{
  "id": "2022-04-17-syracuse-university-police-standoff-on-westcott-street-near-campus",
  "slug": "syracuse-university-police-standoff-on-westcott-street-near-campus-2022-04-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Syracuse University",
    "shortName": "Syracuse",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DPS Public Safety Notice",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-04-17",
    "type": "police-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "arrest",
    "headline": "Police standoff on Westcott Street near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Police standoff on Westcott Street near campus",
    "summary": "Syracuse DPS [published a Public Safety Notice](https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/17-public-safety-notice-incident). Full text recovered from the official dps.syr.edu archive.",
    "outcome": "See official Syracuse DPS notice page for further updates if any."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Syracuse DPS notice dated 2022-04-17",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Sunday, April 17th, 2022 at approximately 8:44 p.m., the Onondaga County Emergency 911 Center received a report of a incident that occurred on the 500 block of Westcott St. The Syracuse Police Department are on the scene and investigating this incident. We ask that you stay away from the area, at this time. More information to follow.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/17-public-safety-notice-incident",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse DPS 17-public-safety-notice-incident",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official dps.syr.edu Public Safety Notice archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 339,
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Syracuse DPS notice dated 2022-04-17 (alert 2)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Sunday, April 17, 2022, at approximately 8:44 p.m., the Onondaga County Emergency 911 Center received a report of an active incident occurring off campus in the 500 block of Westcott Street. The Syracuse Police Department (SPD) responded to the scene. After a brief standoff, SPD took a suspect into custody. There continues to be police activity in the area.\n\nWe ask our community to remain away from the area until the scene has been cleared by the Syracuse Police Department.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/public-safety-update-suspect-taken-into-custody",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse DPS public-safety-update-suspect-taken-into-custody",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official dps.syr.edu Public Safety Notice archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 481,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice at [dps.syr.edu](https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/17-public-safety-notice-incident).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official campus public-safety notice text recovered from DPS archive."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Police standoff on Westcott Street near campus",
      "url": "https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/17-public-safety-notice-incident",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police standoff on Westcott Street near campus",
      "url": "https://dps.syr.edu/2022/04/18/public-safety-update-suspect-taken-into-custody",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2022",
    "dps",
    "police-activity",
    "public-safety-notice",
    "syracuse"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}