GARDEN CITY, NY January 2nd, 2022 The Garden City Police Department reported that a library security officer was assaulted by a woman. Officers responded to the Garden City Library where a 24-year-old woman assaulted a security guard after being advised the library was closing. The woman repeatedly punched the 26-year-old female guard and threw her onto […]
SAN DIEGO Ca Dec 15, 2022 — Concerns about suicide attempts and drug overdoses at San Diego’s downtown central library have prompted city officials to recommend additional security guards and more comprehensive training. A new plan unveiled by city officials would give the downtown library two more security guards, one to help prevent suicide attempts from […]
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio Oct 9 2022 A security guard at the Cleveland Heights Public Library told police he was threatened by a 13-year-old who he thought may have a real gun. The security officer at the Lee Road branch of the library called 911 on Thursday, just before 5:00 pm. He told the police dispatcher that […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 5 2022— A shooting at the Whitehaven Library left 3 boys hurt. On Mar. 3, at approximately 2:22 p.m., officers received a call from a security guard at the Whitehaven Library, regarding multiple women fighting. One of the women claimed she was jumped by the group. After the fight was over, someone […]
NEW YORK NY March 5 2022— A 28-year-old homeless man has been charged with hate crimes after a string of unprovoked attacks on women of Asian descent in New York City, police said. Steven Zajonc was arrested Wednesday in connection with assaults on seven women in different Manhattan neighborhoods over a two-hour period on Sunday. […]
Hartford CT Feb 22 2022 A security guard at the downtown Hartford Public Library was assaulted Wednesday afternoon after telling a man he had to leave the building, police and the library president said. “He was just trying to get someone to leave and got punched in the face,” police spokesman Lt. Aaron Boisvert said. […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Feb 14, 2022 The Head of Security at Florida State University’s Strozier Library is accused of stealing thousands of rare comic books from the library’s special collection. FSU Police arrested Todd Peak of Crawfordville on Friday. He is charged with grand theft of more than $100,000, fraud, dealing in stolen property and selling stolen […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA January 20, 2022 – A security officer working at San Francisco’s Main Library was viciously attacked and injured by a visitor’s dog Sunday evening, public library officials confirmed. Kate Patterson, a spokesperson for San Francisco Public Library, said the incident happened inside the library around 5:40 p.m. when witnesses observed the dog barking […]
SALT LAKE CITY UTAH April 1 2021 A man is now in custody for assault and multiple other crimes after police say he refused to wear a mask inside a Salt Lake City library. According to a probable cause statement, officers responded to the Salt Lake City Public Library on Sunday for reports of a man […]
Longview TX March 24 2021 Longview police investigated an “apparent suicide” around lunchtime Tuesday in the parking lot between Longview Public Library and Longview City Hall. Police Lt. James Bettis said an individual died by “apparent suicide.” No one else was injured in the incident, he said. Bettis declined to state the manner of death; however, […]