Timely Warning and Emergency Notification

What warrants a “timely warning” or “emergency notification”?

Timely Warnings shall be issued whenever a Clery Crime that is considered to represent a serious or continuing threat to students and employees is reported to campus security, Student Life Office, or a local police agency and has occurred within the College’s Clery Geography. Whenever a timely warning is sent it may be sent to the entire Campus Community or to the relevant population if technology allows.

Emergency Notifications shall be issued when a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurs on the campus. As appropriate, emergency notifications may be targeted at only a segment or segments of the campus community that is at risk. Emergency notifications will be issued without delay unless doing so would compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate the emergency.

The Provost or a designee of the Provost in conjunction with the Dean of Students and/or other campus and non-campus officials as appropriate shall confirm the existence of a situation that may warrant a warning or notification and determine if a timely warning or emergency notification is warranted and the extent of the notification as appropriate. In addition to criminal incidents, emergency notifications may be issued in situations such as, but not limited to:

Safety Related Issues:

An incident that occurs on any of our campuses that affects the personal safety and security of our population.

An incident that occurs in close proximity to the campus that may potentially affect the personal safety and security of our student, faculty and staff population.

Health Related Issues:

Diagnosis of a serious or life threatening communicable/infectious disease.

Evidence of bio terrorism.