Harassment

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred:  03/20/2023 6:40 pm
Date & Time Reported: 03/29/2023 5:07 pm
Location: MetroLink Elevator Platform
Synopsis:  A WUSM employee made a delayed report of harassment. The employee was waiting for a MetroLink train near the elevated elevator platform when a male subject approached her. The subject yelled and cursed at her, unprovoked. He then balled his fist and made a move as if to strike her. The employee left the area and walked down the stairs to the MetroLink platform. The employee was not physically harmed.  A review of CCTV footage in the area showed the incident occurred as the employee described. The subject was tentatively identified as a know trespasser. Protective Services is investigating.
Disposition: Investigation Ongoing

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred:  04/05/2023 7:30 pm
Date & Time Reported: 04/05/2023 7:38 pm
Location: Hope Plaza
Synopsis:  A WUSM employee reported being harassed in Hope Plaza outside the Mid Campus Center. Six teenagers approached the employee and took her cup. They asked for money and attempted to look in her purse. The employee took back the cup and walked away from the teenagers. Protective Services officers confronted the teenagers at the MetroLink platform. They told officers they were just joking. The employee declined to press charges. The teenagers were identified and allowed to leave on the MetroLink. Investigation Complete
Disposition: Subjects Identified. Investigation Complete

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 08/18/2023 12:30 pm
Date & Time Reported: 08/18/2023 5:46 pm
Location:  Children's Hospital
Synopsis:  A WUSM employee reported having ongoing issues with a co-worker. The issues are being addressed by Human Resources. However, while working on 8/18/2023, the employee felt a liquid substance get sprayed on the back of her neck. She saw her co-worker in the area. Later in the day, the employee developed a sore throat and felt fatigued. She reported the incident to Protective Services, her supervisors, and HR.
Disposition: Referred to Human Resources

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 10/04/2023 11:30 am
Date & Time Reported: 10/04/2023 1:40 pm
Location:  Wohl Clinic 5th Floor
Synopsis:  A WUSM employee reported an estranged family member showed up to the 5th floor of the Wohl Clinic looking for her. The employee was not in the area at the time. The estranged family member was told the employee did not want to see her. She left without further issue. Protective Services is investigating.
Disposition: Investigation Ongoing

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 02/29/2024 5:36 pm
Date & Time Reported: 02/29/2024 6:10 pm
Location: Jeffery T. Fort Neuroscience Research Labs (FORTLABS)
Synopsis:  Two WUSM employees reported receiving threatening text messages to their WUSM owned phones. The texts messages were from an unregistered number. However, the employees believed they originated for an employee that was terminated on that same day. Due to the nature of the threats, security increased their presence in the building with the support of the Washington University Police Department and the SLMPD. The SLMPD wrote a report for Harassment 1st and are continuing to investigate.
Disposition: Referred to the SLMPD. Investigation Ongoing

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred:  06/13/2024 7:54 am
Date & Time Reported: 06/13/2024 8:00 am
Location: MetroLink Platform
Synopsis: A WUSM student reported that he was harassed and threatened by an unidentified subject while he was on the MetroLink train and Central West End platform. The subject left the area prior to Protective Services arriving to the area. CCTV showed the subject walked north on S. Taylor Ave. and attempted to engage with other passersby. His behavior indicated a possible mental health issue. A BOLO was circulated to campus security. Later, the subject was positively identified by BJH Public Safety as someone they found trespassing on their property later in the evening on 6/13/2024.  An updated BOLO has been disseminated in an attempt to locate the subject. Protective Services is investigating.
Disposition: Investigation Ongoing

Trespassing, Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 03/04/2025 11:00 pm
Date & Time Reported: 03/04/2025 11:06 pm
Location: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) 2nd Floor
Synopsis: Protective Services officers responded to the 2nd floor of the MIR for a report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, BJH Public Safety had already detained and identified the subject as a known trespasser. The subject was combative with the officers and placed under arrest. The subject was in possession of suspected narcotics. An investigation revealed the subject had been harassing nurses and making inappropriate comments earlier that evening. The subject requested medical attention due to being under the influence of an unknown substance. He was transported to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Emergency Department. The SLMPD was notified based on the subject being in possession of narcotics and having several active warrants. He was turned over to the custody of the SLMPD. 
Disposition: Suspect Arrested. Investigation Complete. Referred to the SLMPD.

Trespassing/Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 04/11/2025 11:52 am
Date & Time Reported: 04/11/2025 11:52 am
Location: Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building (Fort Labs)
Synopsis:  Protective Services responded to the Fort Labs for a report of a suspicious person trespassing in the lobby. Officers located a subject who refused to identify himself. He displayed behavior that led officers to believe he may have been mentally ill. The subject immediately left the building after being confronted by Protective Services. Later, an employee called Protective Services to report the same male had harassed her while she sat in the lobby. The man made inappropriate comments to her until she left the area. Information about the subject was disseminated to all campus security so that he can be identified and warned against future trespass if he returns. 
Disposition: Investigation Ongoing. BOLO Disseminated.

Suspicious Activity/Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 06/13/2025 2:15 pm
Date & Time Reported: 06/13/2025 2:19 pm
Location: Duncan Ave. at Taylor Ave.
Synopsis:  Protective Services officers responded to a call of an unaffiliated subject following a WashU employee from campus northbound into the Central West End. Officers made contact with the WashU employee who reported that a woman bumped into and then began yelling and swearing at her. The employee called 911 while a co-worker contacted Protective Services. Protective Services officers located the unaffiliated woman and detained her. She was identified and issued a warning against trespass. The employee was not injured and declined to press charges. 
Disposition: Investigation Complete. Trespass Warning Issued.

Harassment
Date & Time Occurred: 06/17/2025 7:55 am
Date & Time Reported: 06/17/2025 7:57 am
Location: S. Taylor Ave. before Clayton Ave. 
Synopsis:  Two WUSM employees reported that they were harassed as they walked to campus on S. Taylor Ave. A vehicle with at least three occupants threw a cup of unknown liquid at the employees. The vehicle then made a U-turn and continued harassing them by yelling unintelligible words at them. Protective Services is investigating. 
Disposition: Investigation Ongoing.