On August 21, 2025, UC Davis sent an active shooter WarnMe SMS at 9:03 a.m. PDT that did not include the word 'DRILL' in the text body. The message was intended to reach only Police and Fire Department personnel participating in a yearly mass casualty exercise at the Activities and Recreation Center, but it was distributed to a broader Nixle audience. A correction was sent 16 minutes later.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of California, Davis: Active-shooter drill message sent without the word 'DRILL'; correction followed." Incident of August 21, 2025. Added May 2026; last updated August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/uc-davis-active-shooter-drill-error-2025-08-21/
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