Crime alert for sexual battery report at Creativity and Innovation District

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (1): The "Virginia Tech Police Department" reported a sexual assault meeting "Sexual Battery as defined in Virginia Code 18.2-67.4."

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  1. present: The "Virginia Tech Police Department" reported a sexual assault meeting "Sexual Battery as defined in Virginia Code 18.2-67.4."
  2. present: Because the message is from the Virginia Tech Police Department.
  3. present: Checklist confirms source as Virginia Tech Police Department in the from line.
  4. present: The Virginia Tech Police Department released this notice.
  5. present: The notice is issued from the Virginia Tech Police Department as an institutional crime disclosure.
  6. present: The Virginia Tech Police Department reported a sexual assault involving a student suspect known to the survivor as an acquaintance.
  7. present: Virginia Tech Police Department crime alert.
  8. present: Virginia Tech Police Department issued this report of a sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery elements.
  9. present: "Virginia Tech Police Department" is identified as the sender of the notice.
  10. present: Looking again, Virginia Tech Police Department is still the only stated source of the report.
  11. present: Issuing agency is explicit: Virginia Tech Police Department as the reporting authority.
  12. present: This advisory is issued by the Virginia Tech Police Department.
  13. present: The notice is expressly issued by the Virginia Tech Police Department as the reporting law enforcement authority.
  14. present: Virginia Tech Police Dept issues report based notice.
  15. present: The notice is issued from the Virginia Tech Police Department.
  16. present: Virginia Tech Police Department is the agency sending this notice.
  17. present: The text identifies the Virginia Tech Police Department as the sender of the alert.
  18. present: Present because the Virginia Tech Police Department is named as the issuing source of the report notice.
  19. present: Source is Virginia Tech Police Department as the From line and reporting agency for the notice.
  20. present: Virginia Tech Police Department is named as the sender so the source is present whereas without that line the alert would lack an issuing agency.
  21. present: Virginia Tech Police Department receives and discloses the sexual assault report.
  22. present: The Virginia Tech Police Department is named as the agency that received the report.
  23. present: The alert is issued by the Virginia Tech Police Department as the named source.
  24. present: Recipients can see the Virginia Tech Police Department named as the sender of the notice.
  25. present: The message identifies the Virginia Tech Police Department as the issuing agency.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (1): The reported crime is "sexual assault" that "meets the elements of Sexual Battery."

  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 reported crime is "sexual assault" that "meets the elements of Sexual Battery."
  2. present: Since the reported crime meets the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  3. present: Hazard coded as sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  4. present: A sexual assault reported as sexual battery under Virginia law was disclosed.
  5. present: The reported hazard is sexual assault meeting Virginia Code elements of Sexual Battery under 18.2-67.4.
  6. present: The reported conduct meets the elements of sexual battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  7. present: Sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery elements under VA Code 18.2-67.4.
  8. present: Virginia Tech Police Department classifies the reported sexual assault as Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  9. present: "Sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4" is the reported offense.
  10. present: A second pass still names sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery elements as the hazard.
  11. present: Specific offense is coded as sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  12. present: A reported sexual assault meets the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  13. present: The hazard is a reported sexual assault meeting the statutory elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  14. present: Sexual battery as defined under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  15. present: The hazard is a sexual assault meeting the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code.
  16. present: They report a sexual assault that they say meets Sexual Battery under Virginia law.
  17. present: The text reports a sexual assault that meets the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  18. present: Present because the notice reports a sexual assault meeting Virginia Code Sexual Battery elements under 18.2-67.4.
  19. present: Hazard is sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4 as reported.
  20. present: Sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4 states the hazard whereas without that offense language readers would not know the crime type.
  21. present: A sexual assault meets the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  22. present: A sexual assault meeting Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4 is specified as the hazard.
  23. present: The alert reports a sexual assault meeting the elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
  24. present: Recipients learn the hazard is a sexual assault meeting Virginia Code Sexual Battery elements.
  25. present: The text states a reported sexual assault meeting elements of Sexual Battery under Virginia Code 18.2-67.4.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (1): The incident occurred at "Creativity and Innovation District (185 Kent Street)."

  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: The incident occurred at "Creativity and Innovation District (185 Kent Street)."
  2. present: Because the incident occurred at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  3. present: Location verified as Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  4. present: The incident happened at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  5. present: The incident location is identified as the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  6. present: The incident occurred at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  7. present: Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  8. present: Virginia Tech Police Department places the incident at Creativity and Innovation District, 185 Kent Street.
  9. present: "Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street" is the site of the incident.
  10. present: Even read skeptically, Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street remains a precise scene.
  11. present: Scene is fixed at Creativity and Innovation District, 185 Kent Street.
  12. present: The incident occurred at the Creativity and Innovation District, 185 Kent Street.
  13. present: The incident occurred at the Creativity and Innovation District, 185 Kent Street.
  14. present: Creativity and Innovation District 185 Kent Street.
  15. present: The incident is sited at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  16. present: It happened at the Creativity and Innovation District on 185 Kent Street.
  17. present: The text locates the incident at Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  18. present: Present because the incident is placed at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  19. present: Location is Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street where the incident occurred.
  20. present: Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street places the incident whereas without that address the location would be missing.
  21. present: The incident occurs at Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  22. present: The incident is located at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  23. present: The alert locates the incident at the Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  24. present: Recipients get the place as Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street.
  25. present: The notice gives Creativity and Innovation District at 185 Kent Street as the incident site.
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (0): No specific recipient actions are stated beyond noting that "information disclosed here is limited to protect the identity, privacy, and rights of the survivor."

  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. absent: No specific recipient actions are stated beyond noting that "information disclosed here is limited to protect the identity, privacy, and rights of the survivor."
  2. absent: Since the notice mainly limits disclosure to protect the survivor and gives no safety steps for the community.
  3. absent: No actionable guidance to the campus recipient is listed beyond a privacy limitation statement.
  4. absent: No clear steps for the wider campus community are given beyond a note that details are limited to protect the survivor.
  5. absent: No actionable safety guidance is directed to the campus audience beyond a privacy limitation statement.
  6. absent: The notice offers no safety steps for recipients and only notes that details were limited to protect the survivor.
  7. absent: No recipient action steps; privacy limits on survivor identity only.
  8. absent: Virginia Tech Police Department offers no actionable safety guidance to recipients beyond limiting disclosed details.
  9. absent: "No protective steps for readers" appear; only a privacy limit on disclosed information is stated.
  10. absent: Re-checking, the text offers privacy limits but no action steps for recipients to take.
  11. absent: No protective actions, reporting steps, or recipient instructions appear in the released text.
  12. absent: No direct safety actions for recipients are stated beyond a note that disclosed details are limited to protect the survivor.
  13. absent: The text limits disclosure to protect survivor privacy and rights and does not prescribe concrete safety steps for the general recipient community.
  14. absent: No action tips only privacy note for survivor identity.
  15. absent: No actionable safety steps for recipients are provided beyond a privacy statement about limited disclosure.
  16. absent: There is nothing here telling you what to do for your own safety.
  17. absent: The text offers no actions for recipients and only notes that disclosed details are limited to protect the survivor.
  18. absent: Absent because the text only limits disclosure for survivor privacy and gives no instructions, tips, or contact actions for the campus audience.
  19. absent: Guidance is absent because the notice only limits disclosed detail for survivor privacy and gives no safety actions for recipients.
  20. absent: No instructions tell recipients what to do next so guidance is absent whereas a present guidance block would have given contact or safety steps.
  21. absent: Alert offers no protective action for recipients beyond a privacy note.
  22. absent: No protective steps or reporting instructions directed at recipients are included in the notice.
  23. absent: The alert offers no safety steps or reporting instructions for recipients and only notes privacy limits on disclosed information.
  24. absent: Recipients receive no protective steps or reporting instructions beyond a privacy limitation note.
  25. absent: The message does not give safety steps or reporting instructions directed at the general recipient audience.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All 25 agree (1): Police "received a report" on "Thursday, June 4, 2026," and the incident was in the "early hours of June 6, 2026."

  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: Police "received a report" on "Thursday, June 4, 2026," and the incident was in the "early hours of June 6, 2026."
  2. present: Because the report was received Thursday June 4, 2026 for an incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  3. present: Time present with report received June 4 2026 and incident in the early hours of June 6 2026.
  4. present: Police received the report on June 4, 2026, and the incident is described as occurring in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  5. present: The department states a report date of Thursday, June 4, 2026, and an occurrence in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  6. present: Police received the report on Thursday, June 4, 2026, and said the incident happened in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  7. present: Report received Thu Jun 4 2026; incident early hours Jun 6 2026.
  8. present: Virginia Tech Police Department received the report on Thursday, June 4, 2026, for an incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  9. present: "Thursday, June 4, 2026 report date and early hours of June 6, 2026" fix when it was received and when it occurred.
  10. present: Double-checking dates, the June 4, 2026 report and early hours of June 6, 2026 incident timing stay written.
  11. present: Report date Thursday June 4, 2026 and incident early hours of June 6, 2026 are both stated.
  12. present: Police received the report on Thursday, June 4, 2026, for an incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  13. present: The department received the report on Thursday, June 4, 2026, concerning an incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  14. present: Report 6/4/2026 incident early hours 6/6/2026 as written.
  15. present: A report date of June 4, 2026 and an early morning June 6, 2026 occurrence window are stated.
  16. present: Police got the report on June 4, 2026 and the incident was in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  17. present: The text states the report was received on Thursday, June 4, 2026, and the incident occurred in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  18. present: Present because police received the report on Thursday June 4, 2026 and the incident is said to have occurred in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  19. present: Time is a report received Thursday June 4, 2026 for an incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  20. present: Report date Thursday June 4, 2026 and early hours of June 6, 2026 for the incident supply time whereas without those dates the when would be empty.
  21. present: Police receive the report on Thursday June 4, 2026 and place the incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  22. present: A report date of Thursday, June 4, 2026 and an early hours of June 6, 2026 incident window are given.
  23. present: The alert states the report was received Thursday, June 4, 2026, and the incident occurred in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  24. present: Recipients are given a report date of Thursday June 4, 2026 and an incident time in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
  25. present: It notes the report was received Thursday June 4, 2026, with the incident in the early hours of June 6, 2026.
• Impactpresent20/25

  Final assessment

  Majority 20/25 codes 1: The "survivor and offender were known to each other" as "acquaintances," and the "suspect is a student at Virginia Tech."

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  1. present: The "survivor and offender were known to each other" as "acquaintances," and the "suspect is a student at Virginia Tech."
  2. present: Since the survivor and offender were known acquaintances and the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  3. present: Impact beyond the hazard name notes acquaintance relationship and that the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  4. present: The survivor and suspect knew each other as acquaintances, and the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  5. present: Material impact detail is that the parties were acquaintances and the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  6. present: The suspect is a Virginia Tech student, and the survivor and offender were already acquainted.
  7. present: Survivor and offender acquaintances; suspect is a VT student.
  8. present: Virginia Tech Police Department states the survivor and offender were acquaintances, the suspect is a student, and details are limited to protect the survivor.
  9. present: "Acquaintance relationship and a student suspect" add impact detail past the hazard name alone.
  10. absent: Second look finds no injuries, losses, or severity language beyond the crime name itself.
  11. absent: Legal elements and acquaintance status restate the offense without added severity or consequence framing.
  12. present: The survivor and offender were known acquaintances, and the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  13. present: The survivor and offender were acquaintances known to each other, and the suspect is identified as a Virginia Tech student.
  14. present: Acquaintance student suspect details withheld for privacy.
  15. present: The parties were known acquaintances and the suspect is identified as a Virginia Tech student.
  16. absent: They note the people knew each other and the suspect is a student, but they do not add severity past the crime label.
  17. absent: The text does not describe effects or harms beyond naming the sexual assault and its legal classification.
  18. present: Present because the survivor and offender were acquaintances and the suspect is identified as a Virginia Tech student, context beyond the offense name alone.
  19. present: Impact is that the survivor and offender were acquaintances and the suspect is a Virginia Tech student, beyond the offense name.
  20. present: Acquaintance relationship and that the suspect is a Virginia Tech student add impact beyond the hazard name whereas without that context only the offense title would appear.
  21. present: Survivor and offender know each other as acquaintances and the suspect attends Virginia Tech as a student.
  22. absent: No consequence or severity language beyond the named offense and legal classification is provided.
  23. present: The alert adds that the survivor and offender were acquaintances and that the suspect is a Virginia Tech student.
  24. present: Recipients learn the parties were acquaintances, the suspect is a Virginia Tech student, and disclosure is limited to protect the survivor.
  25. present: It shows the survivor and offender were acquaintances and that the suspect is a Virginia Tech student, with details limited for privacy.