Institution
The Ohio State University
OSUOHPublic R1Buckeye Alert~60,000 students
- Cases
- 17
- Alerts
- 34
- Verbatim
- 29%
- Span
- 1970–2026
Official alert policy
How OSU says it will alert — when and how Buckeye Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
17 cases · 10 of 34 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2024
- burglary: 2024-10-28Juvenile Trio Burglarizes Five Unlocked Residence Hall Rooms in Five Daystimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2024-10-17Four Suspects, Two Students Hospitalized, and a 14-Hour Wait for the Public Safety Noticetimely warning2 injuredverbatim
- robbery: 2024-10-17Four Suspects Assault Two Students and Steal Phones Near North High Streettimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2024-10-17Four Suspects Assault Two Students and Steal Phones Near North High Streettimely warningverbatim
- shooting: 2024-09-18Crossfire on High Street: Shootout Near Campus Triggers Shelter-in-Place as Graduate Student Hit by Debrisemergency notification
- civil unrest: 2024-04-25Snipers on the Union Roof, 36 Arrests on the South Oval: Ohio State's Spring 2024 Gaza Encampment Was the Most Militarized in the Midwestadvisory
- tornado: 2024-02-28A 5:16 A.M. Tornado Warning, and a Buckeye Alert That Never Said 'Shelter'emergency notification
2023
- aggravated assault: 2023-11-10'Are You Jewish?' — Ohio State's Public Safety Notice After a Chai Necklace Drew Punches at 1840 N. High Streettimely warning2 injuredverbatim
- police activity: 2023-06-02Seven Minutes of Panic: The Vendor Error That Pushed 'Active Attacker' to All of Ohio Statetestverbatim
2014
By incident type