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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #180420

Trails:

Other: On Saturday, June 25, 2022, around 6:38pm I was heading from the Showers parking lot to the B-Line Trail heading towards Rogers St. As I am heading down the trail I noticed a guy (tall about 5'10"-6'2", muscular, tan skin, dark shirt, bald head) standing next to a bike up ahead and he kind of moved just enough for me to see he had like a really firm stance. He was talking on a phone in a foreign language. and watching me closely. I stopped. Looked behind me to see if anyone else was walking nearby. A few ladies on bikes zoomed past but other than that it's just me and the dude standing there. He whistled twice pretty loud and just stood there facing me. Not wanting to turn around and walk back because I'm unsure of where to go or what to do, I didn't want to just walk past him, I'm scared. Like I can just feel it is a bad situation. I used a smart watch to call a friend and told her my location and asked her to stay on the phone. That way she knows where I'm at and is listening as I continue walking down the trail towards Rogers St.. As I pass the guy he is like standing arms folded and intensly watching my every move and still talking on the phone in the foreign language. As I continued walking I looked back a few times. It felt like he was following me but far enough back to look like he was still stopped. I could feel he was following me though. So I get up to Rogers St and cross the road and immediately notice a guy on the trail just a bit further down. He too is standing next to a bike and talking on the phone in a foreign language. He had on a striped tank top which was white with small horizontal stripes. He waved towards my direction/the trail across Rogers St.. I glance back and see the first guy nod his head. The second guy is now slowly walking towards me. I at this point am turning and walking the sidewalk going up Rogers St.. Once I started walking up the sidewalk neither of the individuals followed. The second guy did stand by the B-Line trail and the sidewalk a few minutes watching me. This event truly shook me up and has caused me to have a panyattack upon getting inside my apartment at B-Line heights. I did not contact the police because of previous incidents being casually "humored" but nothing be done because there was no true harm or attack that took place. I figured that this would be treated with the same disregard and I didn't want to waste their time. However there needs to be more surveillance on this part of the trail I believe. With the greenery being abundant and the buildings through that section of the B-Line Trail it feels fairly seculded and isolated. I feel if it was move visible it might have discouraged the above event from happening.

History

6/27/2022 19:50:41 Closed by Tim Street

Hello - thank you for the detailed report and concern. I'm sorry you've had a traumatic experience and hope you are doing alright. We will mention this to both our contracted security (MSI) and BPD. MSI regularly patrols up and down the B-Line throughout the day. If you are ever in a situation where you do feel threatened or unsafe please call BPD. I will take a look to see if ther are any sections that need additional mowing or trimming.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=180420 Closed by Tim Street Hello - thank you for the detailed report and concern. I'm sorry you've had a traumatic experience and hope you are doing alright. We will mention this to both our contracted security (MSI) and BPD. MSI regularly patrols up and down the B-Line throughout the day. If you are ever in a situation where you do feel threatened or unsafe please call BPD. I will take a look to see if ther are any sections that need additional mowing or trimming.

6/25/2022 21:11:49 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=180420 Anonymous assigned this case to Paula McDevitt You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

6/25/2022 21:11:49 Opened by Anonymous

402 N Rogers ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47404
Latitude39.169818878174
Longitude-86.53825378418
TownshipBloomington

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