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A Second Stalking Warning in Three Months: West Texas A&M Returns to On-Campus Housing

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On November 7, 2024, West Texas A&M University issued a second stalking Timely Warning Notification of the year, this time for potential stalking incidents in an on-campus residential location reported to have occurred during October and November. Coming months after WTAMU's August warning, it drew local attention to how often campuses must warn about stalking under the Clery Act.

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West Texas A&M University
Public Masters · TX
~10,000 studentsTimely Warning Notification
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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Timely Warning Notification — Stalking November 7, 2024 Contact: Chief Shawn Burns, University Police Department The University Police Department was made aware of potential stalking incidents occurring in an on-campus residential location. The incidents are reported to have occurred during the months of October and November. Title IX has been notified, and the victim's rights and options have been provided. This notification is issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the University Police Department.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Reconstructed from the WTAMU Police Facebook post; the full graphic-image text is not transcribed verbatim, so isVerbatimConfirmed is false
Names the issuing official (Chief Shawn Burns) — an accountability marker that ties the warning to a responsible person
Localizes only to 'an on-campus residential location' rather than naming the specific hall, limiting victim-identifying detail
Second WTAMU stalking warning in roughly three months, which itself became a news angle about stalking frequency on campus
Title IX referral and victim rights are stated inside the warning, consistent with WTAMU's August template
Context

Background

WTAMU's November 7, 2024 stalking warning was its second of the year, and the cadence itself became the story. The university issued the notification after being made aware of potential stalking incidents in an on-campus residential location during October and November, with Title IX notified and victim rights provided. Local outlets framed the pattern explicitly: radio station MyB106 ran a piece headlined 'More Stalking Incidents Reported At West Texas A&M. What Can Be Done To Stop It?,' and MyHighPlains/KAMR covered both the August and November notices. The warning deliberately localized only to 'an on-campus residential location' rather than naming a specific hall — a privacy choice that still gives residents enough to be vigilant. Naming the issuing officer, Chief Shawn Burns, attaches accountability to the message. For a mid-size public master's institution, two stalking timely warnings in a single fall semester underscores that under the Clery Act stalking is among the most frequently warned-about offenses, even though it rarely generates the dramatic single-event alerts associated with shootings or fires.
Analysis

Key Findings

WTAMU's second stalking warning of 2024 made the frequency of stalking notifications a local news angle
The warning named the issuing official (Chief Shawn Burns), attaching accountability to the message
Location was given only as 'an on-campus residential location,' protecting the victim while still informing residents
Stalking is among the most frequently warned-about Clery crimes despite rarely producing dramatic single-event alerts
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion