Biola
Crime Alerts (Timely Warnings) Criteria and Dissemination
Biola University's Campus Safety Clery page brands Crime Alerts for serious or continuing threats on Biola Clery geography, names the Chief of Campus Safety (or listed designees) as decision authority for content and dissemination, and describes email-blast distribution to Biola-assigned accounts plus posters, campus newspaper, and website, with Public Safety Advisories for non-required notices.
Read the official policyInstitution
Biola University
Private Masters · CA
~5,500 studentsBiola Crime Alert
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Crime Alert trigger and timingverbatim
The Department of Campus Safety will issue Crime Alerts for crimes occurring on Biola's Clery Geography (On Campus, Public Property and Noncampus property) that present a serious or continuing threat to the campus community, as required by the timely warning notice requirements of the Clery Act to aid in the prevention of similar occurrences. Crime Alerts will be distributed as soon as pertinent information is available, in a manner that withholds the names of victims as confidential, and with the goal of aiding in the prevention of similar occurrences.
- Local Crime Alert brand and Clery geography framing.
Chief of Campus Safety decision authority and designeesverbatim
Based on the information available, the Chief of Campus Safety or his designee shall determine the content of the Crime Alert, the method by which to disseminate the warning to the campus community, and will issue/initiate the distribution of the Crime Alert. The Chief of Campus Safety's designee may include: the Campus Safety Administrative Operations Manager, Deputy Chief, Captain, Investigations and Clery Compliance Manager, Emergency Operations Manager, and Campus Safety officers.
- Named chief role and enumerated designee titles.
Email blast and secondary channelsverbatim
Crime Alerts will typically be issued to current students and employees via email blast to all Biola University assigned email accounts. Crime Alerts may also be issued using some or all of the following methods of communication: posters, the campus newspaper, and the main University website.
- Institution-specific email-blast primary channel and secondary media.
Public Safety Advisories for non-required noticesverbatim
Crime Alerts may be issued for other Clery crimes as determined necessary by the Chief of Campus Safety, or his designee in his absence. Notices for other crime classifications and locations, even though not required by the law, may be issued as Public Safety Advisories.
- Local Public Safety Advisories brand for optional notices.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Crimes on Biola Clery geography (On Campus, Public Property, Noncampus) presenting a serious or continuing threat; typically murder, aggravated assault (case-by-case for known parties), robbery involving force or violence, sexual assault (case-by-case), major arson, and other Clery crimes as determined necessary.
- Who decides
- Chief of Campus Safety or designee (Campus Safety Administrative Operations Manager, Deputy Chief, Captain, Investigations and Clery Compliance Manager, Emergency Operations Manager, and Campus Safety officers).
- Timeliness standard
- Distributed as soon as pertinent information is available.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- Explicit Timely Warning notice requirements of the Clery Act; Crime Alert is Biola's local name for that function.
- Testing cadence
- Not stated on the Crime Alerts criteria section.
- Scope & limits
- Current students and employees via Biola-assigned email; pastoral/professional counselor confidential reports are not required to trigger Crime Alerts though counselors may refer voluntary reporting.
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Analysis
Reading the policy
Biola University is a private master's university in La Mirada, California. Its Campus Safety Clery / Crime Alerts page is institution-specific: Crime Alerts issue for Clery geography crimes presenting a serious or continuing threat, distributed as soon as pertinent information is available while withholding victim names; the Chief of Campus Safety or designee decides threat, content, and dissemination method; typical channels include email blast to all Biola University assigned email accounts, posters, campus newspaper, and main University website; designees are named (Administrative Operations Manager, Deputy Chief, Captain, Investigations and Clery Compliance Manager, Emergency Operations Manager, and Campus Safety officers); non-required notices may issue as Public Safety Advisories; investigation sources may include University video and card access systems and the City of La Mirada Department of Public Safety.
Takeaways
Key findings
Crime Alert is Biola's Timely Warning brand with named chief/designees.
Private-masters California policy with La Mirada DPS partnership note in investigative sources.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
Tags
private-masterscaliforniacrime-alertwider-reach
Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion