{
  "id": "2024-04-11-brown-university-brook-street-motor-vehicle-theft",
  "slug": "brown-university-brook-street-motor-vehicle-theft-2024-04-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Brown University",
    "shortName": "Brown",
    "state": "RI",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Brown Alert",
    "enrollment": 11000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-04-11",
    "type": "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Timely warning for a motor vehicle theft on Brook Street",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning for a motor vehicle theft on Brook Street",
    "summary": "Brown University Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management [published a public notice](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/timely-warning-motor-vehicle-theft) dated 2024-04-11 concerning this incident. Full transmitted text is preserved in the case alerts from the [official alerts archive](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts).",
    "outcome": "See official notice for investigation status and guidance to the community.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Timely Warning\n\nThe Brown University Department of Public Safety provides this notice in compliance with the Timely Notice provision of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.\n\nIncident\n\nOn Tuesday, April 11th, 2024, at approximately 5:50 PM, a community member notified the Brown University Department of Public Safety of a stolen motor vehicle. The community member stated that she parked her car on Brook Street at 9:00 AM, and when she returned at 5:00 PM, it was gone. The community member reported the theft to the Providence Police Department. This matter is under investigation by the Providence Police Department and the Brown University Department of Public Safety. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Providence Police at 401-272-3121 or the Brown University Department of Public Safety at 401-863-3322.\n\nResources\n\nBrown University Department of Public Safety 401-863-3322\n\nProvidence Police Department 401-272-3121\n\nThe Brown University campus community is always encouraged to take the following steps to keep yourself and others safe:\n\n• Report suspicious behavior, even when you are not directly threatened\n\n• If you feel unsafe in any situation, trust your instincts and call Brown DPS at 401-863-3322 or the Providence Police at 401-272-3121\n\nPlease review the Brown DPS web page for additional safety awareness information and resources.\n\nLocation\n\n\n\nBrook Street",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/timely-warning-motor-vehicle-theft",
      "sourceDescription": "Brown DPSEM public alerts archive (publicsafety.brown.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text transcribed from the official Brown Public Safety alert page"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1458,
      "timestampApprox": "Evening of April 11, 2024 after ~5:50 pm vehicle theft report"
    }
  ],
  "context": "On 2024-04-11, [Brown University](https://www.brown.edu/) Public Safety issued a community-facing notice archived at [publicsafety.brown.edu](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/timely-warning-motor-vehicle-theft). The text is a complete Clery-style or community safety message as posted publicly by the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management. Related notices appear on the [crime alerts index](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full official text recovered from Brown's public alerts archive",
    "Verbatim transcription preserves original wording for emergency-management research use"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Timely warning for a motor vehicle theft on Brook Street (Brown Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/timely-warning-motor-vehicle-theft",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown Public Safety crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown University emergency information",
      "url": "https://www.brown.edu/emergency",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "timely-warning",
    "brook-street",
    "brown"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}