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Home invasion at 900 block Greenwood Avenue, off-campus

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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Crime Alert 2019-5: Home Invasion Summary: As told to the Ann Arbor Police, at 6:20 a.m. a resident awoke to find the front door of a shared residence wide open. Another resident of the home reported leaving and locking the door at 12:15 a.m. Police officers observed pry marks on the door and frame. None of the residents reported seeing anyone in the home during the night, and no items were reported stolen. The Ann Arbor Police Department is investigating the incident. If you have any information, please contact the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security at (734) 763-1131 or Dial 9-1-1 Remember: - Be aware of your surroundings - Walk with a trusted friend or co-worker when possible - Trust your intuition. If a particular situation makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, choose an alternative - Have your keys in hand before you reach your vehicle or residence - Keep all exterior doors and windows locked - Keep exterior lights on at night - Have your keys in hand before you reach your vehicle or residence - Walk with a trusted friend or co-worker when possible - Trust your intuition. If a particular situation makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, choose an alternative - If you see something, say something. Report suspicious behavior. - Call 911 - Confidential Tip Line 1-800-863-1355 For status updates to this alert, visit our website and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude Opus 5.5 (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.

Crime Alert 2019-5: Home Invasion Summary: As told to the Ann Arbor Police, at 6:20 a.m. a resident awoke to find the front door of a shared residence wide open. Another resident of the home reported leaving and locking the door at 12:15 a.m. Police officers observed pry marks on the door and frame. None of the residents reported seeing anyone in the home during the night, and no items were reported stolen. The Ann Arbor Police Department is investigating the incident. If you have any information, please contact the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security at (734) 763-1131 or Dial 9-1-1 Remember: - Be aware of your surroundings - Walk with a trusted friend or co-worker when possible - Trust your intuition. If a particular situation makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, choose an alternative - Have your keys in hand before you reach your vehicle or residence - Keep all exterior doors and windows locked - Keep exterior lights on at night - Have your keys in hand before you reach your vehicle or residence - Walk with a trusted friend or co-worker when possible - Trust your intuition. If a particular situation makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, choose an alternative - If you see something, say something. Report suspicious behavior. - Call 911 - Confidential Tip Line 1-800-863-1355 For status updates to this alert, visit our website and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: the Crime Alert header, the Ann Arbor Police, and U-M DPSS identify the source.

    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: It names the Ann Arbor Police and U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
    2. present: 'Crime Alert' and U-M DPSS are named.
    3. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS.
    4. present: Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS.
    5. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and 'U-M Division of Public Safety and Security'.
    6. present: The Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS are named.
    7. present: Cites Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS.
    8. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
    9. present: It names the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security and Ann Arbor Police.
    10. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
    11. present: The U-M Division of Public Safety and Security is named.
    12. present: The U-M Division of Public Safety and Security is named.
    13. present: The Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS are named.
    14. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
    15. present: U-M DPSS and Ann Arbor Police are named.
    16. present: Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS are named.
    17. present: It names the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security and Ann Arbor Police.
    18. present: The U-M Division of Public Safety and Security is named.
    19. present: Names the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security and Ann Arbor Police.
    20. present: Ann Arbor Police and DPSS.
    21. present: Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS are named.
    22. present: It names the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security and Ann Arbor Police.
    23. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and U-M DPSS.
    24. present: It names the Ann Arbor Police and the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
    25. present: It is headed 'Crime Alert 2019-5' and cites the Ann Arbor Police and U-M Division of Public Safety and Security.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the hazard is named: a Home Invasion, with pry marks on the door and frame.

    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 'Home Invasion' with pry marks on the door.
    2. present: It names a home invasion.
    3. present: It names a home invasion with pry marks.
    4. present: Home invasion.
    5. present: It names a 'Home Invasion' with pry marks.
    6. present: It names a "Home Invasion" with pry marks.
    7. present: Names a home invasion.
    8. present: It names a home invasion with pry marks.
    9. present: It names "Home Invasion".
    10. present: It names 'Home Invasion' with pry marks on the door.
    11. present: It names "Home Invasion".
    12. present: It names a home invasion.
    13. present: It names a home invasion.
    14. present: It names a home invasion with pry marks.
    15. present: Names 'Home Invasion'.
    16. present: It names a "Home Invasion".
    17. present: It names a home invasion.
    18. present: It names a home invasion.
    19. present: Names 'Home Invasion'.
    20. present: Home invasion.
    21. present: It names a home invasion.
    22. present: It names 'Home Invasion'.
    23. present: It names 'Home Invasion' with pry marks on the door.
    24. present: It names a home invasion.
    25. present: It names a 'Home Invasion', with pry marks found on a residence door.
  • Locationabsent2/25

    Final assessment

    Absent by a strong 23 to 2 majority: the text says only a shared residence, with no street, building, or area; two reads accepted that vague phrase.

    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: It says only 'a shared residence' with no street, building, or area.
    2. absent: It says only 'a shared residence' with no place named.
    3. absent: It mentions only 'a shared residence' with no address or area.
    4. present: A shared residence, no clear place.
    5. present: It refers to 'a shared residence' investigated by Ann Arbor Police, a location in Ann Arbor.
    6. absent: It says only "a shared residence" without a street or area.
    7. absent: Only 'a shared residence', with no identifiable place.
    8. absent: It says only "a shared residence" without any street or area.
    9. absent: It says only "a shared residence", with no identifiable place.
    10. absent: It mentions only 'a shared residence' without any place or street.
    11. absent: It says only "a shared residence" without a place.
    12. absent: It refers only to "a shared residence" with no place identified.
    13. absent: It only says a shared residence, without any place name.
    14. absent: It says only "a shared residence" with no street or area.
    15. absent: Only 'a shared residence'; no place given.
    16. absent: No street or place is named, only "a shared residence".
    17. absent: It mentions only 'a shared residence' with no identifiable place.
    18. absent: It only says 'a shared residence' without any street or place.
    19. absent: Refers only to 'a shared residence' with no street, building or area named.
    20. absent: Only a shared residence, no identifiable place.
    21. absent: It refers only to 'a shared residence' with no place named.
    22. absent: It says only 'a shared residence' with no street or area.
    23. absent: It says only 'a shared residence' with no street or area.
    24. absent: It mentions only "a shared residence" with no street, building, or area named.
    25. absent: It refers only to 'a shared residence' with no street, block, or named area given.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree guidance is present, such as Keep all exterior doors and windows locked and Call 911.

    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 advises keeping doors and windows locked and calling 911.
    2. present: It advises keeping doors locked.
    3. present: It advises locking doors and windows and calling 911.
    4. present: Keep doors locked, call 911.
    5. present: It advises readers to 'Keep all exterior doors and windows locked'.
    6. present: It advises locking doors and windows and calling 911.
    7. present: Tips say keep doors locked and call 911.
    8. present: It advises locking doors and windows and walking with a friend.
    9. present: It advises keeping doors and windows locked.
    10. present: It advises 'Keep all exterior doors and windows locked'.
    11. present: It advises keeping doors locked and walking with a friend.
    12. present: It advises keeping doors locked and walking with a friend.
    13. present: It advises keeping doors locked and walking with a friend.
    14. present: It advises keeping doors and windows locked.
    15. present: Tips say keep doors and windows locked.
    16. present: It advises locking doors and windows.
    17. present: It advises locking doors and windows and calling 911.
    18. present: It advises locking doors and windows and reporting suspicious behavior.
    19. present: Tips such as keeping doors and windows locked.
    20. present: Keep doors locked, call 911.
    21. present: It advises locking doors and windows.
    22. present: It advises locking doors and windows and calling 911.
    23. present: It advises locking doors and calling 911.
    24. present: It advises locking doors and windows.
    25. present: It advises 'Keep all exterior doors and windows locked' and 'Call 911'.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: clock times are given, at 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.

    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: It gives 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    2. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    3. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    4. present: 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    5. present: It gives 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    6. present: It gives "6:20 a.m." and "12:15 a.m."
    7. present: Gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    8. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    9. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    10. present: It gives 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    11. present: It gives "at 6:20 a.m." and 12:15 a.m.
    12. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    13. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    14. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    15. present: 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    16. present: It gives "6:20 a.m." and "12:15 a.m.".
    17. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    18. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    19. present: 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'
    20. present: 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    21. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    22. present: It gives 'at 6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    23. present: It gives '6:20 a.m.' and '12:15 a.m.'.
    24. present: It gives 6:20 a.m. and 12:15 a.m.
    25. present: It says a resident awoke 'at 6:20 a.m.' and the door was locked at 12:15 a.m.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree no harm or severity is stated; no one was seen and no items were reported stolen.

    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: No one was seen and nothing stolen; no harm or severity is stated.
    2. absent: No harm or severity is stated.
    3. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    4. absent: No harm stated.
    5. absent: It notes no items stolen and states no harm.
    6. absent: No harm or severity is conveyed.
    7. absent: No items stolen and no severity stated.
    8. absent: No items stolen and no harm or severity is stated.
    9. absent: It reports nothing stolen and no harm.
    10. absent: No items were stolen and no consequence or severity is stated.
    11. absent: No items stolen and no harm described.
    12. absent: No items were stolen and no harm is stated.
    13. absent: Nothing was stolen and no harm is stated.
    14. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    15. absent: No harm or severity is conveyed.
    16. absent: No items were stolen; no harm is conveyed.
    17. absent: No items stolen and no harm or severity described.
    18. absent: No injury or theft is reported and no severity is stated.
    19. absent: No severity or consequence stated.
    20. absent: No harm or severity stated.
    21. absent: No harm or severity is stated.
    22. absent: No one was hurt and nothing was stolen.
    23. absent: No one was seen and nothing was stolen; no harm is conveyed.
    24. absent: No items were stolen and no harm is described.
    25. absent: It says 'no items were reported stolen' and no one was seen, conveying no harm or severity.

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Background

University of Michigan DPSS Crime Alert series under dpss.umich.edu news-and-alerts.
Analysis

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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Michigan: Home invasion at 900 block Greenwood Avenue, off-campus." Incident of October 2, 2019. Added July 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-michigan-crime-alert-2019-5-home-invasion-2019-10-02/

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