{
  "id": "2023-03-02-brookdale-community-college-lockdown",
  "slug": "brookdale-community-college-lockdown-2023-03-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Brookdale Community College",
    "shortName": "Brookdale",
    "state": "NJ",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Brookdale Rave Alert",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave",
    "enrollment": 11000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-03-02",
    "type": "lockdown",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Lockdown over an isolated incident; person in custody in under 20 minutes",
    "headlinePublic": "Lockdown over an isolated incident; person in custody in under 20 minutes",
    "summary": "Brookdale Community College's Lincroft campus was placed on lockdown on the afternoon of March 2, 2023, after an isolated incident involving a student. [A Rave Alert went out at 2:56 p.m. EST](https://bcccurrent.com/3436/news/lockdown-was-less-than-20-minutes-but-impact-lingers/) and a second alert at 3:14 p.m. EST announced the situation was resolved and the person was in custody. The lockdown lasted under 20 minutes and came one day after the [Brookdale Police Department was disbanded](https://newjersey.news12.com/gun-scare-prompts-brookdale-community-college-lockdown-34865449) and the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office took over campus patrol."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2023-03-02T14:56:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "BROOKDALE EMERGENCY ALERT for Lincroft – All LOCKDOWN NOW...This is an EMERGENCY...STAY CALM...Report of a POSSIBLE THREAT on or near the campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://bcccurrent.com/3436/news/lockdown-was-less-than-20-minutes-but-impact-lingers/",
      "sourceDescription": "The Current (Brookdale student newspaper), quoting the 2:56 p.m. Rave Alert text",
      "annotations": [
        "Text as quoted by The Current, which reported the Rave Alert message went out at 2:56 p.m. EST on March 2, 2023 and read this wording; the ellipses appear in the quoted message as published.",
        "The all-caps 'LOCKDOWN NOW' and 'STAY CALM' phrasing is preserved exactly as the student newspaper rendered the alert.",
        "The lockdown was the first major test of campus alerting the day after Brookdale disbanded its own police force and handed patrol to the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office."
      ],
      "characterCount": 145
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2023-03-02T15:14:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "The situation that caused the lockdown of the Lincroft campus has been resolved. The person who caused the threat is in custody. It is safe to end the lockdown.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://bcccurrent.com/3436/news/lockdown-was-less-than-20-minutes-but-impact-lingers/",
      "sourceDescription": "The Current (Brookdale student newspaper), quoting the 3:14 p.m. resolution Rave Alert text",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim recovery: The Current quoted this 3:14 p.m. EST second Rave Alert word-for-word ('The situation that caused the lockdown of the Lincroft campus has been resolved...'), the same student-newspaper source already used for the verbatim initial alert in this case.",
        "Only 18 minutes elapsed between the 2:56 p.m. EST lockdown alert and the 3:14 p.m. EST all-clear on March 2, 2023."
      ],
      "characterCount": 160
    }
  ],
  "context": "Brookdale Community College serves Monmouth County, New Jersey, from its main Lincroft campus. On March 2, 2023, the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office initiated a lockdown after what officials called an isolated incident involving a student. According to [The Current](https://bcccurrent.com/3436/news/lockdown-was-less-than-20-minutes-but-impact-lingers/), the college's student newspaper, the first Rave Alert went out at 2:56 p.m. EST and a second alert at 3:14 p.m. EST said the situation was resolved and the person who caused the threat was in custody, a lockdown of under 20 minutes. [News 12 New Jersey](https://newjersey.news12.com/gun-scare-prompts-brookdale-community-college-lockdown-34865449) reported the scare and noted the timing was notable because the lockdown came one day after the Brookdale Police Department was disbanded and the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office assumed patrol of the campus. The case is a clean example of a short, well-bounded community-college lockdown and a test of a brand-new policing arrangement.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The first Rave Alert went out at 2:56 p.m. EST; a resolution alert followed at 3:14 p.m. EST",
    "The lockdown lasted under 20 minutes and ended with the individual in custody",
    "It occurred one day after Brookdale disbanded its police force and the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office took over campus patrol"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Lockdown Was Less Than 20 Minutes But Impact Lingers - The Current",
      "url": "https://bcccurrent.com/3436/news/lockdown-was-less-than-20-minutes-but-impact-lingers/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Gun scare prompts Brookdale Community College lockdown - News 12 New Jersey",
      "url": "https://newjersey.news12.com/gun-scare-prompts-brookdale-community-college-lockdown-34865449",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Lockdown Instituted at Brookdale Community College - Jersey Coast Emergency News",
      "url": "https://jerseycoastemergencynews.com/2023/03/02/lockdown-instituted-at-brookdale-community-college/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "lockdown",
    "community-college",
    "new-jersey",
    "rave-alert",
    "campus-policing",
    "emergency-notification"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}