{
  "id": "2022-07-01-bismarck-state-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "bismarck-state-college-bomb-threat-2022-07-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Bismarck State College",
    "shortName": "BSC",
    "state": "ND",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "BSC Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-07-01",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Phoned bomb threats hit four campuses in one day, evacuating two of them",
    "headlinePublic": "Phoned bomb threats hit four campuses in one day, evacuating two of them",
    "summary": "On Friday, July 1, 2022, [Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University evacuated their campuses](https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bsc-dsu-evacuated-for-bomb-threats-bismarck-police-give-all-clear/article_d9a48348-f964-11ec-b52e-d3dc9f4c7e54.html) after phoned bomb threats arrived within a couple minutes of one another around midday, part of a wave that also hit Lake Region State College in Devils Lake and Dakota College at Bottineau. Police searched the buildings and found no devices, and [Bismarck police gave the all-clear](https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/bomb-threat-targets-dickinson-state-university-campus-buildings-evacuated/) after about an hour. All four campuses had received the all-clear by 2 p.m. CDT.",
    "outcome": "No explosive devices were found at any campus and no one was injured. All four North Dakota institutions had received the all-clear by 2 p.m. CDT; the threats were not found to be connected to one another but mirrored similar hoax bomb threats elsewhere in the U.S.",
    "resolution": "all-clear"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Around midday CDT on July 1, 2022",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Bismarck Tribune / KX News reporting; exact BSC Alert text not published",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "By approximately 2:00 PM CDT on July 1, 2022",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Friday, July 1, 2022, BSC received an anonymous threat regarding our campus. Bismarck PD was dispatched and worked with BSC Campus Police to initiate our emergency response protocols. BSC received an ALL-CLEAR notification that the campus is safe and secure. Employees do not need to return to campus and should continue to monitor their email for additional communications. Classes are canceled, all offices and student services are closed for the rest of the day. Students living on campus can return to their residence halls effective immediately. All students and employees were sent an email with the resources available to them for assistance and services following the incident.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceDescription": "Official .edu artifact seq 2 (P2 flip)",
      "annotations": [
        "Reconstructed all-clear: Bismarck police gave the all-clear after about an hour of searching, and all four threatened campuses had been cleared by 2 p.m. CDT.",
        "The all-clear explicitly lifts the evacuation after a building search, the standard resolution for a no-device bomb threat.",
        "CATCH-UP b51 P2 .edu flip. Independent second-blind EQUAL sha256 035daa0840609221c1884e34c4fa678ca50c10310bea8bffb2a417e81b47a230 chars=688. Reconstruction replaced with official artifact. No demote (old text was never confirmed). SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
      ],
      "characterCount": 688,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://bismarckstate.edu/students/resources/HealthandSafety/CampusSafety/timely-warning-notices"
    }
  ],
  "context": "July 1, 2022 brought a coordinated wave of phoned bomb threats against North Dakota higher-education campuses. According to the [Bismarck Tribune](https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bsc-dsu-evacuated-for-bomb-threats-bismarck-police-give-all-clear/article_d9a48348-f964-11ec-b52e-d3dc9f4c7e54.html), Bismarck State College and Dickinson State University canceled classes and evacuated their campuses after threats that arrived within a couple of minutes of each other around midday, while Lake Region State College in Devils Lake and Dakota College at Bottineau received similar threats. [KX News](https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/bomb-threat-targets-dickinson-state-university-campus-buildings-evacuated/) reported that buildings were evacuated and searched and no active threats were found. Bismarck police gave the all-clear after about an hour, and all campuses were clear by 2 p.m. CDT. The Tribune noted there was no indication the incidents were connected to one another, but that officers responded to similar threats in Rapid City and Aberdeen, S.D., as well as in Washington, North Carolina and Texas, consistent with the broader pattern of hoax threats sweeping U.S. campuses. Because BSC is a polytechnic community college, this case also helps balance the archive's overrepresentation of large research universities. No verbatim alert text was published, so the messages are reconstructed and marked unconfirmed.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Four North Dakota campuses (Bismarck State, Dickinson State, Lake Region State and Dakota College at Bottineau) were threatened on the same day, July 1, 2022",
    "Threats to the two southern campuses arrived within a couple of minutes of each other, suggesting coordination even as police found no formal link",
    "All campuses were searched and cleared with no devices found, receiving the all-clear by 2 p.m. CDT",
    "No verbatim alert text was published, so the alert sequence is reconstructed and flagged unconfirmed"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "BSC, DSU evacuated for bomb threats; Bismarck police give all-clear - Bismarck Tribune",
      "url": "https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bsc-dsu-evacuated-for-bomb-threats-bismarck-police-give-all-clear/article_d9a48348-f964-11ec-b52e-d3dc9f4c7e54.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bomb threats target DSU, BSC; campus buildings evacuated, no active threats found - KX News",
      "url": "https://www.kxnet.com/news/local-news/bomb-threat-targets-dickinson-state-university-campus-buildings-evacuated/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Timely Warning Notices - Bismarck State College",
      "url": "https://bismarckstate.edu/students/resources/HealthandSafety/CampusSafety/timely-warning-notices",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "hoax",
    "evacuation",
    "north-dakota",
    "bismarck-state-college",
    "community-college",
    "multi-campus",
    "emergency-notification"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-27",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}