INITIAL ALERTEmail
In accordance with the federal Clery Act, this notice is being sent as a timely warning from The University of Mary Washington Police Department: This morning, September 10, at around 7:40 a.m., Fredericksburg Police Department and the UMW Police responded to a reported sexual assault on the FXBGO bus as it approached the bus stop on the Fredericksburg campus. As a result of further investigation, UMW Police has taken the subject into custody without incident, and the subject is not affiliated with the University. No other individuals were involved, and the investigation of the incident has concluded.
Verbatim text recovered from the UMW Police timely-warning archive page; opening Clery-Act preamble, '7:40 a.m.' incident time, 'FXBGO bus,' 'bus stop on the Fredericksburg campus,' 'taken the subject into custody without incident,' 'not affiliated with the University,' and 'No other individuals were involved, and the investigation of the incident has concluded' are all preserved as published
FXBGO is the Fredericksburg Regional Transit (FRED) bus system that serves the UMW campus; naming the specific bus route helps students who use it understand the threat geography
Issuing the warning the same morning, after the suspect was already in custody, illustrates a Clery Act feature: timely warnings can be issued retrospectively for community awareness even after the immediate threat has been neutralized