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Clery Timely Warning - Stalking
The University of Arizona Police Department received a report of stalking from Campus Security Authority that occurred on Oct. 3 at 4:33 p.m., in which a female student on the University of Arizona main campus was approached in a car by a male asking if she wanted a ride, and the male circled back in his car and made a second inquiry if she wanted a ride.
The vehicle's driver is described as a white male in his 60s or 70s, balding with white hair, a beard and a goatee, who was last seen wearing a blue and white striped shirt and sunglasses. The individual was reported to be driving a white vehicle with a license plate that began with "DN."
At this time, it is unknown if this incident is related to previous similar instances around the Main Campus that UAPD notified the community of last month.
This Timely Warning is being issued by the University of Arizona Police Department in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
If you have any information about this crime, you can contact UAPD at 520-621-8273, or call 88-CRIME (520-882-7463) to remain anonymous.
UA Public Information Officer Marvin Smith confirmed UAPD used Clery Timely Warning rather than UAlert because 'It's not an active incident that is impacting somebody right now' — UAlert is reserved for actively unfolding incidents like potential shootings or gas leaks
The 4:33 PM MST timestamp is precise and was disclosed directly in the warning, illustrating UAPD's relatively transparent VAWA practice
The incident is tied to a pattern: the warning explicitly notes 'previous similar instances around the Main Campus' the prior month, suggesting a course-of-conduct or pattern actor
UA had the highest reports of stalking in Arizona's three R1 universities by 2024 ASR data, despite being smaller than ASU
Reported 22 hours after the incident — within Clery 'timely' window and faster than many institutional baselines
Routing through Campus Security Authority rather than direct 911 reflects UA's robust [Threat Assessment and Management Team](https://nau.edu/threat/) intake structure
Verbatim text recovered from UAPD's published Clery Timely Warning archive and Daily Wildcat reproduction — incident narrative, suspect description (white male, 60s-70s, balding, beard and goatee, blue and white striped shirt), and white-vehicle / 'DN' license plate are preserved as published