{
  "id": "2023-12-18-grand-canyon-university-online-threat-to-campus",
  "slug": "grand-canyon-university-online-threat-to-campus-2023-12-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Grand Canyon University",
    "shortName": "GCU",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "for-profit",
    "alertSystemName": "AlertGCU",
    "enrollment": 100000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-12-18",
    "type": "police-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Online Threat To Campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Online Threat To Campus",
    "summary": "Grand Canyon University [published an emergency site alert](https://emergency.gcu.edu/online-threat-to-campus/). Full text recovered.",
    "outcome": "See official alert."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2023-12-18",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Grand Canyon University is working with federal, state and local agencies to investigate a bomb threat that was received over the weekend from an individual or individuals who are trying to extort money from the university. The threat has been posted in multiple public forums.\n\nWe are taking precautionary measures out of an abundance of caution but have not found anything suspicious on campus at this point. If you see anything, please contact Public Safety at 602-639-8100.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.gcu.edu/online-threat-to-campus/",
      "sourceDescription": "Official GCU emergency site alert post",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official GCU emergency site."
      ],
      "characterCount": 477,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "GCU emergency.gcu.edu archive mining (wider b55).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official AlertGCU/emergency site text recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "GCU Emergency Site",
      "url": "https://emergency.gcu.edu/online-threat-to-campus/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "for-profit",
    "arizona",
    "wider-reach",
    "alertgcu"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}