City Public Library failing to call police

[epactheactor]

I am in Houston Texas (Harris County), my fiancée volunteers at the local city library. On the 9th, a teen attempted to yank her necklace off which contained a family ring. A security guard grabbed the kid as he witnessed the crime. He then said to her, "The staff will handle it." Come to find out they never called the police nor did an incident report about it.
If I can prove this crime occurred, via witnesses, security guard and cameras, can I charge the staff? If not, would I be able to sue for any damages? This has scared my fiancée a great deal and she breaks down crying often due to it. I have contacted the library system and found they do have policies/procedures but none of them were followed at all.
I started to research this, but honestly have no idea what this would fall under. Thank you for any help you might be able to give.

 

[mlane58]

I am in Houston Texas (Harris County), my fiancée volunteers at the local city library. On the 9th, a teen attempted to yank her necklace off which contained a family ring. A security guard grabbed the kid as he witnessed the crime. He then said to her, "The staff will handle it." Come to find out they never called the police nor did an incident report about it.
If I can prove this crime occurred, via witnesses, security guard and cameras, can I charge the staff? If not, would I be able to sue for any damages? This has scared my fiancée a great deal and she breaks down crying often due to it. I have contacted the library system and found they do have policies/procedures but none of them were followed at all.
I started to research this, but honestly have no idea what this would fall under. Thank you for any help you might be able to give.

You can't do anything, you are not a party to the incident. Your fiance is the only one that pursue this.

 

[cbg]

And your fiancee cannot force them to call the police. The library has the right to handle the situation as they see fit since she chose to leave it up to them. Nothing was stopping her from calling the police at the time regardless of what the security guard said.

 

[Silverplum]

I am in Houston Texas (Harris County), my fiancée volunteers at the local city library. On the 9th, a teen attempted to yank her necklace off which contained a family ring. A security guard grabbed the kid as he witnessed the crime. He then said to her, "The staff will handle it." Come to find out they never called the police nor did an incident report about it.
If I can prove this crime occurred, via witnesses, security guard and cameras, can I charge the staff? If not, would I be able to sue for any damages? This has scared my fiancée a great deal and she breaks down crying often due to it. I have contacted the library system and found they do have policies/procedures but none of them were followed at all.
I started to research this, but honestly have no idea what this would fall under. Thank you for any help you might be able to give.

You can't file anything, or charge anyone with anything. Nothing happened to YOU. You have no legal standing here.

This is entirely up to your fiancee. She might be fired if she aggressively pursues this, but that's her call.

 

[Zigner]

Why didn't SHE call the police?

 

[justalayman]

and realistically, just what would she have gained if the police were involved? It appears the theft was thwarted by the security on hand. I'm not seeing why she believes the police being involved would give her any more solace.

 

[Isis1]

Why didn't SHE call the police?

that's what i wanted to know!!

nothing was stopping her from calling the police! i NEVER wait for personnel to call the police. if they have a record of the incident, that will help her.

and she can't be fired (she isn't employed), but they can let her know her services are no longer needed. just as she can decide not to show up one day.

the library is under no requirement to report such a crime.

 

[justalayman]

I would suggest that she didn't call the police because she was told that they would "take care of it" believing they would contact the police and by the time she realized there was no police involvement, she was already home with the OP who, for some reason, wants to convince her there is a claim based on their refusal to call the police.

 

[Silverplum]

I would suggest that she didn't call the police because she was told that they would "take care of it" believing they would contact the police and by the time she realized there was no police involvement, she was already home with the OP who, for some reason, wants to convince her there is a claim based on their refusal to call the police.

It happened on the 9th. Today's the 10th. OP says she "breaks down crying often..."