Pattern thefts of electric scooters on campus

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  S 25/25 majority present. The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety, the NIU Department of Public Safety, and DeKalb Police Department are named.

  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: The NIU Department of Police and Public Safety is named as the report-to unit.
  2. present: DeKalb Police Department is a second named public-safety authority in the body.
  3. present: The NIU Department of Public Safety recommends the prevention steps, naming the issuer.
  4. present: Campus police at 815-753-1212 identifies NIU police as the sending office.
  5. present: NIU Safe App is a branded campus reporting product that tags the source.
  6. present: Witnesses may remain anonymous by calling 815-753-TIPS, an NIU police line.
  7. present: Readers are told to report stolen scooters to the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety.
  8. present: go.niu.edu/niusafe is an official NIU safety address that marks campus origin.
  9. present: Two agencies are named: NIU Department of Police and Public Safety and DeKalb Police.
  10. present: NIU in NIU Department of Police and Public Safety names the university police sender.
  11. present: The tips block is credited to the NIU Department of Public Safety.
  12. present: Report it immediately to the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety names the source.
  13. present: A named municipal partner, DeKalb Police Department at 815-748-8400, appears.
  14. present: Police and Public Safety is written in full as the campus department taking reports.
  15. present: The bulletin routes tips to campus police, the NIU public-safety unit.
  16. present: Source is present because NIU Department of Police and Public Safety is printed twice.
  17. present: The Apple Store download line still names the NIU Safe App as the campus channel.
  18. present: 815-753-1212 is given as the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety number.
  19. present: Public Safety in NIU Department of Public Safety is the office issuing lock advice.
  20. present: Who sends is campus police, written as the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety.
  21. present: In an emergency please call 911 sits beside named NIU and DeKalb police contacts.
  22. present: The Holmes Student Center thefts are to be reported to named NIU police.
  23. present: A dual contact byline names NIU Police and Public Safety or DeKalb Police.
  24. present: The reporting path is to NIU Department of Police and Public Safety, a named unit.
  25. present: NIU Department of Public Safety is the speaker of To help prevent further incidents.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  H 25/25 majority present. Thefts of electric scooters is a specific named crime, not a generic incident or situation.

  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: Thefts of electric scooters is a specific crime threat, not a generic incident.
  2. present: E-scooters names the stolen property type with enough specificity for Hazard.
  3. present: Multiple thefts of electric scooters is the lead threat, not situation or emergency alone.
  4. present: The hazard is scooter theft around campus, a concrete property crime.
  5. present: Electric scooters (E-scooters) identifies what is being stolen.
  6. present: Theft of E-scooters is a listed-style specific offense rather than incident by itself.
  7. present: The opening clause names thefts of electric scooters as the reported crime.
  8. present: Hazard present because thefts of electric scooters is more specific than incident.
  9. present: Scooters left unsecured still restates scooter theft as the named threat.
  10. present: If your scooter is stolen repeats the theft hazard rather than a vague event.
  11. present: The what of the notice is multiple E-scooter thefts, a defined crime type.
  12. present: Pattern thefts of electric scooters is a specific named hazard.
  13. present: Academic-building and Holmes Student Center thefts are still named as thefts.
  14. present: The text states what the threat is: thefts of electric scooters.
  15. present: High-value items like E-scooters keeps the hazard on scooter theft.
  16. present: Easily removable locks describe method, while the hazard name remains thefts.
  17. present: Suspects in these cases refers back to the scooter-theft crimes already named.
  18. present: Further incidents in the tips header points to more E-scooter thefts.
  19. present: Hazard is present as multiple thefts of electric scooters, a defined crime.
  20. present: Naming thefts of E-scooters gives a specific threat rather than emergency alone.
  21. present: The product reports electric-scooter thefts, which the rubric treats as a qualifying hazard.
  22. present: Bike-rack thefts of scooters are still thefts, a concrete crime label.
  23. present: The lead reports multiple thefts of electric scooters, a specific named hazard.
  24. present: E-scooter theft is not a placeholder word like situation.
  25. present: Readers are told the threat is thefts of electric scooters, not merely an event.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  L 25/25 majority present. Around campus, residence hall bike racks, academic buildings, and the Holmes Student Center name places.

  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: Around campus is a campus place cue, which Location accepts.
  2. present: Residence hall bike racks name a hall-area site for the thefts.
  3. present: Academic buildings are named campus buildings as theft locations.
  4. present: The Holmes Student Center is a named campus building.
  5. present: Various locations including residence hall bike racks still name a hall site.
  6. present: Campus plus Holmes Student Center together locate the thefts on campus.
  7. present: Bike racks at a residence hall are a mapped-style campus place.
  8. present: The where includes academic buildings, a building-class place.
  9. present: Holmes Student Center is a specific named center, not an unnamed scene.
  10. present: Around campus (8/29/25 - 10/6/25) still uses campus as the where.
  11. present: Location present: residence hall bike racks, academic buildings, and Holmes Student Center.
  12. present: A residence hall is named as one of the theft sites.
  13. present: The thefts occurred at various locations including named campus facilities.
  14. present: Park in designated scooter or bike areas still points to campus parking places.
  15. present: Place names in the body are campus, residence hall bike racks, and Holmes Student Center.
  16. present: Academic buildings locates the thefts at campus academic sites.
  17. present: The Holmes Student Center is a building-level campus landmark.
  18. present: Residence hall bike racks is a hall-adjacent place, which counts.
  19. present: Campus is the first where word, and later buildings narrow it.
  20. present: Named place Holmes Student Center plus campus satisfy Location.
  21. present: The scene list is residence hall bike racks, academic buildings, and Holmes Student Center.
  22. present: Location is around campus, a qualifying campus token.
  23. present: Bike areas in the tips are campus scooter or bike parking places.
  24. present: The rubric accepts campus, and that word appears in around campus.
  25. present: Readers are told the thefts occurred at residence hall bike racks and academic buildings.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  G 25/25 majority present. Get to a safe location, report immediately, call 911, and lock the scooter are protective instructions.

  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: Please get to a safe location is a protective instruction to recipients.
  2. present: Report it immediately to NIU police is a call-the-police instruction.
  3. present: In an emergency, please call 911 is a call-911 order.
  4. present: Always secure your E-scooter using a U-lock is a lock-it instruction.
  5. present: Park in well-lit, designated scooter or bike areas is recipient guidance.
  6. present: Report suspicious activity immediately to campus police is a reporting order.
  7. present: Consider using GPS tracking devices is advice on a protective step.
  8. present: If your scooter is stolen, report it immediately is a what-to-do instruction.
  9. present: Get to a safe location and report it immediately is two protective actions.
  10. present: Witnesses may remain anonymous by calling 815-753-TIPS still tells how to report.
  11. present: The NIU Department of Public Safety recommends the following is a guidance header.
  12. present: Recipients are told to lock scooters and to call 911 in an emergency.
  13. present: Report stolen scooters and provide make, model, serial number is an action path.
  14. present: Suspicious activity may also be reported through the NIU Safe App is a report instruction.
  15. present: Secure your E-scooter with a high-quality U-lock or chain lock is lock guidance.
  16. present: Please get to a safe location is second-person protective guidance, not responder status.
  17. present: Call 911 and call 815-753-1212 are both recipient reporting instructions.
  18. present: Park in well-lit areas is a stay-safer placement instruction.
  19. present: The bullets are imperative steps: secure, park, report, consider GPS, report theft.
  20. present: Guidance is present as get to a safe location plus report immediately.
  21. present: Readers are told what to do: lock the scooter and report suspicious activity.
  22. present: To help prevent further incidents introduces protective actions for owners.
  23. present: Provide identifying information if stolen is an instruction to the victim-reader.
  24. present: The text orders a safe location first, then an immediate report to police.
  25. present: Call-police and lock-the-scooter commands both satisfy Guidance.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  T 25/25 majority present. The window 8/29/25 - 10/6/25 is a date range, and immediately and now also appear.

  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: The range 8/29/25 - 10/6/25 is an explicit calendar window.
  2. present: Recently is a recency word on when the thefts were reported.
  3. present: Report it immediately uses immediately, which Time counts.
  4. present: The app is now available uses now, a recency cue.
  5. present: Investigations are ongoing is an ongoing time cue.
  6. present: 8/29/25 is a date, which the Time element requires.
  7. present: 10/6/25 closes the dated theft window.
  8. present: Immediately appears again in report suspicious activity immediately.
  9. present: If your scooter is stolen, report it immediately is another immediately cue.
  10. present: Recently been reported plus the 8/29/25-10/6/25 span timestamp the pattern.
  11. present: Time present: 8/29/25 - 10/6/25 names start and end dates.
  12. present: Now available for download is a now marker even though it is about the app.
  13. present: Ongoing investigations supply an ongoing when cue.
  14. present: The notice answers when with a date range from 8/29/25 to 10/6/25.
  15. present: Immediately is written three times, and one is enough for Time.
  16. present: Recently marks recency, matching rubric examples such as now.
  17. present: Calendar dates 8/29/25 and 10/6/25 independently satisfy Time.
  18. present: The theft window is dated, so Time is present even without a clock.
  19. present: Report it immediately is a when-to-act word from the Time list.
  20. present: 8/29/25 - 10/6/25 is as specific a time cue as a single day date.
  21. present: Time is present because the body prints 8/29/25 - 10/6/25.
  22. present: Now in the app is now available clause is a listed Time token.
  23. present: The pattern is bounded by two slash dates, which are calendar stamps.
  24. present: Ongoing is a duration-of-investigation cue the rubric includes with now.
  25. present: Date, now, immediately, and ongoing all appear, so Time is present.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  I 0/25. Thefts of electric scooters is the hazard name, and no injury, dangerous, or serious-threat clause is added.

  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: Thefts of electric scooters is the hazard name, and no extra harm wording appears.
  2. absent: Nobody is said to be injured, threatened, or in danger beyond the theft label.
  3. absent: Stolen restates the theft hazard and is not a separate severity clause.
  4. absent: High-value items names property worth, not injury or dangerous language.
  5. absent: Left unsecured describes method, not a consequence to people.
  6. absent: There is no serious or continuing threat sentence in this bulletin.
  7. absent: Impact needs harm or severity beyond the hazard name, and this text does not supply it.
  8. absent: Easily removable locks are a vulnerability note, not stated harm.
  9. absent: Suspects not identified does not describe injury or damage.
  10. absent: Investigations are ongoing is process, not impact.
  11. absent: Calling 911 is guidance, not a statement of harm.
  12. absent: Get to a safe location is guidance, not an injury clause.
  13. absent: No wounded, killed, or dangerous wording is attached to the thefts.
  14. absent: Impact is absent because naming thefts alone does not satisfy I.
  15. absent: The tips prevent further incidents but never say what extra harm occurred.
  16. absent: Serial number and color are identifiers, not severity language.
  17. absent: Campus police contact lines are source and guidance, not impact.
  18. absent: The product reports thefts without adding injury or serious-threat language.
  19. absent: Stated harm is required beyond the hazard name, and only the hazard name is here.
  20. absent: E-scooters is the stolen object, which is the hazard, not extra impact.
  21. absent: I stays absent: no consequence beyond the theft name is conveyed.
  22. absent: Well-lit parking advice is guidance, not a harm statement.
  23. absent: GPS tracking is a prevention tip, not a description of injury or loss amount.
  24. absent: The text never says life-threatening, damaging, or serious threat.
  25. absent: Hazard name plus prevention bullets still leaves impact absent under the rubric.