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Lewd comments and unwanted contact in the campus area

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Campus Safety issued a February 4 Crime Advisory covering several February 3 sidewalk incidents of lewd comments and attempted unwanted contact.

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February 4, 2025 Columbia College Chicago Community: Crime Advisory The Chicago Police Department is investigating several incidents that occurred on February 3, in the campus area. An offender would approach an individual walking on the public sidewalk and make suggestive or lewd comments. The offender would block or walk alongside the individual and bump into the individual or attempt to make unwanted physical contact. Anyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 reference JJ-136971 ; JJ-138397
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Several incidents February 3; notice February 4. Space before semicolon in JJ-136971 ; JJ-138397 preserved. Distinct from 2025-02-18-columbia-college-chicago-harold-washington-library-lower-body-grab.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

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.

February 4, 2025 Columbia College Chicago Community: Crime Advisory The Chicago Police Department is investigating several incidents that occurred on February 3, in the campus area. An offender would approach an individual walking on the public sidewalk and make suggestive or lewd comments. The offender would block or walk alongside the individual and bump into the individual or attempt to make unwanted physical contact. Anyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 reference JJ-136971 ; JJ-138397

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree Columbia College Chicago names itself and the Chicago Police Department and Campus Security are named agencies.

    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 heading addresses the Columbia College Chicago community while CPD is cited as investigator.
    2. present: Columbia College Chicago is named as the audience, and the Chicago Police Department is named as investigator.
    3. present: Columbia College Chicago is addressed as the community and CPD is named as the investigating body.
    4. present: The college names itself in the salutation and credits the Chicago Police Department with the investigation.
    5. present: Columbia College Chicago is named as the community addressed, and the Chicago Police Department is cited as investigator.
    6. present: The salutation names Columbia College Chicago and the body credits the Chicago Police Department with the investigation.
    7. present: Columbia College Chicago identifies itself in the greeting and the Chicago Police Department is named as investigator.
    8. present: The college names itself when addressing the Columbia College Chicago Community and CPD is listed as the investigating body.
    9. present: Columbia College Chicago is named in the salutation and the Chicago Police Department is credited with the investigation.
    10. present: Columbia College Chicago addresses its community and names the Chicago Police Department as investigators.
    11. present: The audience line identifies Columbia College Chicago, and the Chicago Police Department is named as the investigating body.
    12. present: Columbia College Chicago labels its audience while the Chicago Police Department appears by name as investigator.
    13. present: Columbia College Chicago is identified for its community and the Chicago Police Department is named as investigator.
    14. present: The college names its community and credits the Chicago Police Department as the investigator.
    15. present: Columbia College Chicago addresses its own community while naming the Chicago Police Department as investigator.
    16. present: The notice is directed to the Columbia College Chicago community and names the Chicago Police Department as investigator.
    17. present: The heading addresses the Columbia College Chicago community while crediting the Chicago Police Department with the investigation.
    18. present: Columbia College Chicago is named in the greeting, and the Chicago Police Department is the listed investigating agency.
    19. present: Columbia College Chicago is named as the audience and CPD is identified as the investigating body.
    20. present: The notice is issued to the Columbia College Chicago community and names the Chicago Police Department.
    21. present: The heading names Columbia College Chicago and the body names the Chicago Police Department as investigator.
    22. present: The advisory addresses the Columbia College Chicago community while naming Chicago Police Department as investigator.
    23. present: The advisory addresses the Columbia College Chicago community and names the Chicago Police Department as investigator.
    24. present: Columbia College Chicago speaks to its community and names the Chicago Police Department as the lead agency.
    25. present: The advisory is addressed to the Columbia College Chicago community and names the Chicago Police Department.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree this element is present.

    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: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify an assaultive sexual threat.
    2. present: Suggestive comments with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted touching form a specific sexual-contact threat.
    3. present: Lewd remarks plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual-harassment and physical-contact threat.
    4. present: Lewd comments, blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact describe a specific harassment and physical-contact threat.
    5. present: Lewd comments together with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault style threat.
    6. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact describe a specific sexual and physical assault pattern.
    7. present: Lewd comments paired with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual or physical assault pattern.
    8. present: Lewd comments, blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact amount to a specific sexual assault or assault pattern.
    9. present: Lewd comments paired with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual and physical assault pattern.
    10. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault type threat.
    11. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact describe a specific assault-style sexual harassment threat.
    12. present: Lewd comments with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact name a specific assaultive sexual-harassment pattern.
    13. present: Lewd comments with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault type threat.
    14. present: Lewd remarks, blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact spell out a specific physical and sexual harassment hazard.
    15. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual-assault style threat.
    16. present: Lewd comments, blocking, and attempts at unwanted physical contact name a specific assaultive sexual threat.
    17. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual harassment or assault-type threat.
    18. present: Suggestive comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted touching mark a specific sexual assault pattern.
    19. present: Lewd remarks with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify an assaultive sexual-type pattern.
    20. present: Lewd remarks plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual-assault or battery pattern.
    21. present: Suggestive comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault style threat.
    22. present: Lewd comments with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault style hazard.
    23. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted touching describe a sexual assault or harassment threat.
    24. present: Lewd comments plus blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact name a sexual assault style pattern.
    25. present: Lewd comments along with blocking, bumping, and attempted unwanted contact specify a sexual assault or battery pattern.
  • Locationabsent1/25

    Final assessment

    1 of 25 reads vote present. Majority call is absent.

    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. absent: Only the campus area and a public sidewalk are mentioned, with no street or named site.
    2. absent: Only a generic campus area and an unnamed public sidewalk appear, with no street or building.
    3. absent: Only a vague campus-area sidewalk is given, with no street or building named.
    4. absent: Only a generic campus area and public sidewalk are given, with no street or named site.
    5. absent: Incidents are placed only in the campus area on a public sidewalk, with no street or named place.
    6. absent: Incidents sit only in the campus area on a public sidewalk, with no street or named building.
    7. absent: Only a vague campus area and a generic public sidewalk appear, with no street or named building.
    8. absent: Only a vague campus area and an unnamed public sidewalk appear, with no street or named site.
    9. absent: Campus area and a public sidewalk give no street, address, or other named place.
    10. absent: Only a vague campus area and a generic public sidewalk appear, with no street or named place.
    11. absent: Campus area and a generic public sidewalk never give a street or a particular named place.
    12. absent: Only a generic campus-area public sidewalk is given, with no street or named building.
    13. absent: Campus area and an unnamed public sidewalk are not a street or a named place.
    14. absent: Only a vague campus area and unspecified public sidewalk appear, with no street or named site.
    15. absent: Campus area and a generic public sidewalk never name a street, building, or other place.
    16. absent: No street, address, or named building is supplied, only a campus-area sidewalk.
    17. absent: Only the vague campus area and a generic public sidewalk are given, with no street, block, or named building.
    18. absent: The writeup cites only the campus area and a public sidewalk, with no street or named place.
    19. absent: Only a vague campus area and generic public sidewalk appear, with no street or named site.
    20. absent: Only a vague campus area and a generic public sidewalk are mentioned, with no street or named site.
    21. absent: Campus area and a generic public sidewalk do not name a street or a specific place.
    22. absent: Placing events in the campus area on a public sidewalk names no street or distinct site.
    23. present: The several incidents are placed in the campus area, a named place.
    24. absent: Campus area and a public sidewalk do not give a street or other named place.
    25. absent: Campus area and a generic public sidewalk do not name a street or a specific place.
  • Guidanceabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree asking anyone with information to contact Campus Security and detectives is a tips request, not protective action.

    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. absent: The closing numbers collect extra facts rather than telling readers any protective step to take.
    2. absent: Two investigator numbers for extra facts do not tell readers how to protect themselves.
    3. absent: The closing merely solicits extra information for security and detectives.
    4. absent: The closing merely solicits extra information and offers no stay-safe instructions.
    5. absent: Anyone with details is asked to call Campus Security or detectives, which is not protective guidance.
    6. absent: The close merely routes extra information to Campus Security and detectives.
    7. absent: Recipients are told solely to phone Campus Security and CPD detectives if they have tips.
    8. absent: The last sentence merely collects witness reports and does not tell people how to protect themselves.
    9. absent: The footer only asks people to share details at two phone numbers and offers no safety steps.
    10. absent: The close only solicits information for Campus Security and detectives rather than telling readers how to stay safe.
    11. absent: The close only asks people with information to call Campus Security and detectives, which is not protective action.
    12. absent: Readers are merely funneled to Campus Security and detectives if they know something, not told how to stay safe.
    13. absent: The close only invites people to share information with Campus Security and detectives.
    14. absent: Readers are only told to phone Campus Security and detectives if they have information.
    15. absent: The closing only invites people to call security or detectives if they know something.
    16. absent: Callers are asked to share information with investigators rather than take any protective step.
    17. absent: Phone numbers for Campus Security and detectives solicit information, not instructions on how to stay safe.
    18. absent: Readers are merely asked to phone Campus Security or detectives if they have details.
    19. absent: The close merely solicits information for Campus Security and CPD rather than telling people how to stay safe.
    20. absent: Closing lines only solicit extra information for investigators rather than telling people how to stay safe.
    21. absent: Call numbers for Campus Security and detectives invite tips only, with no stay safe instruction.
    22. absent: The closing only routes witness information to Campus Security and detectives rather than any stay-safe instruction.
    23. absent: Listed numbers for Campus Security and detectives seek leads only and never tell readers how to stay safe.
    24. absent: Readers are only told to phone investigators if they know something, with no stay-away or other safety instruction.
    25. absent: Readers are only directed to share extra details with Campus Security and detectives, not how to protect themselves.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree this element is present.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The series of incidents is dated February 3.
    2. present: The several sidewalk incidents are assigned to February 3, a calendar date.
    3. present: The incidents are dated February 3, which meets the date-or-clock-time rule.
    4. present: The incidents are dated February 3, which is a calendar day.
    5. present: The several incidents are dated February 3.
    6. present: February 3 is a calendar date for the cluster of incidents.
    7. present: The cluster of incidents is dated February 3.
    8. present: February 3 supplies a calendar date for the incidents.
    9. present: The cluster of incidents is dated February 3.
    10. present: The series of incidents is placed on February 3.
    11. present: The series of incidents is dated February 3 on a February 4, 2025 notice.
    12. present: The cluster of incidents is placed on February 3, which is a calendar date.
    13. present: The incidents are dated February 3.
    14. present: The incidents are dated February 3, which satisfies the time element.
    15. present: The pattern is placed on February 3, which is a calendar date even without a clock hour.
    16. present: The incidents are dated February 3.
    17. present: The series of incidents is placed on February 3, which is a calendar date.
    18. present: The incidents are placed on February 3, which is a date.
    19. present: The events are dated to February 3.
    20. present: The incidents are dated to February 3.
    21. present: The several incidents are dated February 3.
    22. present: February 3 is a calendar date for when the incidents occurred.
    23. present: The pattern is dated February 3.
    24. present: The series is placed on February 3, which is a calendar date.
    25. present: The incidents are dated February 3.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree this element is absent.

    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: Bumping and unwanted contact are the acts themselves, with no injury or other fallout described.
    2. absent: Bumps and attempted contact are recounted as the acts themselves, with no injury or other severity.
    3. absent: No injury, loss, or other consequence is described beyond the comments and contact attempts.
    4. absent: Bumps and attempted contact are narrated without injury, loss, or other stated severity.
    5. absent: Bumping and attempted contact are described without injury, loss, or other stated fallout.
    6. absent: Bumps and contact attempts are narrated without injury, loss, or other stated fallout.
    7. absent: No injury, loss, or other fallout is stated beyond the comments and contact themselves.
    8. absent: The bumps and attempted contact are the offense itself, and no injury or other consequence is described.
    9. absent: Bumps and attempted contact are described without injury, treatment, or any other stated consequence.
    10. absent: Bumping and attempted contact are recounted without injury, treatment, or other stated consequences.
    11. absent: Bumps and attempted contact are narrated without injury, medical care, or any other stated fallout.
    12. absent: Bumping and attempted contact are described without injury, hospital care, or any other severity outcome.
    13. absent: Bumping and attempted contact are the acts themselves, with no injury or other fallout reported.
    14. absent: Nothing is said about injury, loss, or other outcomes beyond the contact itself.
    15. absent: Bumping and attempted contact restate the acts themselves and never report injury or other fallout.
    16. absent: No injury, property loss, or other consequence is described beyond the remarks and contact.
    17. absent: Bumping and attempted contact restate the conduct itself and report no injury or other fallout.
    18. absent: No injury, property loss, or other consequence is attached to the remarks or contact.
    19. absent: No injury, harm, or other consequence is stated beyond the contact itself.
    20. absent: Bumping and attempted contact are described without injury, harm, or other outcomes.
    21. absent: The bumps and attempted contact are the acts themselves, with no injury, loss, or other aftermath reported.
    22. absent: The bumps and contact attempts are narrated as the offense itself, with no injury or other fallout described.
    23. absent: Suggestive remarks and attempted contact are the conduct itself, with no injury or other severity described.
    24. absent: Comments, bumps, and attempted contact are the acts themselves with no injury or other outcome spelled out.
    25. absent: The bumping and attempted contact are recounted with no injury, medical care, or other stated fallout.

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Context

Background

Columbia College Chicago posts Clery Crime Advisories as PDFs at students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts.
Analysis

Key Findings

Lewd comments and unwanted contact in the campus area.
Outcome
Crime Advisory referencing CPD JJ-136971 ; JJ-138397.
Provenance

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Campus Alert Archive. "Columbia College Chicago: Lewd comments and unwanted contact in the campus area." Incident of February 3, 2025. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/columbia-college-chicago-campus-area-lewd-comments-2025-02-03/

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