{
  "id": "2026-03-12-university-of-south-carolina-this-is-a-test-of-columbia-campus-carolina-alert-e",
  "slug": "university-of-south-carolina-this-is-a-test-of-columbia-campus-carolina-alert-e-2026-03-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of South Carolina",
    "shortName": "USC",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Carolina Alert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-12",
    "type": "test",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "This is a TEST of Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system. In",
    "headlinePublic": "This is a TEST of Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system. In",
    "summary": "University of South Carolina [published a Carolina Alert](https://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/index.php) on or about 2026-03-12. Full text is preserved from the official Carolina Alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2026-03-12",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "Carolina Alert: This is a TEST of Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system. In a real emergency, this message will contain important alert information. This is only a TEST.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/index.php",
      "sourceDescription": "Carolina Alert archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official public safety archive.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 193,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "USC Law Enforcement and Safety Carolina Alert archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Carolina Alert: This is a TEST of Columbia campus' Carolina Alert Emergency Notification system. In ",
      "url": "https://www.sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/index.php",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "south-carolina",
    "usc",
    "carolina-alert",
    "test"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}