{
  "id": "2023-10-06-skyline-college-indecent-exposure",
  "slug": "skyline-college-indecent-exposure-2023-10-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Skyline College",
    "shortName": "Skyline",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "AlertMe",
    "enrollment": 6000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-10-06",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "A Roof Deck Encounter: Skyline College's Timely Warning After Two Students Are Flashed",
    "summary": "San Mateo County Community College District Public Safety issued a [timely warning](https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/10/smcccd-timely-warning-indecent-exposure/) after an unknown man exposed himself to two female students on the Building 4 Roof Deck at Skyline College at approximately 6:58 p.m. on Friday, October 6, 2023. The [suspect fled the area](https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2023/10/07/unknown-man-exposes-himself-to-two-women-at-skyline-college/) a few minutes after the students left, and he was not identified as affiliated with the campus.",
    "outcome": "SMCCCD Public Safety asked anyone with information to contact the department or San Bruno Police; no arrest had been publicly reported at the time the warning was issued.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Issued in the days following the October 6, 2023 report, per the SMCCCD Alerts & Notices timely-warning bulletin",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "SMCCCD Timely Warning: On Friday, October 6, 2023, at approximately 6:58pm, it was reported that an unknown male suspect exposed his genitals to two female students at the Building 4 Roof Deck at Skyline College. SMCCCD's Department of Public Safety has determined circumstances exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the Skyline campus community. This information is being released in accordance with the Federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Anyone with information pertaining to this crime should contact SMCCCD Public Safety at (650) 738-7000 or San Bruno Police at (650) 616-7100.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/10/smcccd-timely-warning-indecent-exposure/",
      "sourceDescription": "SMCCCD Alerts & Notices, 'SMCCCD Timely Warning | Indecent Exposure' bulletin, reconstructed from the official bulletin's reported content and cross-checked against The Skyline View's coverage",
      "annotations": [
        "Names the exact location, the Building 4 Roof Deck, an unusual and specific outdoor space on the Skyline campus rather than a generic 'on campus' description",
        "Invokes the Clery Act by name as the legal basis for the release, standard boilerplate language in SMCCCD timely warnings",
        "Provides two separate contact numbers, campus Public Safety and San Bruno Police, splitting jurisdiction between the district and the city",
        "The bulletin's exact original wording was not independently verified against an archived screenshot, so this reconstruction is marked unconfirmed even though it closely tracks the official page's reported language"
      ],
      "characterCount": 653
    }
  ],
  "context": "Skyline College, part of the [San Mateo County Community College District](https://smccd.edu/alertme/), sits in San Bruno, California. On the evening of October 6, 2023, [an unknown man exposed himself to two female students](https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2023/10/07/unknown-man-exposes-himself-to-two-women-at-skyline-college/) on the Building 4 Roof Deck, a campus space not typically associated with safety incidents. The students left the area, and the suspect, described as an African American man in his twenties or thirties with a goatee and a birthmark or small tattoo near his right eye, left a few minutes later. SMCCCD's Department of Public Safety [issued a timely warning](https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/10/smcccd-timely-warning-indecent-exposure/) under the Clery Act, a designation reserved for crimes the district determines pose an ongoing threat to the community. Indecent exposure cases like this one are Clery-reportable non-forcible sex offenses, distinct from the sexual-assault warnings that make up a larger share of campus timely-warning traffic, and they illustrate how community colleges with open, urban-adjacent campuses handle a less-discussed category of alert.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The Building 4 Roof Deck, a specific outdoor space, was named directly in the warning rather than a vague 'on campus' description",
    "The suspect was not believed to be affiliated with Skyline College, illustrating that timely warnings often describe threats from outside the student body",
    "Indecent exposure is a Clery-reportable non-forcible sex offense that triggers the same timely-warning obligation as more severe sex crimes",
    "The district split investigative contact information between its own Public Safety department and municipal San Bruno Police"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "SMCCCD Timely Warning | Indecent Exposure - Alerts & Notices",
      "url": "https://emergency.smccd.info/2023/10/smcccd-timely-warning-indecent-exposure/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Unknown man exposes himself to two women at Skyline College - The Skyline View",
      "url": "https://www.theskylineview.com/news/2023/10/07/unknown-man-exposes-himself-to-two-women-at-skyline-college/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "AlertMe - Public Safety - San Mateo County Community College District",
      "url": "https://smccd.edu/alertme/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "indecent-exposure",
    "sexual-offense",
    "timely-warning",
    "california",
    "community-college",
    "smcccd",
    "clery-act"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}