{
  "id": "2022-08-05-front-range-community-college-doxxing-lockout",
  "slug": "front-range-community-college-doxxing-lockout-2022-08-05",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Front Range Community College",
    "shortName": "FRCC",
    "state": "CO",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "FRCC Alert",
    "enrollment": 19000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-08-05",
    "type": "threat-of-violence",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Emailed threat places all three campuses on lockout; determined to be a doxxing hoax",
    "headlinePublic": "Emailed threat places all three campuses on lockout; determined to be a doxxing hoax",
    "summary": "On the morning of Friday, August 5, 2022, Front Range Community College placed all three of its campuses (Westminster, Boulder County in Longmont, and Larimer in Fort Collins) on lockout after an emailed threat, while [CU Boulder cancelled classes the same day over related threats](https://www.cpr.org/2022/08/05/front-range-colleges-and-universities-close-friday-due-to-threats/). [Westminster Police were notified around 7:20 a.m. MDT](https://www.westminsterpdnews.com/blog/i/66524881/threats-against-front-range-community-college) and later determined the threat had been emailed using someone else's name, a [form of doxxing aimed at another individual](https://kdvr.com/news/all-3-front-range-community-college-campuses-on-lockout/). All three campuses closed for the day.",
    "outcome": "Investigators determined the threat was a hoax and a form of doxxing against another person. All three campuses closed Friday; classes were moved remote for Saturday.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-hoax"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Friday morning, 8:47 AM MDT on August 5, 2022, per Colorado Daily",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "#FRCC is on lockout: Out of an abundance of caution, the security team at FRCC has secured the perimeter at all three campuses due to a potential threat in the area. This means all of our outside doors are locked, but activity inside the buildings is proceeding as usual.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://kdvr.com/news/all-3-front-range-community-college-campuses-on-lockout/",
      "sourceDescription": "FRCC public lockout announcement quoted by FOX31 Denver",
      "annotations": [
        "The message itself defines what a 'lockout' means (exterior doors locked, interior activity proceeding as usual), an unusually plain-language explanation that distinguishes it from a lockdown.",
        "Colorado Daily reported FRCC tweeted the lockout at 8:47 a.m. MDT; the timestamp and channel here were corrected from an earlier reconstruction that had assumed an SMS around 7:30 a.m. MDT"
      ],
      "characterCount": 271
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Friday late morning on August 5, 2022",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from CPR and Colorado Daily reporting on the closure decision",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "context": "August 5, 2022 was a tense day for higher education along Colorado's Front Range: [CU Boulder cancelled classes and Front Range Community College locked out all three of its campuses](https://www.cpr.org/2022/08/05/front-range-colleges-and-universities-close-friday-due-to-threats/) over threats received that morning. [Westminster Police said they were made aware of threats against FRCC around 7:20 a.m. MDT](https://www.westminsterpdnews.com/blog/i/66524881/threats-against-front-range-community-college). FRCC's campuses sit in Westminster, Longmont (Boulder County), and Fort Collins (Larimer), so a single emailed threat triggered a coordinated multi-agency response. [FOX31 Denver reported that investigators ultimately concluded the threat was a form of doxxing](https://kdvr.com/news/all-3-front-range-community-college-campuses-on-lockout/), the email had been sent using another person's name as a malicious tactic, rather than representing a credible plan to harm the college. [Colorado Daily noted FRCC closed all three campuses for the day while CU Boulder cancelled its own classes](https://www.coloradodaily.com/2022/08/05/front-range-community-college-puts-campuses-on-lockout/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A single emailed threat triggered a same-day lockout across three FRCC campuses in three different counties, illustrating how distributed community-college systems must broadcast one alert across separate jurisdictions",
    "The incident coincided with threats that closed CU Boulder the same morning, showing how regionally clustered threats strain multiple institutions at once",
    "Police classified the threat as doxxing rather than a credible attack plan, a reminder that emergency notifications often precede the determination of intent"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Front Range colleges and universities close Friday due to threats - Colorado Public Radio",
      "url": "https://www.cpr.org/2022/08/05/front-range-colleges-and-universities-close-friday-due-to-threats/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "COLLEGE THREAT: Doxxing threat closes Front Range Community College - FOX31 Denver",
      "url": "https://kdvr.com/news/all-3-front-range-community-college-campuses-on-lockout/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Threats Against Front Range Community College - Westminster PD News",
      "url": "https://www.westminsterpdnews.com/blog/i/66524881/threats-against-front-range-community-college",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Boulder cancels classes, Front Range Community College on lockout - Colorado Daily",
      "url": "https://www.coloradodaily.com/2022/08/05/front-range-community-college-puts-campuses-on-lockout/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "threat-of-violence",
    "doxxing",
    "lockout",
    "colorado",
    "community-college",
    "multi-campus",
    "hoax"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}