The Clive Police Chief notified the Johnston PD yesterday of an interaction Clive officers had with a “First Amendment Auditor“. Some of these “auditors” choose public libraries as a setting for creating videos that try to capture staff reacting in a way that the “auditor’s” online audience perceives as violating first amendment rights. If it’s clear that a library visitor is attempting an “audit” and is trying to bait you into saying or doing something that they can use to paint the library in a bad light, ask a supervisor or the librarian in charge for assistance. As long as the “auditor” is in a public area, is not putting themselves or others in danger, and is not interfering with patrons or with library business they have a right to film, record, or photograph. If they don’t approach you, the best thing to do is to ignore them.