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Stalking reported in the campus's main academic building prompts a timely warning

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Between October 15 and October 19, 2022, Penn State Brandywine University Police received a report of stalking in Main Building, the central academic building on the small Media, PA branch campus. The report was filed on October 19, 2022. The case (22BW00204) was issued under Penn State's then-new system-wide centralized timely-warning archive, which had launched in January 2022.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
Verified verbatimPenn State Timely Warnings (timelywarnings.psu.edu) — Brandywine campus, case 22BW00204760 chars
Stalking - VAWA has occurred at Brandywine Case Number: 22BW00204 University Police received a report of stalking. The reported incident occurred in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus. The victim, a student, reported being stalked on campus by a suspect. It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community. This warning is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). Members of the campus community are urged to use caution. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Penn State University Police at (610) 892-1496.
Penn State Brandywine is a small ~1,300-student branch campus in Media, PA, southwest of Philadelphia
Main Building is the central academic and administrative building on the Brandywine campus, located adjacent to Yearsley Mill Road on the southeast side of campus
This warning was issued early in the lifecycle of Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive, which launched in January 2022, demonstrating the new system's expansion to small branch campuses
The 'BW' campus prefix is Brandywine; the 204th case-number for 2022 reflects high police-report volume at this campus
The brevity of the incident narrative is Penn State's deliberate choice, survivor identification protection is paramount in stalking cases
Penn State's standardized continuing-threat language ('It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist') is the bright-line trigger across all 24 campuses
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.

Stalking - VAWA has occurred at Brandywine Case Number: 22BW00204 University Police received a report of stalking. The reported incident occurred in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus. The victim, a student, reported being stalked on campus by a suspect. It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community. This warning is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). Members of the campus community are urged to use caution. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Penn State University Police at (610) 892-1496.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the source is present, naming University Police as receiving the report.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It names "University Police" as receiving the report.
    2. present: It names "University Police" as the responding authority.
    3. present: It names "University Police" who received the report.
    4. present: It names "University Police" who received the report.
    5. present: It names "University Police" and Penn State University Police as the sender.
    6. present: It names "University Police" receiving the report, identifying the source.
    7. present: It names "University Police", the issuing authority.
    8. present: It names "University Police" as the receiving authority.
    9. present: "University Police" and "Penn State University Police" identify the sender.
    10. present: It names "University Police", the issuing authority.
    11. present: It names "University Police" as having received the report.
    12. present: It names "University Police" and "Penn State University Police" as the source.
    13. present: It names "University Police" and "Penn State University Police".
    14. present: It names "University Police" and "Penn State University Police", the issuing authority.
    15. present: It names "University Police" who received the report.
    16. present: It names "University Police" and "Penn State University Police", identifying the authority.
    17. present: It names "University Police", the receiving authority.
    18. present: It names "University Police" as the receiving authority.
    19. present: It names "University Police" and "Penn State University Police".
    20. present: It names "University Police".
    21. present: It names "University Police" as receiving the report, the authority.
    22. present: Names "University Police" who received the report.
    23. present: Names "University Police" as the investigating authority.
    24. present: "University Police" and "Penn State University Police" identify the sending authority.
    25. present: It names "University Police".
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous that a specific hazard is named, stalking under VAWA.

    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: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific hazard.
    2. present: It names "Stalking", a specific crime.
    3. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    4. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    5. present: It names "Stalking", a specific hazard.
    6. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific hazard.
    7. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    8. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    9. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    10. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    11. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    12. present: It names "Stalking", a specific VAWA hazard.
    13. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    14. present: It names "Stalking", a specific crime.
    15. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    16. present: It names "Stalking", a specific crime.
    17. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    18. present: It names "Stalking", a specific crime hazard.
    19. present: It names "Stalking", a specific threat.
    20. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific crime.
    21. present: It names "Stalking" of a student victim, a specific crime.
    22. present: Names "Stalking - VAWA".
    23. present: Names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    24. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific threat.
    25. present: It names "Stalking - VAWA", a specific crime.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous that a location is given, the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus.

    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: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    2. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    3. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    4. present: It says "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    5. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    6. present: It specifies "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a location.
    7. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a specific place.
    8. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    9. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    10. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    11. present: It specifies "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    12. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    13. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    14. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a specific place.
    15. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    16. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a specific place.
    17. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a specific place.
    18. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    19. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    20. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    21. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    22. present: Names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    23. present: Locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
    24. present: It names "the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus", a specific place.
    25. present: It locates it "in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus".
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous that protective action is given, urging community members to use caution.

    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: It urges community members "to use caution".
    2. present: It urges members "to use caution".
    3. present: It urges members to "use caution".
    4. present: It urges community members "to use caution".
    5. present: It urges "Members of the campus community to use caution".
    6. present: It urges community members "to use caution" and to contact police, protective actions.
    7. present: It urges members to "use caution", a protective action.
    8. present: It urges members "to use caution".
    9. present: It urges community members to "use caution".
    10. present: It urges members "to use caution".
    11. present: It urges community members "to use caution".
    12. present: It urges community members to "use caution".
    13. present: It urges community members to "use caution".
    14. present: It urges community members "to use caution" and contact police, protective actions.
    15. present: It urges community members "to use caution".
    16. present: It urges community "to use caution" and to contact police, a protective action.
    17. present: It urges members "to use caution" and to contact police with information.
    18. present: It urges "Members of the campus community ... to use caution".
    19. present: It urges members of the campus community to "use caution".
    20. present: It urges members "to use caution" and to "contact Penn State University Police".
    21. present: It urges members "to use caution" and to contact police with information.
    22. present: Urges members to "use caution" and to contact police.
    23. present: Urges members "to use caution" and contact police with information.
    24. present: It urges members "to use caution", a protective action.
    25. present: It urges community members "to use caution".
  • Timeabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous that no clock time, date, or recency cue of the incident appears; a case number is not a time.

    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. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue of the incident is given.
    2. absent: No clock time or recency cue appears beyond past-tense report.
    3. absent: No clock time or recency cue appears; the case number is not a time.
    4. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    5. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    6. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; only a case number is given.
    7. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears for the incident timing.
    8. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    9. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    10. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    11. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    12. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    13. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    14. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue of the incident appears.
    15. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    16. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue of the incident appears beyond a case number.
    17. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    18. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    19. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    20. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    21. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the message.
    22. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
    23. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears in the text.
    24. absent: No clock time or specific incident date is given, only a case number.
    25. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears.
  • Impactpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Present by unanimous agreement. The warning reports stalking and states conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the community, an explicit stated danger.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit stated danger.
    2. present: Reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit stated peril.
    3. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to community members, an explicit statement of peril.
    4. present: Reports stalking and notes conditions may pose a threat to the community, a stated potential harm.
    5. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to community members, conveying potential danger.
    6. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to members of the community, an explicit statement of potential harm.
    7. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions pose a threat to the community, a stated danger to people.
    8. present: Reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community.
    9. present: Reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit stated danger.
    10. present: A stalking report that warns conditions may pose a threat to the community states an explicit danger.
    11. present: It reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit danger.
    12. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to members and guests of the community.
    13. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit danger.
    14. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to the community, a stated danger.
    15. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to community members, a stated danger.
    16. present: Reports stalking that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community, a stated danger.
    17. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to the community, an explicit stated danger.
    18. present: It reports stalking and warns of conditions that may pose a threat to the community, a stated danger.
    19. present: A stalking report noting conditions that may pose a threat conveys harm and ongoing danger.
    20. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to the community, a stated danger.
    21. present: It reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community.
    22. present: It reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to community members, a stated peril.
    23. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to members of the community, an explicit stated danger.
    24. present: Reports stalking and warns conditions may pose a threat to community members, an explicit danger.
    25. present: Reports stalking and states conditions may pose a threat to the community, a stated danger.

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

Penn State Brandywine is a four-year branch campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Media, Pennsylvania, with approximately 1,300 students. This November 2022 stalking-VAWA timely warning, archived at timelywarnings.psu.edu, was among the earlier warnings issued under Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive, which launched in January 2022 and now spans all 24 commonwealth campuses with consistent case-numbering and standardized VAWA language. Per the Daily Collegian, Penn State has issued 31 system-wide warnings since January 2022, only two of which were stalking, making this Brandywine case one of the earliest stalking-VAWA notices in Penn State's centralized system. Stalking is a course-of-conduct offense, which makes the brief 'reported being stalked on campus' narrative typical of how Penn State balances community-notification duty against survivor-privacy protection.
Analysis

Key Findings

Among the earliest stalking-VAWA warnings issued under Penn State's centralized timely-warning system (launched January 2022)
Demonstrates that the centralized system extended to small branch campuses like Brandywine (~1,300 students)
Main Building, the central academic/administrative building, is a frequent Clery-geography location for branch-campus warnings
The 22BW00204 case-number indicates high police-report volume despite the small student population
Penn State's brief incident-narrative format prioritizes survivor identity protection over detailed disclosure
Outcome
Investigation continued. Subject identification not made public. Warning was issued early in the lifecycle of Penn State's centralized warning system, demonstrating the system's expansion to all 24 campuses.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Penn State Brandywine Timely Warning — Stalking VAWA (case 22BW00204)
    timelywarnings.psu.edu
    archived copy
  2. Official
    Penn State Timely Warnings centralized archive
    timelywarnings.psu.edu
    archived copy
  3. Student Paper
    What to know about timely warnings — Daily Collegian
    psucollegian.com
    archived copy
  4. Clery ASR
    Penn State Brandywine 2025 Annual Security Report
    police.psu.edu
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine: Stalking reported in the campus's main academic building prompts a timely warning." Incident of October 15, 2022. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/penn-state-brandywine-stalking-vawa-2022-10-15/

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Added May 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion