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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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Clery Crime Alert Burglaries Columbia University Public Safety was just informed of two burglaries that occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus. The first burglary occurred on Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. The second occurred on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m. Both burglaries may have been committed by the same suspect. On September 26, the suspect entered the building due to the door not being closed correctly. On September 27, the suspect entered the building after randomly buzzing apartments until they were let in. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 212-854-2797. Description of Reported Offender: The suspect was observed on CCTV cameras, as male-presenting, with a brown complexion, and thin build. On September 26th they wore an olive cap, green camouflage tee shirt, dark pants and sneakers. On September 27th they wore a dark cap with gray brim, navy blue tee-shirt, red flannel bottoms and black sneakers. No other information is available at this time. Safety Tips Do NOT buzz people into your building if you do not know who they are. Make sure the doors lock behind you every time to enter or exit a building. Stay informed about delivery statuses and estimated arrival times and try to retrieve your package in a timely manner. DISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the community. To see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at ps-compliance@columbia.edu.
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Columbia Public Safety Clery Crime Alert PDF (2025-W26)publicsafety.columbia.edufind archived copies
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Columbia Clery 2025-W26 flyer W26_Clery_Burglaries_W530andW112St_2025-09-26-and-2025-09-27.pdf.
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To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

Clery Crime Alert Burglaries Columbia University Public Safety was just informed of two burglaries that occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus. The first burglary occurred on Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. The second occurred on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m. Both burglaries may have been committed by the same suspect. On September 26, the suspect entered the building due to the door not being closed correctly. On September 27, the suspect entered the building after randomly buzzing apartments until they were let in. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 212-854-2797. Description of Reported Offender: The suspect was observed on CCTV cameras, as male-presenting, with a brown complexion, and thin build. On September 26th they wore an olive cap, green camouflage tee shirt, dark pants and sneakers. On September 27th they wore a dark cap with gray brim, navy blue tee-shirt, red flannel bottoms and black sneakers. No other information is available at this time. Safety Tips Do NOT buzz people into your building if you do not know who they are. Make sure the doors lock behind you every time to enter or exit a building. Stay informed about delivery statuses and estimated arrival times and try to retrieve your package in a timely manner. DISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community when certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the community. To see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia University’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda Sanchez at ps-compliance@columbia.edu.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Source present: the Clery Crime Alert header and Columbia University Public Safety identify the issuing authority.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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    1. present: Columbia University Public Safety and the Department of Public Safety are named as the informing and contact authority.
    2. present: "Clery Crime Alert" and "Columbia University Public Safety" identify who is sending the message.
    3. present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify the issuing authority.
    4. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informing authority.
    5. present: "Clery Crime Alert" and "Columbia University Public Safety" identify the issuing authority.
    6. present: Clery Crime Alert is branded and Columbia University Public Safety plus the Department of Public Safety are named.
    7. present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety name the issuing authority.
    8. present: The Clery Crime Alert names Columbia University Public Safety as the office just informed, and the Department of Public Safety as contact.
    9. present: Columbia University Public Safety and the Department of Public Safety are identified as the informed issuer and contact.
    10. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as just informed, and the Department of Public Safety is given as the contact.
    11. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the authority that was "just informed" and should be contacted.
    12. present: "Clery Crime Alert" and "Columbia University Public Safety" name the authority.
    13. present: Columbia University Public Safety and the Department of Public Safety are named as the source.
    14. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as just informed and the Department of Public Safety is the listed contact.
    15. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as just informed, with the Department of Public Safety as the contact.
    16. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as just informed, and the Department of Public Safety is the listed contact.
    17. present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify the issuing authority.
    18. present: Columbia University Public Safety and the Department of Public Safety are identified as the source of the Clery Crime Alert.
    19. present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify who is sending the warning.
    20. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informed authority and contact agency.
    21. present: Clery Crime Alert and Columbia University Public Safety identify the issuing office.
    22. present: Clery Crime Alert from Columbia University Public Safety names who issued the message.
    23. present: Columbia University Public Safety is named as the informed agency and Columbia University as the Clery issuer.
    24. present: "Clery Crime Alert" and "Columbia University Public Safety" identify who issued the warning.
    25. present: "Clery Crime Alert" and "Columbia University Public Safety" identify who is sending the alert.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Hazard present because the text names two burglaries, including unauthorized building entry.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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    1. present: It names two "burglaries" with unauthorized building entry.
    2. present: It names "two burglaries" as the specific crime.
    3. present: The message names two burglaries as the specific crimes.
    4. present: It names two burglaries as the specific threat.
    5. present: The message names "burglaries" as the specific crime.
    6. present: It names two burglaries, with entry through an unsecured door and by buzzing apartments.
    7. present: It names two burglaries as the hazard.
    8. present: It specifies two burglaries at the same building.
    9. present: It names two burglaries as the specific threat.
    10. present: It names two burglaries, with entry through an unsecured door and by buzzing apartments.
    11. present: It names "two burglaries" as the specific crime threat.
    12. present: It specifies "two burglaries" as the crime.
    13. present: The alert names two burglaries at the same address.
    14. present: The heading and body name two burglaries as the specific threat.
    15. present: It names a specific threat: two burglaries at the same building.
    16. present: The alert names two burglaries as the specific crimes at the same building.
    17. present: The alert names two burglaries as the hazard.
    18. present: The message names two burglaries, including entry through an unsecured door and by buzzing apartments.
    19. present: The alert names two burglaries.
    20. present: The heading and body name burglaries, a specific crime threat.
    21. present: The alert names two Burglaries by a suspect entering the building and, by context of the tips, taking packages.
    22. present: The heading and body name Burglaries as the specific crimes.
    23. present: The heading and body name two burglaries as the specific threat.
    24. present: The message names "two burglaries" as the hazard.
    25. present: The message names "Burglaries" as the specific threat.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Location present: both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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    1. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    2. present: They occurred "at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus."
    3. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    4. present: They occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    5. present: Both occurred at "530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus".
    6. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    7. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    8. present: It locates both burglaries at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    9. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    10. present: It places both burglaries at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    11. present: Both occurred at "530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus".
    12. present: Both occurred "at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus."
    13. present: Both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    14. present: It locates both burglaries at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    15. present: It locates both burglaries at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    16. present: Both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    17. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    18. present: Both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    19. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    20. present: It locates both burglaries at 530 West 112 Street on the Morningside Campus.
    21. present: Both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    22. present: Both burglaries occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    23. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    24. present: Both occurred at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus.
    25. present: They occurred "at 530 West 112 Street at the Morningside Campus."
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Guidance present: safety tips tell people not to buzz unknown persons in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: Safety tips tell people not to buzz unknown persons in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    2. present: Tips instruct not buzzing unknown people, making sure doors lock, and retrieving packages promptly.
    3. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people in, making sure doors lock, and retrieving packages promptly.
    4. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    5. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people in, ensuring doors lock, and retrieving packages promptly.
    6. present: Tips instruct not to buzz unknown people, to make doors lock behind you, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    7. present: Tips instruct not to buzz unknown people, make sure doors lock, and retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    8. present: Safety tips tell readers not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    9. present: Safety tips tell readers not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    10. present: Safety tips instruct readers not to buzz unknown people in, to ensure doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    11. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people in, making sure doors lock, and retrieving packages in a timely manner.
    12. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people, making sure doors lock, and retrieving packages promptly.
    13. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    14. present: Safety tips tell readers not to buzz unknown people, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    15. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    16. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    17. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people in and to make sure doors lock behind you.
    18. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people, to ensure doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
    19. present: Safety tips instruct not to buzz unknown people, to ensure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    20. present: Safety tips tell readers not to buzz unknown people in, to ensure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    21. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people, making sure doors lock behind you, and retrieving packages promptly.
    22. present: Safety tips tell recipients not to buzz unknown people in, to ensure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    23. present: Safety tips instruct not buzzing unknown people in, making doors lock behind you, and retrieving packages promptly.
    24. present: Safety tips tell readers not to buzz unknown people in, to make sure doors lock, and to retrieve packages promptly.
    25. present: Recipients are told not to buzz unknown people, to make doors lock, and to retrieve packages in a timely manner.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Time present via just informed and dated clock times including Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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    1. present: It says Public Safety was "just informed" and gives September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m.
    2. present: It gives September 26 at 9:55 p.m. and September 27 at 3:00 p.m., and says Public Safety was "just informed."
    3. present: Public Safety was just informed, with times Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
    4. present: Public Safety was just informed, with times Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday around 3:00 p.m.
    5. present: It says "just informed" and gives times including "Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m."
    6. present: Public Safety was just informed, with Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
    7. present: Times include Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
    8. present: Public Safety was just informed, with burglaries on September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    9. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    10. present: It times the burglaries on Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    11. present: It gives "Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m." and a second time on Saturday, September 27.
    12. present: Public Safety was "just informed," with times "Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m." and Saturday around 3:00 p.m.
    13. present: Public Safety was just informed, and times include Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m.
    14. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    15. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    16. present: It dates the crimes Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    17. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 around 3:00 p.m.
    18. present: The first burglary is Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m., and the second is Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
    19. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
    20. present: It timestamps the burglaries on Friday, September 26, 2025 at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025 at around 3:00 p.m.
    21. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m., and says Public Safety was just informed.
    22. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    23. present: It gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and Saturday, September 27, 2025, at around 3:00 p.m.
    24. present: Public Safety was "just informed," and it gives Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m. and a second date and time.
    25. present: Dates and times include Friday, September 26, 2025, at around 9:55 p.m., and Saturday, September 27 at around 3:00 p.m.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find Impact absent: the burglaries are named without a statement of injury, danger, or what the hazard could do.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. absent: No severity or harm to people is stated; the burglaries are named without consequence language.
    2. absent: Entry and burglary are described with no statement of what the hazard could do or how severe it is.
    3. absent: No consequence or severity such as injury or danger is stated beyond naming the burglaries.
    4. absent: The burglaries are described with no language about injury, danger, or other harm.
    5. absent: The burglaries are described, but no injury, danger, or other impact beyond the crime name is stated.
    6. absent: The burglaries are named without stating injury, danger, or other consequences of the threat.
    7. absent: Entry methods are described, but no consequence or severity is stated.
    8. absent: Entry methods and a suspect description are given, but no injury, danger, or other harm is stated beyond the burglaries.
    9. absent: The burglaries are described without any statement of injury, danger, or other harm severity.
    10. absent: The text describes building entry and burglary but does not state harm, danger, or other consequences of the hazard.
    11. absent: The burglaries are named with entry methods but no injury, danger, or other harm severity is stated.
    12. absent: No consequence or severity language is given beyond naming the burglaries.
    13. absent: Entry methods are described, but no injury, danger, or other severity is stated.
    14. absent: The burglaries and how the suspect entered are described, but no consequence or severity beyond the crime name is stated.
    15. absent: The burglaries and entry methods are described, but no consequence or severity such as injury or danger is stated.
    16. absent: The burglaries are named, but the text does not state what they could do or how severe the harm is.
    17. absent: Entry methods are described, but the text never states harm, danger, or other consequences.
    18. absent: The burglaries are named without any statement of injury, danger, or what the hazard could do to people or property.
    19. absent: How the suspect entered is the crime narrative, with no stated injury, danger, or other consequence.
    20. absent: The burglary narrative and package tips name the crime but do not state harm, injury, or severity.
    21. absent: No injury, danger, or other consequence is stated beyond naming the burglaries.
    22. absent: The burglaries are described without injury, danger, or other consequence beyond packages and unlawful entry.
    23. absent: The burglaries are described without injury, danger, or other consequence or severity language.
    24. absent: The text does not describe injury, danger, or other impacts beyond the fact of the burglaries.
    25. absent: No injury, danger, or other impact of the burglaries is stated beyond the thefts themselves.

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Context

Background

Columbia Public Safety posts Clery Crime Alerts as PDFs. Official product: the 2025-W26 warning.
Analysis

Key Findings

Official Clery Crime Alert PDF recovered from the Public Safety files host.
Outcome
Public Safety seeking tips at 212-854-2797.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Columbia University: Burglaries at 530 West 112th Street." Incident of September 26, 2025. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/columbia-university-530-west-112th-burglaries-2025-09-26/

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