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On April 14, 2025, the UNH Police Department PDF timely warning reported three stolen electric scooters on campus, including thefts at the Paul School, Sawyer Hall, and Williamson Hall.

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University Police Department 18 Waterworks Road Durham, NH 03824-3515 V: 603.862.1427 F: 603.862.1966 TTY: 7.1.1 (Relay NH) www.unh.edu/upd April 14, 2025 UNH Police are issuing a timely warning for the report of three (3) stolen motor vehicle electric scooters. The UNH Police Department has received three (3) reports of stolen electric scooters on campus. The first report was received on 4/3/2025 outside of the Paul School, and resulted in an arrest shortly thereafter. The second unrelated report was taken 4/10/2025; the scooter was a Cybergoing S2 and was left outside Sawyer Hall at the bike rack on 3/29/2025. It was taken between 3/29/2025 and 4/10/2025 and was not locked. A third unrelated report of a stolen electric scooter was received on 4/13/2025. It was a Black Hiboy7 with red brake wires and detachable cup holder that was taken from the Bike Room in Williamson Hall between 4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm and the morning of 4/13/2025. The scooter was not locked, but had a lock attached to the scooter. If you have any information on these crimes please contact the UNH Police at: 603-862- 1427 or report anonymously on the UNH Safety App: Rave Guardian, located here. If you haven’t done so yet, you should register your scooter with UNH Transportation Services here. Remember to always secure your scooter. “A CALEA & IACLEA Accredited Law Enforcement Agency”
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University Police Department 18 Waterworks Road Durham, NH 03824-3515 V: 603.862.1427 F: 603.862.1966 TTY: 7.1.1 (Relay NH) www.unh.edu/upd April 14, 2025 UNH Police are issuing a timely warning for the report of three (3) stolen motor vehicle electric scooters. The UNH Police Department has received three (3) reports of stolen electric scooters on campus. The first report was received on 4/3/2025 outside of the Paul School, and resulted in an arrest shortly thereafter. The second unrelated report was taken 4/10/2025; the scooter was a Cybergoing S2 and was left outside Sawyer Hall at the bike rack on 3/29/2025. It was taken between 3/29/2025 and 4/10/2025 and was not locked. A third unrelated report of a stolen electric scooter was received on 4/13/2025. It was a Black Hiboy7 with red brake wires and detachable cup holder that was taken from the Bike Room in Williamson Hall between 4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm and the morning of 4/13/2025. The scooter was not locked, but had a lock attached to the scooter. If you have any information on these crimes please contact the UNH Police at: 603-862- 1427 or report anonymously on the UNH Safety App: Rave Guardian, located here. If you haven’t done so yet, you should register your scooter with UNH Transportation Services here. Remember to always secure your scooter. “A CALEA & IACLEA Accredited Law Enforcement Agency”

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 agree (1): UNH Police issued a "timely warning" after "three (3) reports of stolen electric scooters on campus."

    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: UNH Police issued a "timely warning" after "three (3) reports of stolen electric scooters on campus."
    2. present: Because the notice is issued by the UNH Police Department with contact details and campus letterhead.
    3. present: Checklist confirms source as University Police Department UNH with full letterhead address and phone block.
    4. present: The UNH Police Department put out this timely warning about stolen scooters.
    5. present: The document presents as an official University Police Department timely warning on UNH letterhead with contact block and date line.
    6. present: UNH Police Department issued a timely warning after taking three reports of stolen electric scooters on campus.
    7. present: UNH Police Dept letterhead timely warning dated Apr 14 2025.
    8. present: UNH Police Department issued this timely warning about stolen electric scooters on campus.
    9. present: "UNH Police Department" is named on the letterhead and as the issuer of the timely warning.
    10. present: Looking again, the notice still comes from the University Police Department and UNH Police as the issuing authority.
    11. present: Peer review finds a clear issuer: University Police Department and UNH Police as the warning authority.
    12. present: This notice is issued by the University of New Hampshire Police Department to the campus community.
    13. present: The communication is issued by the University of New Hampshire Police Department under official letterhead and contact channels, constituting a formal timely warning.
    14. present: UNH Police Dept issues campus timely warning from Durham HQ.
    15. present: The message is attributable to the University Police Department at UNH with contact channels listed.
    16. present: UNH Police put this out and they give you their phone number right on the letterhead.
    17. present: The text names the University Police Department and UNH Police as the issuing agency on the letterhead and in the warning body.
    18. present: Present because UNH Police Department issued this timely warning with full letterhead contact details and a dated advisory about campus scooter thefts.
    19. present: Source is University Police Department at UNH with letterhead address phone and a timely warning by UNH Police.
    20. present: The alert names the University Police Department and UNH Police as issuer so the source is clear whereas without that attribution recipients would not know who released the warning.
    21. present: UNH Police Department issues the timely warning and invites tips at 603-862-1427.
    22. present: The University Police Department and UNH Police are named as the issuing and contact agency.
    23. present: The alert identifies the University Police Department and UNH Police as the issuing authority with contact details.
    24. present: Recipients can see the University Police Department letterhead with address and phone as the issuing source.
    25. present: The notice identifies the University Police Department at UNH as the issuing source for the timely warning.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 agree (1): The hazard is theft of "motor vehicle electric scooters," including a "Cybergoing S2" and a "Black Hiboy7."

    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: The hazard is theft of "motor vehicle electric scooters," including a "Cybergoing S2" and a "Black Hiboy7."
    2. present: Since the alert warns about three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters reported on campus.
    3. present: Hazard coded as three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters under a timely warning for theft.
    4. present: Three electric scooters were stolen from campus in separate incidents.
    5. present: The hazard is clearly framed as three reported thefts of motor vehicle electric scooters on campus.
    6. present: Three electric scooters were stolen in separate campus thefts, including a Cybergoing S2 and a black Hiboy7 with red brake wires.
    7. present: Three stolen electric scooters framed as motor vehicle thefts.
    8. present: UNH Police Department reports three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters from separate campus incidents.
    9. present: "Three stolen electric scooters" are the crimes this timely warning reports on campus.
    10. present: A second pass still frames three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters as the named crime hazard.
    11. present: Hazard is well specified as three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters on campus.
    12. present: Three electric scooters were reported stolen in separate campus thefts, one of which led to an arrest.
    13. present: The hazard consists of three reported thefts of motor vehicle electric scooters on campus, including one Cybergoing S2 and one black Hiboy7 with red brake wires.
    14. present: Three electric scooters stolen in separate campus thefts.
    15. present: The principal hazard is theft of motor vehicle electric scooters on campus.
    16. present: They are warning about three electric scooters that got stolen on campus.
    17. present: The text frames the hazard as three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters reported on campus.
    18. present: Present because the alert describes three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters including Cybergoing S2 and Black Hiboy7 models taken on campus.
    19. present: Hazard is three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters shown by separate campus theft reports of a Cybergoing S2 and a Black Hiboy7.
    20. present: Three stolen electric scooters are stated as the crime so the hazard is explicit whereas without that detail readers would only guess what threat is being warned about.
    21. present: Thieves steal three motor vehicle electric scooters on campus.
    22. present: Three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters are reported as the specific campus hazard.
    23. present: The alert warns of three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters reported on campus.
    24. present: Recipients learn the hazard is theft of three motor vehicle electric scooters on campus.
    25. present: The text states three stolen motor vehicle electric scooters as the reported crimes.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 agree (1): Incidents were outside the "Paul School," at the "Sawyer Hall" bike rack, and the "Bike Room in Williamson Hall" on the UNH campus in Durham, NH.

    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: Incidents were outside the "Paul School," at the "Sawyer Hall" bike rack, and the "Bike Room in Williamson Hall" on the UNH campus in Durham, NH.
    2. present: Because theft locations include outside the Paul School, the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    3. present: Locations verified as on campus at Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    4. present: Thefts were tied to the Paul School, the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall bike room on the UNH campus in Durham, NH.
    5. present: Locations are specified as outside the Paul School, the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    6. present: Thefts were tied to areas outside the Paul School, the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    7. present: UNH campus: Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    8. present: UNH Police Department places the thefts outside the Paul School, at Sawyer Hall bike rack, and in the Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    9. present: "Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and Williamson Hall Bike Room" are the campus places tied to the thefts.
    10. present: Even read skeptically, Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and Williamson Hall Bike Room remain specific place markers on campus.
    11. present: Locations are usable for response: Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    12. present: Incidents were reported outside the Paul School, at the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and in the Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    13. present: Incidents are localized to the Paul School, the bike rack outside Sawyer Hall, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall on the UNH campus in Durham, New Hampshire.
    14. present: Paul School Sawyer Hall bike rack Williamson Hall bike room.
    15. present: Incident sites include the Paul School area, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall bike room.
    16. present: You get spots like outside the Paul School, the Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall bike room.
    17. present: The text places the thefts at campus sites including outside the Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    18. present: Present because theft sites include outside the Paul School, the bike rack at Sawyer Hall, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    19. present: Location is UNH campus sites including outside the Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    20. present: Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall Bike Room pin down where thefts occurred whereas without those places the risk would float over campus with no anchor.
    21. present: Incidents hit Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    22. present: Incident sites are given at the Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    23. present: The alert places the thefts outside the Paul School, at Sawyer Hall bike racks, and in the Williamson Hall Bike Room.
    24. present: Recipients get locations including outside the Paul School, Sawyer Hall bike rack, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
    25. present: The notice gives campus sites including outside the Paul School, the bike rack at Sawyer Hall, and the Bike Room in Williamson Hall.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 agree (1): Share tips with UNH Police at "603-862-1427" or report anonymously on the "UNH Safety App: Rave Guardian."

    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: Share tips with UNH Police at "603-862-1427" or report anonymously on the "UNH Safety App: Rave Guardian."
    2. present: Since recipients are told to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously through the Rave Guardian app.
    3. present: Recipient directed to tip UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report via Rave Guardian and to register and secure scooters.
    4. present: Call UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or send an anonymous tip in the Rave Guardian app if you know anything.
    5. present: Recipients are directed to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian safety app.
    6. present: Anyone with information should call UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously through the Rave Guardian safety app.
    7. present: Tip UNH Police 603-862-1427 or anonymous Rave Guardian app report.
    8. present: UNH Police Department asks anyone with information to call 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian safety app.
    9. present: "Contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report on Rave Guardian" is the action directed to anyone with information.
    10. present: Re-checking, recipients are still told to contact UNH Police or tip anonymously through the Rave Guardian safety app.
    11. present: Recipients are directed to tip UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via Rave Guardian.
    12. present: Anyone with information should call UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously through the Rave Guardian safety app.
    13. present: Recipients with information are directed to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or to report anonymously through the Rave Guardian UNH Safety App.
    14. present: Tip UNH Police 603-862-1427 or report via Rave Guardian app.
    15. present: Recipients are asked to contact UNH Police or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian app if they have information.
    16. present: If you know anything they want you to call UNH Police or tip them anonymously in the Rave Guardian app.
    17. present: The text tells readers to contact UNH Police at the listed number or report anonymously through the UNH Safety App Rave Guardian.
    18. present: Present because recipients are told to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian UNH Safety App.
    19. present: Guidance is to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian UNH Safety App if you have information.
    20. present: Recipients are told to call 603-862-1427 or use Rave Guardian so next steps exist whereas without that guidance people would lack a defined reporting path.
    21. present: Contact UNH Police or report anonymously through the Rave Guardian safety app.
    22. present: Recipients are asked to contact UNH Police or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian safety app.
    23. present: The alert tells recipients to contact UNH Police or report anonymously through the Rave Guardian safety app.
    24. present: Recipients are told to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian app.
    25. present: Recipients are told to contact UNH Police at 603-862-1427 or report anonymously via the Rave Guardian UNH Safety App.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 agree (1): Reports came in on "4/3/2025," "4/10/2025," and "4/13/2025," with one scooter left "3/29/2025" and another taken between "4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm" and the morning of "4/13/2025."

    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: Reports came in on "4/3/2025," "4/10/2025," and "4/13/2025," with one scooter left "3/29/2025" and another taken between "4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm" and the morning of "4/13/2025."
    2. present: Because report and loss windows span 3/29/2025 through 4/13/2025 with the warning dated April 14, 2025.
    3. present: Timeline present with warning dated April 14 2025 and theft windows spanning 3/29/2025 through 4/13/2025.
    4. present: The warning is dated April 14, 2025, covering reports from April 3 through April 13 with one scooter left unlocked from March 29.
    5. present: Report dates and theft windows are given for 4/3/2025, 3/29 through 4/10/2025, and 4/12 at 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13/2025.
    6. present: Reports came in on April 3, April 10, and April 13, 2025, with one scooter taken between March 29 and April 10 and another overnight into April 13.
    7. present: Reports 4/3, 4/10, 4/13 2025; third taken 4/12 10pm through 4/13 morning.
    8. present: UNH Police Department dates the warning April 14, 2025, with reports on 4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025 covering thefts as early as 3/29/2025.
    9. present: "4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025" plus related date ranges mark when reports and takings occurred.
    10. present: Double-checking the timeline, report dates and theft windows from late March through mid April 2025 stay explicit.
    11. present: Timing is documented with report dates and theft windows including 4/12/2025 10:00 pm through morning of 4/13/2025.
    12. present: The timely warning is dated April 14, 2025, covering reports received on 4/3, 4/10, and 4/13/2025 with theft windows from late March through mid April.
    13. present: Reports were received on 4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025, with taking windows including 3/29/2025 through 4/10/2025 and 4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13/2025.
    14. present: Thefts span 3/29 to 4/13/2025 reports on 4/3 4/10 4/13.
    15. present: Report and theft windows are dated, including 4/3/2025, 3/29 to 4/10/2025, and 4/12 evening through 4/13/2025 morning.
    16. present: The letter is dated April 14, 2025 and the thefts run from late March through mid April with report dates called out.
    17. present: The text gives the April 14, 2025 notice date plus incident and report windows such as 4/3/2025, 3/29/2025 to 4/10/2025, and 4/12/2025 at 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13/2025.
    18. present: Present because the warning is dated April 14, 2025 and cites report and theft windows including 4/3/2025, 3/29/2025 to 4/10/2025, and 4/12/2025 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13/2025.
    19. present: Time covers reports on 4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025 with theft windows from 3/29/2025 to 4/10/2025 and 4/12/2025 10:00 pm through morning of 4/13/2025.
    20. present: Report and theft windows such as 4/3/2025, 3/29 to 4/10/2025, and 4/12 at 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13/2025 fix when events happened whereas without dates the timeline would be blank.
    21. present: Warning dates April 14, 2025 and thefts span 3/29/2025 through 4/13/2025 including a 10:00 pm window.
    22. present: The warning is dated April 14, 2025 with report dates and theft windows from late March through mid April 2025.
    23. present: The alert gives report dates of 4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025 plus specific theft windows including 3/29 to 4/10 and 4/12 at 10:00 pm through the morning of 4/13.
    24. present: Recipients are given report dates of 4/3/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/13/2025 plus theft windows such as 3/29 to 4/10 and 4/12 10:00 pm into 4/13 morning.
    25. present: The notice notes theft windows and report dates spanning 3/29/2025 through 4/13/2025 with a warning dated April 14, 2025.
  • Impactpresent21/25

    Final assessment

    Majority 21/25 codes 1: The first case "resulted in an arrest shortly thereafter," and at least two scooters "were not locked" when taken.

    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: The first case "resulted in an arrest shortly thereafter," and at least two scooters "were not locked" when taken.
    2. present: Since one arrest followed the first theft and two later scooters were unlocked when taken.
    3. present: Impact beyond the theft label includes one arrest, unlocked or poorly secured property, and three separate loss events.
    4. present: One arrest was made after the first theft, and the other scooters were unlocked or poorly secured when taken.
    5. present: Impacts include one arrest, loss of named scooter models, and repeated targeting of unlocked or poorly secured personal mobility devices.
    6. present: Police made an arrest after the first theft, and at least two of the scooters had been left unlocked when taken.
    7. present: Arrest on first case; unlocked Cybergoing S2 and black Hiboy7 among losses.
    8. present: UNH Police Department notes one arrest after the first report and that two scooters were unlocked when taken.
    9. present: "An arrest shortly after the first report" is a concrete outcome beyond naming scooter theft.
    10. present: Second look still shows property taken and one arrest as concrete impacts beyond merely labeling theft.
    11. absent: Beyond naming thefts and one arrest, no severity, injury, or broader consequence language is stated for the community.
    12. present: One case produced a prompt arrest while two unlocked scooters were taken without recovery details, showing ongoing property loss risk.
    13. present: One theft produced an arrest, while the remaining scooters were unsecured or unlocked despite attached locking hardware, indicating ongoing property loss risk from unsecured micromobility devices.
    14. present: One arrest made unlocked scooters taken property loss only.
    15. present: One related arrest is noted and multiple unlocked scooters were taken, indicating property loss and investigative progress.
    16. absent: They talk about the scooters being taken and one arrest, but they never spell out harm or severity past the theft itself.
    17. absent: The text does not describe harms or effects beyond naming the scooter thefts themselves and noting an arrest.
    18. present: Present because one theft led to an arrest and the scooters were often left unlocked or only partially secured, showing property loss and investigative outcomes beyond naming the thefts.
    19. present: Impact is an arrest after the first theft plus scooters left unlocked or with only an attached lock, separate from naming the thefts alone.
    20. present: An arrest after the first report and notes that scooters were unlocked show consequences beyond naming theft whereas without those extras only the hazard label would remain.
    21. present: Police arrest one suspect after the first theft while other scooters sat unlocked.
    22. absent: Loss of the scooters is the offense itself and no separate severity or broader harm language is stated.
    23. present: The alert notes one arrest after the first theft and that two scooters were unlocked when taken, with property loss across three separate incidents.
    24. present: Recipients learn one theft led to an arrest and that unlocked scooters including a Cybergoing S2 and a Black Hiboy7 were taken.
    25. present: It shows three separate scooter losses, one arrest after the first report, and unlocked or poorly secured property as shared conditions.

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Context

Background

On April 14, 2025, the UNH Police Department PDF timely warning reported three stolen electric scooters on campus, including thefts at the Paul School, Sawyer Hall, and Williamson Hall. Source page: https://www.unh.edu/upd/sites/default/files/media/2025-04/Timely%20Warning%20Scooter%20Thefts%204%202025.pdf.
Analysis

Key Findings

Official public timely warning / safety notice with full body text
Outcome
One related arrest reported for the first theft; investigation continues on others.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of New Hampshire: Timely warning for three electric scooter thefts on campus." Incident of April 14, 2025. Added July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-new-hampshire-electric-scooter-thefts-2025-04-14/

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