{ "id": "2022-09-09-jamestown-community-college-cattaraugus-taser-lockdown", "slug": "jamestown-community-college-cattaraugus-taser-lockdown-2022-09-09", "institution": { "name": "Jamestown Community College", "shortName": "JCC", "state": "NY", "type": "community-college", "alertSystemName": "JCC Alert" }, "incident": { "date": "2022-09-09", "type": "armed-person", "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification", "headline": "Report of a man with a Taser prompts remotely locked doors; subject not found on campus", "headlinePublic": "Report of a man with a Taser prompts remotely locked doors; subject not found on campus", "summary": "Jamestown Community College's Cattaraugus County Campus in Olean was [locked down around 1:15 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 9, 2022 after a report of a person potentially with a weapon](https://wnynewsnow.com/2022/09/09/lockdown-issued-at-suny-jccs-cattaraugus-county-campus/), described as a man with a taser. The college used its security access-control system to remotely lock building doors and evacuate occupants. Olean police cleared the buildings, and the college gave the [all clear just after 4 p.m.; the man was never located on campus](https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/jamestown-community-colleges-olean-campus-evacuated-police-clearing-buildings/).", "outcome": "No one was injured. The man believed to have a taser was not found on campus, and police continued searching. The college's buildings reopened the next day, Saturday.", "resolution": "unfounded" }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestampApprox": "Approximately 1:15 PM EDT on September 9, 2022", "channel": "sms", "verbatimText": "JCC ALERT: Lockdown on Jamestown Community College's Cattaraugus County Campus in all buildings due to man potentially with a weapon. Run, hide, fight. Run from the threat. Hide out of view. Fight to protect yourself if an intruder enters your area.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "sourceUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/sunyjcc/posts/jcc-alert-lockdown-on-jamestown-community-colleges-cattaraugus-county-campus-in-/493731056092569/", "sourceDescription": "Jamestown Community College official Facebook (@sunyjcc) JCC ALERT post; complete text also republished by WNYNewsNow", "annotations": [ "Verbatim from the JCC ALERT posted by the college's official @sunyjcc account on September 9, 2022 and republished word-for-word by WNYNewsNow; the lockdown began about 1:15 PM EDT.", "Embeds the 'Run, hide, fight' active-threat doctrine verbatim into the mass-notification text itself, unusual for a single SMS-length alert, where most campuses link out to guidance instead.", "The college remotely locked building doors via its security access-control system as the lockdown began." ], "characterCount": 249 }, { "sequence": 2, "type": "all-clear", "timestampApprox": "Just after 4:00 PM EDT on September 9, 2022", "channel": "unknown", "verbatimText": "", "isVerbatimConfirmed": false, "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Post-Journal and WGRZ reporting that the all clear was given just after 4 p.m.", "annotations": [] } ], "context": "Jamestown Community College is a SUNY two-year college whose Cattaraugus County Campus sits in Olean in far western New York. According to [WNYNewsNow](https://wnynewsnow.com/2022/09/09/lockdown-issued-at-suny-jccs-cattaraugus-county-campus/), the campus was locked down around 1:15 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 9, 2022 over a report of a person potentially with a weapon. [WIVB News 4 Buffalo](https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/jamestown-community-colleges-olean-campus-evacuated-police-clearing-buildings/) reported the man was described as carrying a taser, that the Olean Police Department evacuated buildings, and that just after 3:20 p.m. EDT police had cleared the buildings and were evacuating more people. The [Post-Journal](https://www.post-journal.com/news/latest-news/2022/09/jcc-buildings-in-cattaraugus-county-on-lockdown/) reported the all clear was given just after 4 p.m. and that buildings would reopen Saturday; the man believed to have the taser was never located on campus. The case shows a small rural community college using remote door-locking technology and a multi-hour search in response to a non-firearm weapon report.", "keyFindings": [ "The college remotely locked building doors via its security access-control system, a notable capability for a small rural campus", "The reported weapon was a taser, not a gun, yet it produced a nearly three-hour lockdown and full evacuation", "The all clear came just after 4 p.m. even though the suspect was never found on campus, with reopening deferred to the next day" ], "sources": [ { "title": "JCC ALERT lockdown post - Jamestown Community College official Facebook (@sunyjcc)", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/sunyjcc/posts/jcc-alert-lockdown-on-jamestown-community-colleges-cattaraugus-county-campus-in-/493731056092569/", "type": "official-social" }, { "title": "Lockdown Issued At SUNY JCC's Cattaraugus County Campus - WNYNewsNow", "url": "https://wnynewsnow.com/2022/09/09/lockdown-issued-at-suny-jccs-cattaraugus-county-campus/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Jamestown Community College's Olean campus evacuated, police searching for man with taser - WIVB News 4 Buffalo", "url": "https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/jamestown-community-colleges-olean-campus-evacuated-police-clearing-buildings/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "UPDATE: JCC Reports 'All Clear' Following Lockdown - Post-Journal", "url": "https://www.post-journal.com/news/latest-news/2022/09/jcc-buildings-in-cattaraugus-county-on-lockdown/", "type": "local-media" } ], "confidence": "high", "tags": [ "weapons-violation", "emergency-notification", "new-york", "community-college", "suny", "lockdown", "taser", "rural-campus", "evacuation" ], "dateAdded": "2026-05-29", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16", "addedBy": "ingestion" }