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  "id": "2026-07-17-columbia-college-chicago-michigan-fire-escape",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-michigan-fire-escape-2026-07-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-17",
    "type": "suspicious-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Two people on the 14th-floor fire escape at 600 S. Michigan",
    "headlinePublic": "Two people on the 14th-floor fire escape at 600 S. Michigan",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a Crime Advisory after Chicago Police investigated two people observed on the 14th floor fire escape in the alley of the 600 S. Michigan building on July 17](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_0f741257-77af-4a52-8fa9-e08fb0ce9944__july_19_2026.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory issued July 19 referencing CPD RD JK338154. Standing safety-precaution chrome omitted from the confirmed body."
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  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-07-19",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "July 19, 2026\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police department is investigating an incident on July 17, between 5:50pm and 6:26pm.\n\nTwo individuals were observed on the 14th floor fire escape located in the alley of the 600 S. Michigan building.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-744-8263 referencing RD JK338154.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_0f741257-77af-4a52-8fa9-e08fb0ce9944__july_19_2026.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF July 19, 2026",
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  "context": "Columbia College Chicago posts Clery Crime Advisories as PDFs at [students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts](https://students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts). The July 19 notice describes a July 17 fire-escape observation at 600 S. Michigan.",
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  "sources": [
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      "title": "Crime Advisory PDF July 19, 2026",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_0f741257-77af-4a52-8fa9-e08fb0ce9944__july_19_2026.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-bachelors",
    "illinois",
    "suspicious-activity",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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