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  "id": "2025-02-06-james-madison-university-police-phone-outage",
  "slug": "james-madison-university-police-phone-outage-2025-02-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "James Madison University",
    "shortName": "JMU",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "JMU Safety Alert",
    "enrollment": 22500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-06",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "all-clear",
    "headline": "Police phone lines fail during a power outage",
    "headlinePublic": "Police phone lines fail during a power outage",
    "summary": "Campus police phone lines go down in a power outage. The [notice](https://x.com/JMU/status/1887493511743709423) gives an alternate number for the department.",
    "outcome": "Phone lines returned to service later the same day."
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-06T08:28:15-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "JMU Alert: JMUPD's phone lines are currently down due to a power outage. When on campus, use a cell phone to reach 911 services. To reach JMUPD use 540-442-6911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/JMU/status/1887493511743709423",
      "sourceDescription": "@JMU police phone outage",
      "annotations": [
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        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: one official reply, the restoration, is sequence 2. No further posts after that reply."
      ],
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      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-06T15:49:17-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Update: JMU Police Department's phone lines have returned to service.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/JMU/status/1887604499423887865",
      "sourceDescription": "@JMU police phone lines restored",
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        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: this restoration is the official reply to the outage post. No further posts after it."
      ],
      "characterCount": 69
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  ],
  "context": "Official posts on [@JMU](https://x.com/JMU). The [phone-line outage](https://x.com/JMU/status/1887493511743709423) says a power outage took the department lines down and gives an alternate number.",
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    "Police phone lines were down because of a power outage. The department gave an alternate number, then reported the lines restored."
  ],
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      "title": "@JMU police phone outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/JMU/status/1887493511743709423",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
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    },
    {
      "title": "@JMU police phone lines restored",
      "url": "https://x.com/JMU/status/1887604499423887865",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2025",
    "power-outage",
    "public-r2"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
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}