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Belgrade board discusses recent skate-park assault; library details incident procedures and de-escalation training

Belgrade Library Advisory Board · January 27, 2026
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Summary

After a board member raised a recent assault at the nearby skate park, the Belgrade Library director described staff de-escalation training, an incident-report process, police notification procedures and collaboration with parks and other agencies to better engage teens.

Belgrade — A board member at Monday’s Belgrade Library Advisory Board meeting raised concerns about a recent assault near the city skate park and asked whether that violence had carried over into library spaces and what the library is doing in response.

The chair described “the act of violence that occurred in the park here last week where there was an assault on another teenager by 4 individuals.” The director, Elena, told the board the library has an incident-report and…

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