After more than a dozen assaults at the downtown library, they added armed officers to combat the issue. But not everyone is on board with the idea.
held a"read-in," in the San Antonio Central Library to protest a six-month pilot program, putting SAPD officers at the library.
The organization says they realize there needs to be a response to the assaults, but is calling for other solutions. "So we are planning a variety of different things, like having more training for staff on de-escalation, as well as working with UTSA on a needs assessment to see are there other things we could do, like maybe social workers in the library," said Holmes.
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