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Burglary at Building 14 located at 160 Memorial Drive

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MIT Police issued a timely warning on or about 2022-11-16. Full text is preserved from the official Crime Alerts & Timely Warnings archive.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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On November 15, 2022 at 10:15am, the MIT Police responded to Building 14 located at 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, for a report of a burglary. The reporting party stated that between November 11th and November 13th, 2022, an unknown person was observed via CCTV, entering their office on numerous occasions. The victim reported a number of items missing. There were no signs of forced entry. Below is a person of interest known to the MIT Police Department. This photo is from the victim’s private camera. Please report any sightings of this individual to the MIT Police. While victims of crimes are never to blame for criminal activity, there are some precautions that can be taken. In order to protect yourself and your belongings from theft and/or facilitate the recovery of your stolen property, MIT Police encourage you to follow these tips: • Immediately notify the MIT Police at 617-253-1212 or 100 from any campus phone if you believe a crime is occurring, has occurred, or is about to occur. • Always lock your office and residential doors and windows. Assure that the locks are in good working order. • Lock your office or residential door if you are leaving (even if only for a minute or two). • When entering or exiting an office, make sure the door closes tightly behind you. • Report person(s) acting in a suspicious, alarming or unsafe manner. Report all tailgaters. The MIT Police want to remind the MIT community that we are located in an urban setting and share many of the crime and safety issues that exist in any city. The MIT Police are investigating this crime and request the assistance from the MIT community. If you wish to leave an anonymous tip please call 617-258-TIPS (8-8477). The MIT Police Department 570 Memorial Drive, W91 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-1212 mitpd@mit.edu WHAT IS THIS NOTICE? This notification is in compliance with the “Timely Warning” provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.
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Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude (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.

On November 15, 2022 at 10:15am, the MIT Police responded to Building 14 located at 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, for a report of a burglary. The reporting party stated that between November 11th and November 13th, 2022, an unknown person was observed via CCTV, entering their office on numerous occasions. The victim reported a number of items missing. There were no signs of forced entry. Below is a person of interest known to the MIT Police Department. This photo is from the victim’s private camera. Please report any sightings of this individual to the MIT Police. While victims of crimes are never to blame for criminal activity, there are some precautions that can be taken. In order to protect yourself and your belongings from theft and/or facilitate the recovery of your stolen property, MIT Police encourage you to follow these tips: • Immediately notify the MIT Police at 617-253-1212 or 100 from any campus phone if you believe a crime is occurring, has occurred, or is about to occur. • Always lock your office and residential doors and windows. Assure that the locks are in good working order. • Lock your office or residential door if you are leaving (even if only for a minute or two). • When entering or exiting an office, make sure the door closes tightly behind you. • Report person(s) acting in a suspicious, alarming or unsafe manner. Report all tailgaters. The MIT Police want to remind the MIT community that we are located in an urban setting and share many of the crime and safety issues that exist in any city. The MIT Police are investigating this crime and request the assistance from the MIT community. If you wish to leave an anonymous tip please call 617-258-TIPS (8-8477). The MIT Police Department 570 Memorial Drive, W91 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-1212 mitpd@mit.edu WHAT IS THIS NOTICE? This notification is in compliance with the “Timely Warning” provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: S per MIT timely warning.

    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: MIT Police is named as issuer.
    2. present: MIT Police Department is identified in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: sender is MIT Police.
    4. present: Agency identity present.
    5. present: MIT Police appears in the warning in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: mIT Police is named as issuer.
    7. present: MIT Police Department is identified.
    8. present: Sender is MIT Police in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: agency identity present.
    10. present: MIT Police appears in the warning.
    11. present: MIT Police is named as issuer in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: mIT Police Department is identified.
    13. present: Sender is MIT Police.
    14. present: Agency identity present in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: mIT Police appears in the warning.
    16. present: MIT Police is named as issuer.
    17. present: MIT Police Department is identified in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: sender is MIT Police.
    19. present: Agency identity present.
    20. present: MIT Police appears in the warning in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: mIT Police is named as issuer.
    22. present: MIT Police Department is identified.
    23. present: Sender is MIT Police in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: agency identity present.
    25. present: MIT Police appears in the warning.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: H per MIT timely warning.

    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: Specific crime type is named.
    2. present: Hazard is concrete in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: offense is stated.
    4. present: Threat type present.
    5. present: Incident type named in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: specific crime type is named.
    7. present: Hazard is concrete.
    8. present: Offense is stated in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: threat type present.
    10. present: Incident type named.
    11. present: Specific crime type is named in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: hazard is concrete.
    13. present: Offense is stated.
    14. present: Threat type present in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: incident type named.
    16. present: Specific crime type is named.
    17. present: Hazard is concrete in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: offense is stated.
    19. present: Threat type present.
    20. present: Incident type named in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: specific crime type is named.
    22. present: Hazard is concrete.
    23. present: Offense is stated in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: threat type present.
    25. present: Incident type named.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: L per MIT timely warning.

    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. present: Building or street is named.
    2. present: Location is concrete in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: place detail present.
    4. present: Area is given.
    5. present: Geo reference present in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: building or street is named.
    7. present: Location is concrete.
    8. present: Place detail present in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: area is given.
    10. present: Geo reference present.
    11. present: Building or street is named in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: location is concrete.
    13. present: Place detail present.
    14. present: Area is given in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: geo reference present.
    16. present: Building or street is named.
    17. present: Location is concrete in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: place detail present.
    19. present: Area is given.
    20. present: Geo reference present in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: building or street is named.
    22. present: Location is concrete.
    23. present: Place detail present in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: area is given.
    25. present: Geo reference present.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: G per MIT timely warning.

    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. present: Safety precautions are listed.
    2. present: Protective guidance present in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: audience instructions appear.
    4. present: Tips tell recipients what to do.
    5. present: Guidance is present in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: safety precautions are listed.
    7. present: Protective guidance present.
    8. present: Audience instructions appear in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: tips tell recipients what to do.
    10. present: Guidance is present.
    11. present: Safety precautions are listed in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: protective guidance present.
    13. present: Audience instructions appear.
    14. present: Tips tell recipients what to do in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: guidance is present.
    16. present: Safety precautions are listed.
    17. present: Protective guidance present in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: audience instructions appear.
    19. present: Tips tell recipients what to do.
    20. present: Guidance is present in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: safety precautions are listed.
    22. present: Protective guidance present.
    23. present: Audience instructions appear in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: tips tell recipients what to do.
    25. present: Guidance is present.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: T per MIT timely warning.

    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.

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    1. present: Date or clock time present.
    2. present: Timing is anchored in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: when information appears.
    4. present: Recency present.
    5. present: Temporal cue in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: date or clock time present.
    7. present: Timing is anchored.
    8. present: When information appears in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: recency present.
    10. present: Temporal cue.
    11. present: Date or clock time present in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: timing is anchored.
    13. present: When information appears.
    14. present: Recency present in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: temporal cue.
    16. present: Date or clock time present.
    17. present: Timing is anchored in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: when information appears.
    19. present: Recency present.
    20. present: Temporal cue in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: date or clock time present.
    22. present: Timing is anchored.
    23. present: When information appears in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: recency present.
    25. present: Temporal cue.
  • Impactpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present: I per MIT timely warning.

    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. present: Theft, assault, or harm consequence stated.
    2. present: Impact present in this warning.
    3. present: Coded: severity indicated.
    4. present: Consequence appears.
    5. present: Outcome stated in this warning.
    6. present: Coded: theft, assault, or harm consequence stated.
    7. present: Impact present.
    8. present: Severity indicated in this warning.
    9. present: Coded: consequence appears.
    10. present: Outcome stated.
    11. present: Theft, assault, or harm consequence stated in this warning.
    12. present: Coded: impact present.
    13. present: Severity indicated.
    14. present: Consequence appears in this warning.
    15. present: Coded: outcome stated.
    16. present: Theft, assault, or harm consequence stated.
    17. present: Impact present in this warning.
    18. present: Coded: severity indicated.
    19. present: Consequence appears.
    20. present: Outcome stated in this warning.
    21. present: Coded: theft, assault, or harm consequence stated.
    22. present: Impact present.
    23. present: Severity indicated in this warning.
    24. present: Coded: consequence appears.
    25. present: Outcome stated.

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About this analysis
Context

Background

On or about 2022-11-16, MIT Police published a Clery timely warning on the Crime Alerts & Timely Warnings archive at https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-burglary-18.
Analysis

Key Findings

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Outcome
MIT Police investigation status as stated in the timely warning.
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    Timely Warning: Burglary
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    MIT Police timely warnings index
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Campus Alert Archive. "Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Burglary at Building 14 located at 160 Memorial Drive." Incident of November 16, 2022. Added July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/mit-burglary-building-14-located-at-160-memorial-driv-2022-11-16/

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