{
  "id": "2024-02-07-southeast-technical-college-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "southeast-technical-college-bomb-threat-2024-02-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Southeast Technical College",
    "shortName": "Southeast Tech",
    "state": "SD",
    "type": "technical-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Southeast Tech Emergency Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-02-07",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Bomb threat, February 7, 2024",
    "summary": "On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, [evacuated and canceled classes after a threatening message](https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/02/07/southeast-tech-evacuated-due-threat/) was received. The alert went out at 12:19 p.m. instructing students and faculty to leave campus, and an [all-clear was announced around 2:30 p.m.](https://kikn.com/ixp/486/p/southeast-tech-sioux-falls-evacuated-closed-bomb-threat/) The Sioux Falls Police Department confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat with no device found.",
    "outcome": "Sioux Falls police determined the threat was a non-specific bomb threat and found no device. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day and an all-clear was issued around 2:30 p.m.",
    "resolution": "unfounded"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-02-07T12:19:00-06:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Dakota News Now and KIKN reporting on the 12:19 p.m. alert",
      "annotations": []
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-02-07T14:32:48-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE: An \"All Clear\" has been issued. Housing students may return to campus, and STC will resume classes and normal business operations on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SoutheastTechSD/status/1755328781923876963",
      "sourceDescription": "@SoutheastTechSD all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "EXPANSION 2026-08-02 flip: dual independent x_thread_fetch match; official X outranks reconstruction. SPN 523."
      ],
      "characterCount": 164
    }
  ],
  "context": "Southeast Technical College, a public technical college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Central Time), evacuated its campus on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, after a threatening message was received. [Dakota News Now](https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/02/07/southeast-tech-evacuated-due-threat/) reported the alert went out at 12:19 p.m. with all classes canceled for the day, and that an all-clear came around 2:30 p.m. [KIKN](https://kikn.com/ixp/486/p/southeast-tech-sioux-falls-evacuated-closed-bomb-threat/) and the [college's archived alerts page](https://www.southeasttech.edu/ou-alerts/archived-alerts.php) documented the closure; the Sioux Falls Police Department confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat. The case adds a technical-college data point to the archive and illustrates a clean, well-timed evacuate-and-clear sequence at a smaller institution.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Southeast Technical College in Sioux Falls evacuated at 12:19 p.m. CST on February 7, 2024 after a threatening message",
    "An all-clear was announced around 2:30 p.m. CST, about two hours later",
    "Sioux Falls police confirmed it was a non-specific bomb threat and found no device",
    "Classes were canceled for the remainder of the day with normal operations resuming the next day"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Update: Southeast Tech students 'All Clear' to return to campus after threat - Dakota News Now",
      "url": "https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2024/02/07/southeast-tech-evacuated-due-threat/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Southeast Tech in Sioux Falls Evacuated, Closed Due to Threat - KIKN",
      "url": "https://kikn.com/ixp/486/p/southeast-tech-sioux-falls-evacuated-closed-bomb-threat/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Archived Alerts - Southeast Tech",
      "url": "https://www.southeasttech.edu/ou-alerts/archived-alerts.php",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "@SoutheastTechSD all-clear",
      "url": "https://x.com/SoutheastTechSD/status/1755328781923876963",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "bomb-threat",
    "emergency-notification",
    "south-dakota",
    "technical-college",
    "evacuation",
    "sioux-falls"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}