Institution
University of Colorado Boulder
CU BoulderCOPublic R1CU Safety Alert~39,000 students
- Cases
- 15
- Alerts
- 34
- Verbatim
- 62%
- Span
- 2013–2025
Official alert policy
How CU Boulder says it will alert — when and how CU Boulder Alerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
15 cases · 21 of 34 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2025
- sexual offense: 2025-08-29Grabbed on the Creek Path: CU Boulder's Lot 177 Safety Alert and the First-Weeks Risk Windowtimely warningverbatim
- swatting: 2025-08-25Three Hours of Fear at Norlin Library: Purgatory Group Claims Credit for CU Boulder Swatting That Locked Down Five-Story Buildingemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2025-02-24Domestic Violence Suspect with Active Protection Order Triggers CU Boulder Shelter-in-Place at Folsom Garage, Dies by Suicide After Four-Hour SWAT Standoffemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- public health: 2024-12-07Six Students, One Frat House, and a Police Warning About 'Possibly Tainted' Drugsadvisory6 injured
- sexual offense: 2024-11-16A Suspect Description Without a Victim Description: CU Boulder's Farrand Field Safety Alerttimely warningverbatim
- shooting: 2024-04-28Williams Village Gunfire on a Dead Week Sunday: CU Boulder Shelters a Residence Hall as Four Non-Affiliates Are Chargedemergency notificationverbatim
2023
2022
- shooting: 2022-10-02Gunfire at Bar Close on University Hill Prompts Debate Over CU Boulder Alert Policiesadvisory1 injuredverbatim
- severe storm: 2022-09-02Lightning Pushes Colorado's Folsom Field Opener to an 8:45 P.M. Kickoffadvisory
- motor vehicle theft: 2022-03-18From Parking Lot 310 to the Kansas Turnpike: A Campus Carjacking That Ended 500 Miles Awaytimely warningverbatim
2021
- wildfire: 2021-12-30Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire: 900 CU Students Flee and Spring Semester Starts Remotelyemergency notification
- shooting: 2021-03-22Almost an Hour Late: CU Boulder's Delayed Alert as a Gunman Killed 10 at the King Soopers Two Miles from Campusemergency notification10 killedverbatim
By incident type