{
  "id": "2026-09-13-oklahoma-state-university-officer-impersonation",
  "slug": "oklahoma-state-university-officer-impersonation-2026-09-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Oklahoma State University",
    "shortName": "OSU",
    "state": "OK",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Cowboy Alert",
    "enrollment": 26000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-13",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Reports of someone posing as an officer demanding money",
    "headlinePublic": "Reports of someone posing as an officer demanding money",
    "summary": "OSU Police [warned that someone claiming to be an officer was demanding money from a parent to protect a student](https://x.com/OkstateSafety/status/2099182749680570676) and said OSUPD would never make that call.",
    "outcome": "Investigation of three reports. Parents told to call OSUPD at 405-744-6523."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-13T12:05:43-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "OSUPD is investigating 3 reports of someone claiming to be an officer demanding money from a parent to protect a student in trouble. \n\nThe OSUPD would NEVER call a parent to demand money. Any parent who receives a call should contact the OSU Police Department at 405-744-6523.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/OkstateSafety/status/2099182749680570676",
      "sourceDescription": "@OkstateSafety officer-impersonation advisory",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14 (oembed convert_charrefs True; pic.twitter.com media chrome stripped). sha256 26ec764c74018be1a6212479d2ce7dcbb6188425a058c97bb4801d54eb5e54ca. Trailing space after trouble. preserved.",
        "Thread checked 2026-09-14: no further posts from @OkstateSafety for this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 276
    }
  ],
  "context": "OSU Police posts safety products on [@OkstateSafety](https://x.com/OkstateSafety). Official post: the [officer-impersonation advisory](https://x.com/OkstateSafety/status/2099182749680570676).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Three reports of someone claiming to be an officer demanding money from a parent; OSUPD says it would never make that call."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@OkstateSafety officer-impersonation advisory",
      "url": "https://x.com/OkstateSafety/status/2099182749680570676",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "oklahoma",
    "osu",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-14",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}