Bevill State
Emergency Notifications (Timely Warnings) and BEAR Alert (2024 ASR)
Bevill State Community College documents Emergency Notifications (Timely Warnings) via BEAR Alert in its 2024 ASR, with Director of Safety and Security authority, phone/email/text delivery, website warnings via Public Relations, and periodic system tests.
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Bevill State Community College
Community College · AL
~4,000 studentsBEAR Alert
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Director of Safety and Security authorityverbatim
In the event a situation arises on and/or concerning the campuses of Bevill State Community College, the Director of Safety and Security or his designee will analyze information and issue Alerts in a timely manner.
- Names Director of Safety and Security as alert authority.
BEAR Alert multi-channel deliveryverbatim
Emergency Alerts will be issued by the College’s emergency alert notification system (BEAR Alert). This method offers emergency communications to all faculty, staff, and students registered in the system by phone calls, e-mails and text messages.
- Names BEAR Alert and phone/email/text channels.
Natural or man-made disaster triggerverbatim
An Alert will be sent in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Tests of this system will be conducted periodically to ensure the effectiveness of the system.
- Disaster trigger and periodic test cadence.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Situations arising on and/or concerning BSCC campuses that warrant Alerts; natural or man-made disasters; crimes reported to outside law enforcement that may warrant appropriate alerts.
- Who decides
- Director of Safety and Security or designee analyzes information and issues Alerts; Public Relations supports website warnings; BSCC Police Department contact listed for information warranting an Alert.
- Timeliness standard
- Issue Alerts in a timely manner; no fixed minutes standard stated.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- ASR section Emergency Notifications (Timely Warnings) implements Clery-facing multi-channel alert practice under the BEAR Alert system name, with Director of Safety and Security authority.
- Testing cadence
- Tests of BEAR Alert conducted periodically; ASR also references annual emergency response exercises including tests of emergency notification systems.
- Scope & limits
- Preferred reach depends on registrant contact data; website and patrol-car PA are supplemental channels.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallWebsitePa System
Analysis
Reading the policy
Bevill State Community College, a multi-campus Alabama Community College System institution, publishes Clery-facing notification practice in its 2024 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report. The ASR section titled Emergency Notifications (Timely Warnings) assigns analysis and issuance of Alerts to the Director of Safety and Security or designee. BEAR Alert is the named emergency alert notification system delivering phone calls, e-mails, and text messages to registered faculty, staff, and students. Registration of cell and email information is the preferred method of notification.
Alerts issue for natural or man-made disasters. In addition to BEAR Alert, the Director may issue website warnings via the College Public Relations Department and may use Public Relations, public address systems in BSCC-PD patrol cars, and any other method deemed appropriate. Periodic tests ensure system effectiveness. The ASR also notes cooperative local and state law enforcement relationships that can surface off-campus crime information warranting alerts.
Takeaways
Key findings
Director of Safety and Security issues Alerts in a timely manner.
BEAR Alert delivers phone, email, and text to registered community members.
Periodic BEAR Alert tests; supplemental website and patrol-car PA channels available.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
1 documented time Bevill State’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
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Tags
alabamacommunity-collegeclery-asrbear-alertwider-reach
Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion