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  "id": "2026-08-26-pacific-lutheran-university-garfield-street-police-response",
  "slug": "pacific-lutheran-university-garfield-street-police-response-2026-08-26",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Pacific Lutheran University",
    "shortName": "PLU",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "private-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "PLU Alert",
    "enrollment": 2700
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-26",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Police respond on Garfield Street, then the scene is contained",
    "headlinePublic": "Police respond on Garfield Street, then the scene is contained",
    "summary": "Campus Safety said police were responding to an incident on Garfield St S near the library lot and told people to stay clear. A follow-up said law enforcement had secured the scene and to keep avoiding the area.",
    "outcome": "The confirmed sequence stops at the contained-scene update."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "August 26, 2026 message on the Campus Safety page. This body prints no clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Police are responding to an incident on Garfield St S near the library lot. Please stay clear of the area.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.plu.edu/campus-safety/system-alerts/2026/08/26/plu-community-safety-information-4/",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety initial on Garfield St S",
      "characterCount": 106,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "August 26, 2026 follow-up on the same page. This body prints no clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Law enforcement has secured and contained the scene. Please continue avoiding the area.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.plu.edu/campus-safety/system-alerts/2026/08/26/plu-community-safety-information-4/",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety update, scene contained",
      "characterCount": 87,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads matched sha256 873d5c48076e04682788e7ae6475e79d0b5823b73cdb4e3bde51c4d760c3349a.",
        "A later cleared message on the same page differed on the second read and is not in this file."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both confirmed messages are on one Campus Safety system-alert page. The cleared line was not byte-identical across readers.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "People were told to stay clear of Garfield St S near the library lot, then to keep avoiding the area after the scene was contained."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Campus Safety system alert, Garfield St S",
      "url": "https://www.plu.edu/campus-safety/system-alerts/2026/08/26/plu-community-safety-information-4/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "No SPN save this batch. Snapshot not requested while other reads were in flight. Two reads sha256 a911226dbee21c26033a891f2db56e55c6bf1ca95859e0d53d731d6716098e73."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "police",
    "private-masters"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
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}