{
  "id": "2025-09-11-university-of-minnesota-threatening-communication",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-threatening-communication-2025-09-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-11",
    "type": "threat-of-violence",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "The Department of Public Safety received a report of a threatening communication to",
    "headlinePublic": "The Department of Public Safety received a report of a threatening communication to",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2025-09-11. Verbatim from the official alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 1 message(s).",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: The Department of Public Safety received a report of a threatening communication to universities across the nation. Working in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, DPS does not believe further action is warranted. As always, we encourage the community to report suspicious activity and contact 911 anytime they are concerned for their safety. Additional communication will be shared later today",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 426,
      "timestamp": "2025-09-11T15:30:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2025-09-11: 1 transmitted notice(s).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.",
    "1 confirmed message(s)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UMN Safety Notifications (Alerts)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "UMN Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "threat-of-violence",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}