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Suspicious person with suitcase near UW MadisonMadison WI

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audio iconSuspicious Activity
Lien Rd, Madison, WI 53704

As discussed during the dispatch call, campus security and police responded to a possible suspicious person in the first-floor lobby near an elevator at the UW Madison Computer Sciences building. The person, described as a male possibly in his early thirties, was seen with a suitcase and may have been pretending to be a student. The situation remained under observation.

Audio|Heard on: Dane WI Security Group Calls
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01:14
Transcript:
00:00
Seven 815 .
00:02
At the Computer Sciences building, there's a male in the lobby area on the first floor next to an elevator with a suitcase.
00:12
Not sure if it's an MP or MPA.
00:16
Okay, I think I copy.
00:17
There's an NPA computer sign?
00:19
Not sure what it looks like, but there’s a suitcase.
00:26
So it's in the lobby area close to the elevator.
00:36
Ten four, dispatch 7815 .
00:38
One five, good.
00:41
I do have police on the way.
00:42
Do you have any further descriptors? Is this a male or a female? Anything else?
00:49
It's a male,
00:51
maybe early thirties.
01:02
Suitcase sits on the floor fine.
01:05
He is with the computer, so check it out.
01:07
There appears to be an NPA pretending to be a student.
01:14
Ten four.

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Location mentioned:
Lien Rd, Madison, WI 53704

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