate the parent/guardian/grandparent by telephone, utilizing library records, telephone directories, or other sources available, if necessary. 3. If, after exhausting all other sources, no contact has been made with the parent/guardian/grandparent, the staff member will call the local police. The staff member shall wait with the child until the police arrive. Under no circumstance should library staff transport a child to another location. Children who remain outside a library facility at closing time are not necessarily covered by the above procedures unless, depending on the circumstances, it is apparent to library staff that a child is distraught or in obvious trouble. Library staff may use the above procedures and best judgment in dealing with such situations. Disruptive behavior is any behavior on library premises that infringes on the rights of others using the library. Disruptive children will not be allowed to interfere with library service to others. Disruptive children will be approached in the following manner by library staff: 1. Library staff will give a verbal warning to the child indicating that such behavior is disruptive to other library users and is unacceptable behavior. 2. If the disruptive behavior continues, approach the parent/guardian/ grandparent with the same warning. If the child is unattended, give the child a second warning. 3. If the disruptive behavior continues: a. Request the parent/guardian/grandparent to escort the child from the library premises. b. If the child is unattended and 12 years of age and older, ask the child to leave the library premises. c. If the child is younger than 12 years of age and unattended, follow the procedures outlined above. 63