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A robbery occurred on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am near Huron and Delaware St Se. The

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UMN Public Safety posted 1 Safety Notification(s) on 2019-11-21.

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University of Minnesota
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Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Confirmed wording is transcribed character-for-character from a primary source. Use Verify this quote under each message to open that source in a new tab and compare the text yourself.

INITIAL ALERTMulti-channel
Verified verbatim304 chars
U of M Twin Cities: A robbery occurred on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am near Huron and Delaware St Se. The suspect is a male, 5'7 - 5'9, 170 - 190 lbs, wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark pants. The suspect left in a dark blue vehicle. Use caution. Updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts. This is a MPD case
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Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page.
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.

U of M Twin Cities: A robbery occurred on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am near Huron and Delaware St Se. The suspect is a male, 5'7 - 5'9, 170 - 190 lbs, wearing a dark sweatshirt and dark pants. The suspect left in a dark blue vehicle. Use caution. Updates and safety tips at z.umn.edu/alerts. This is a MPD case

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.

    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: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    2. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sender.
    3. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' branded signature identifies sender.
    4. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sender.
    5. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    6. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    7. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' branded alert identifies the sender.
    8. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' branded signature.
    9. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the issuing institution.
    10. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    11. present: Branded 'U of M Twin Cities' signature.
    12. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the issuing university.
    13. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the issuer.
    14. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    15. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' and 'MPD case' identify sources.
    16. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' branded signature identifies sender.
    17. present: Branded 'U of M Twin Cities' signature identifies the sender.
    18. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the issuing institution.
    19. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' and 'MPD case' identify sending/investigating authority.
    20. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies sender.
    21. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the issuer.
    22. present: Signed 'U of M Twin Cities' referencing MPD case.
    23. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    24. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' identifies the sending institution.
    25. present: 'U of M Twin Cities' and MPD case reference identify sources.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.

    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: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific hazard/offense.
    2. present: Names 'robbery' explicitly.
    3. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific hazard.
    4. present: Names 'robbery' as the hazard.
    5. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
    6. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
    7. present: 'A robbery' explicitly named.
    8. present: 'A robbery occurred' names hazard.
    9. present: 'A robbery' names the specific crime.
    10. present: 'A robbery' names the specific offense.
    11. present: Names 'A robbery' as specific offense.
    12. present: Names 'A robbery' specifically.
    13. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
    14. present: 'A robbery' names the specific crime.
    15. present: 'A robbery' names the hazard.
    16. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
    17. present: Names 'A robbery' as the specific hazard.
    18. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific hazard.
    19. present: 'A robbery' names the specific crime.
    20. present: 'A robbery occurred' names hazard.
    21. present: Names 'A robbery' as the specific hazard.
    22. present: Names 'A robbery'.
    23. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
    24. present: 'A robbery' names the specific offense.
    25. present: 'A robbery occurred' names the specific offense.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives a specific location.

    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: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives specific location.
    2. present: 'Huron and Delaware St Se' is given.
    3. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' given.
    4. present: Gives 'Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    5. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives location.
    6. present: Gives 'near Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    7. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' named.
    8. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' given.
    9. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives exact location.
    10. present: 'Huron and Delaware St Se' gives exact location.
    11. present: Gives 'near Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    12. present: Gives 'Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    13. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives specific location.
    14. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives location.
    15. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives exact location.
    16. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives location.
    17. present: Gives 'Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    18. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives exact location.
    19. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives location.
    20. present: Names 'Huron and Delaware St Se'.
    21. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' given.
    22. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' given.
    23. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives location.
    24. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives the location.
    25. present: 'near Huron and Delaware St Se' gives specific location.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: the message instructs recipients 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: 'Use caution' instructs a protective action.
    2. present: Instructs to 'use caution'.
    3. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    4. present: Instructs to 'Use caution'.
    5. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective action.
    6. present: Instructs to 'Use caution.'
    7. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    8. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    9. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective action.
    10. present: 'Use caution' instructs protective behavior.
    11. present: Instructs to 'Use caution'.
    12. present: Instructs 'Use caution'.
    13. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective action, though generic.
    14. present: 'Use caution' instructs protective action.
    15. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    16. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    17. present: Instructs 'Use caution'.
    18. present: 'Use caution' instructs protective posture.
    19. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective posture.
    20. present: 'Use caution' instructs recipients.
    21. present: Instructs 'Use caution'.
    22. present: Instructs 'Use caution'.
    23. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective posture.
    24. present: 'Use caution' instructs protective behavior.
    25. present: 'Use caution' instructs a protective posture.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives an exact date and 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. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives specific date and time.
    2. present: '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' is given.
    3. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' given.
    4. present: Gives '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am'.
    5. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives a specific time.
    6. present: Gives '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am'.
    7. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives specific date/time.
    8. present: '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' given.
    9. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact time.
    10. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact date and time.
    11. present: Gives '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am'.
    12. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives a time.
    13. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact date/time.
    14. present: '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives specific date and time.
    15. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives date and time.
    16. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact date/time.
    17. present: States 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am'.
    18. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact time.
    19. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact date and time.
    20. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives specific time.
    21. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives a specific time.
    22. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' given.
    23. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives specific time.
    24. present: '11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives the date and time.
    25. present: 'on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am' gives exact date and time.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: no consequence or severity is stated beyond the description of the robbery and suspect.

    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 stated consequence or severity beyond naming the robbery.
    2. absent: No consequence or severity is stated.
    3. absent: No explicit statement of harm or severity beyond naming robbery.
    4. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    5. absent: No stated severity or consequence.
    6. absent: No stated consequence.
    7. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    8. absent: No stated consequence.
    9. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    10. absent: No stated consequence beyond the offense description.
    11. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the crime.
    12. absent: No stated consequence beyond describing the crime.
    13. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the robbery.
    14. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    15. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond description.
    16. absent: No stated consequence beyond offense description.
    17. absent: No stated consequence beyond describing the robbery.
    18. absent: No stated severity or consequence.
    19. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond crime description.
    20. absent: No stated consequence beyond describing suspect.
    21. absent: No stated consequence or severity given.
    22. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    23. absent: No stated potential harm beyond naming the robbery.
    24. absent: No stated consequence or severity.
    25. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond describing the robbery.

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

About this analysis
Context

Background

From the official UMN Safety Notifications archive on 2019-11-21: 1 transmitted notice(s).
Analysis

Key Findings

Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.
1 confirmed message(s).
Outcome
Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 1 message(s).
Provenance

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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "University of Minnesota: A robbery occurred on 11/19/2019 at 11:30 am near Huron and Delaware St Se. The." Incident of November 21, 2019. Added July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-minnesota-robbery-huron-delaware-2019-11-21/

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