Act4SA, a police accountability group, will speak against officers being stationed in the Central Library downtown at Wednesday's board meeting.
A police accountability group is organizing against having police in the Central Library downtown. The group, ACT4SA , announced via Facebook that it is working to address the subject at the next San Antonio Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Central Library , 600 Soledad St. San Antonio launched a pilot program in November to have two San Antonio police officers on patrol at the Central Library . The test was expected to run for about six months.
Here's why you might see purple streetlights around San Antonio Almost 300,000 people visited the library in fiscal year 2023. There were 18 cases of assault at the central library in 2023, all by visitors, according to library staff. There were nine assaults against security staff, four against other library staff and five against other visitors.
Board Of Trustees SAPD Kathy Donellan Act4sa Central Library San Antonio 600 Soledad St. U.S. Act4sa Facebook SB4
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