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Grayling813 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:29 am As an unarmed security guard I believe your best response to seeing someone headed for the front door with a rifle would be to lead everyone out a door on the opposite side of the building.
Your city employer cares not one whit about security or your well being.

Pretty well the conclusion I've co.e to. I've already spoken with the other employees and assured them I'd never joke about something like that. If they hear me say "Man with a gun," to head for the back door taking as many patrons as they can.

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:26 pm

BigGuy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:01 pm

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:20 pm Are you employed by the library or a private security company?

Sounds like you are employed as a Level 2 security guard even though you have Level 3 license.

I agree with Jusme...if you aren't allowed to carry your weapon find another security guard position. It's just too dangerous these days to be in public in a uniform of authority and not be armed.

I'm part time with the library, hoping it goes full time. I also do part time for another company and my license is through the security company they use.

The library contracts you part time through the security company? Or does the library also have a security license under this provision and employs you?
https://www.dps.texas.gov/rsd/psb/GLOA.htm

I actually misspoke. All Library employees are actually employees of the City. The City does have a security license number and I'm employed by them.

Grayling813 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:20 pm Are you employed by the library or a private security company?

Sounds like you are employed as a Level 2 security guard even though you have Level 3 license.

I agree with Jusme...if you aren't allowed to carry your weapon find another security guard position. It's just too dangerous these days to be in public in a uniform of authority and not be armed.

I'm part time with the library, hoping it goes full time. I also do part time for another company and my license is through the security company they use.

To make matters even worse, the library is set up like a shooting gallery. It is set in in a semicircle with the only public entrance at one corner of the base. Shelving is set radially from the center so that staff can easily see all parts of the library. There is nothing to hide behind. The only other exit from the lobby is at the other end of the base where a hall leads to the back part of the build and a door to the staff parking lot. There is no signage, so visitors don't know about it.
I’m told that before I arrived last October, somebody from the PD came over to look at the place and make recommendations on how to handle an active shooter situation. I’m told he looked around, shrugged his shoulders and left.
Finally, even though I hold a level III license, the Library Board does not want me armed. The only way to make this more of a fish in a barrel situation would be the actual addition of water.

I’m presently the Security Officer at a public library. Being tax funded, we are have no signage. Unfortunately we are in a less than desirable part of town and before the Covid shutdown was, for all practical purposes, a defacto homeless shelter. In the time before I came, staff had gotten extremely lax on the rules. Visitors were allowed bring in multiple bags. (In some cases actual tents) The no food or drink rule was not being enforced. We had many lounge chairs and most days they were all filled minutes after opening and would stay filled until evening. We also had “charging stations,” were visitors could charge their phones. These would be occupied all day by people “Charging” their phones. It was also common for up to 20 people to be sitting around outside, eating food they had just been given from the shelter across the street.
While closed down, we removed the charging stations, half of the tables and chairs, and all of the lounge chairs. We strictly enforce the no food or drink, limit visitors to one bag, and require that they stay no more than one hour. I also enforce the No Loitering policy. I’m sure you can imagine, we received push back. We even had report that somebody had threatened to shoot the place up.
I’m not sure of the law concerning open carry. Am I correct that handguns must be holstered? What about long guns. Can they be openly carried into a public library? I’m trying to figure out how to react if I see some dude coming down the steps toward the front door carrying an AR in front of him.