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Wildcats Aware: Concerning Behavior Reporting Form


Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding a Northwestern student, faculty, staff, or any other individual. By sharing your concerns, you are engaged in Northwestern’s mission to ensure the safety of individuals and the Northwestern community. It may take up to 24 hours during a business week to respond to your concern. This form should not be used for emergency response.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: If this is an emergency that requires immediate attention, please contact campus police at (847) 491-3456 or by dialing 911 prior to filling out this referral form.

General Information

For assistance with the "Clery Act Reporting" item below, this document contains definitions of all crimes for which the Clery Act requires reporting: https://www.northwestern.edu/up/docs/CleryActReportableCrimes-Locations.pdf

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Are you reporting a crime under the Clery Act?
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Involved Individuals or Parties

Please list all the individuals or parties involved, including as many of the listed fields as you can provide. For individuals not affiliated with Northwestern, please provide as much information as possible about the individual in the "Tell Us About Your Concern" section below.

When selecting the “Role” for each individual you include below, please refer to the following definitions:

  •  Subject of Concern: a person or organization who is the subject of the report, whether for a wellness concern, or because they are alleged to have violated University policy.
  • Complainant/Impacted Party: an individual impacted by the actions of another person or organization, particularly if those actions are alleged to have violated University policy.
  • Person with Information: an individual who has information about the reported situation, or the persons involved in it, whether or not they directly observed the situation.
  • Other: other
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Tell Us About Your Concerns

Please check any behaviors below that have led you to be concerned about the individual involved. If no boxes apply, please use the text box below to describe your concerns in detail.(Required)
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Please indicate if any of the following actions were taken as a result of the concerns you have described.
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Supporting Documentation

Photos, video, email, and other supporting documents may be attached below. 5GB maximum total size.
Attachments require time to upload, so please be patient after submitting this form.

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