{"id":53086,"date":"2025-09-25T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/?p=53086"},"modified":"2025-09-25T22:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T22:29:24","slug":"timely-warning-hate-crime-destruction-damage-vandalism-of-property-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/2025\/09\/25\/timely-warning-hate-crime-destruction-damage-vandalism-of-property-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Timely Warning: Hate Crime &#8211; Destruction\/Damage\/Vandalism of Property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In compliance with the \u201cTimely Warning\u201d provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Campus Security Act, the Augsburg University Department of Public Safety (DPS) is giving notice of a situation that represents a serious or continuing threat to students and employees of the University. The purpose of a timely warning is to provide information to aid the Augsburg community in protecting themselves after a report of a serious crime.<\/p>\n<h4>Reported Offense: Hate Crime &#8211; Destruction\/Damage\/Vandalism of Property<\/h4>\n<p>On September 25, 2025, at approximately 1:45 p.m., during an exterior patrol of the campus, a DPS officer discovered graffiti that had been spray-painted on the garage door of Luther Hall. This graffiti contained threatening and pejorative language towards the LGBTQIA+ community. The graffiti was likely painted sometime between 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. and has since been removed.<\/p>\n<h4>Suspect Description<\/h4>\n<p>At this time, there is no description of a suspect involved in this incident.<\/p>\n<h4>Status<\/h4>\n<p>DPS and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) are currently investigating this incident. Anyone who may have information regarding this incident is urged to contact Augsburg DPS at 612-330-1717 or MPD.<\/p>\n<h4>Reporting Incidents<\/h4>\n<p>Augsburg asks its community members to report any and all concerns that may impact our campus community. If You See Something &#8211; Say Something. To report, please contact DPS at 612-330-1717. You can also download the CampusShield app (through <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/911shield\/id1029352177\">Apple<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.campus_shield&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US&amp;pli=1\">Android<\/a>) to message DPS. We also encourage you to utilize the resources available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\">the DPS website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Safety Tips<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Keep your head up and always be aware of your surroundings.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Call DPS or the Minneapolis Police if you see any suspicious activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In compliance with the \u201cTimely Warning\u201d provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Campus Security Act, the Augsburg University Department of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-alerts","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53088,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53086\/revisions\/53088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/dps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}