California- A librarian in California who was fired after reporting to the police about a man who was using a library computer to view child pornography is demanding her job back.

Fla.-based Christian legal group Liberty Counsel has sent a demand letter to the Tulare County Library in Lindsay, Calif., requesting that officials reinstate library assistant Brenda Biesterfeld.

The letter also asks that the library change its policy to prevent the use of library property for illegal behavior, to establish a prompt reporting system, and to take measures to protect children, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Mathew D. Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University’s School of Law, called the decision to fire Biesterfeld “outrageous.”

“Child pornography is illegal under state and federal laws,” stated Staver. “Brenda Biesterfeld had a moral and a legal responsibility to report to police a library patron whom she observed viewing child pornography.

“Child pornography is a despicable crime against children,” he added. “Our tax dollars should not be used to provide safe havens for sexual perverts to view child pornography.”

Biesterfeld had contacted her supervisor, Judy Hill, after noticing the incident and asked for advice on how to handle the situation.

“I told her I was shocked because I have boys that age, and he might as well have had my youngest one up on that screen,” Biesterfeld recalled telling Hill, according to the Visalia Times Delta. “I told her I was sick to my stomach and angry.”

When Biesterfeld asked if she should call the police, Hill told her only to issue a warning to the man, who was later identified by police as 39-year-old Donny Lynn Chrisle, but not to contact police.

Biesterfeld was also told by Hill that such incidents happen more often than she would think.

Despite her supervisor’s instructions, Biesterfeld said she later contacted police.

Biesterfeld again called the police when Chrisler came to the library on Mar. 4 asking to use a computer. The man was arrested that day on child-pornography charges.

But two days later, Biesterfeld received a letter signed by County Librarian Brian Lewis saying her probationary status is being “terminated” and her employment ended immediately.

Lewis said there were sound business reasons behind her firing but would not go into detail, reported the Visalia Times Delta.

Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, who has also been in contact with the library on behalf of Biesterfeld, denounced the firing.

“The liberals who run the library system in America must stop violating the federal law because they regard child pornography as ‘free speech,'” he said in a statement. “Brenda Biesterfeld will get her job back, and more.”

The incident has also outraged community residents and caught the attention of city officials.

Last Wednesday, Lindsay Mayor Ed Murray and other city council officials sent a letter to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, criticizing Hill and Lewis over their handling of the child-pornography incident.

The letter also charged Hill with being uncooperative and demanding while talking to police about the matter.

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to hold a session evaluation of Lewis during its meeting Tuesday.

A prayer vigil for Biesterfeld and the children of Lindsay meanwhile was scheduled to take place Tuesday evening at the Lindsay United Methodist Church.

Background: It all began on February 28th at the Lindsay City Library.

That’s when Brenda Biesterfeld says she caught 39-year-old Donny Chrisler looking at child pornography on a library computer.

Biesterfeld says she then went to her boss, who told her not to report it to police, but one day later she had a change of heart and made the call.

Just a few days after that, on March 4th, police set up a sting operation at the library and caught Chrisler allegedly looking at child porn again, subsequently finding even more at his house when they conducted a search.

On March 6th, Biesterfeld was fired… for what she calls… standing up for what is right.

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors, after meeting in closed session all day, decided that letting Biesterfeld go had nothing to do with the call she made to police.

They say there were legitimate business reasons aside from her call to police that supported her firing, adding they were legally prohibited from releasing that information without a signed request from Biesterfeld.

They say that unreleased information on her performance is the reason she was released from her duties as a librarian assistant 1.

That information will not be released, according to the board, until Biesterfeld signs papers, releasing.

Biesterfeld says she does plan to have that confidential information released to the public, because she says she has absolutely nothing to hide.

Biesterfeld’s is now planning to sue Tulare County for firing her on March 6th.

Her attorney has already contacted Tulare County supervisors in regard to the litigation.

The board is now arranging for an independent investigation to be performed under the oversight of a judicial official.

Chrisler remains in The Tulare County Main Jail on seven counts of possessing child pornography.

He’s being held on $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear before a judge, tomorrow in Porterville.