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2025 Annual Security Report - Emergency Notification Plan and Timely Warning

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The Catholic University of America's 2025 Annual Security Report activates the Emergency Notification Plan, including CUAlert via Rave Mobile Safety, when the campus requires an immediate response, and issues a timely warning when the associate vice president of public safety and emergency management judges a serious or continuing threat on or off campus.

Read the official policy

Institution

The Catholic University of America

Private R2 · DC

CUAlert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Emergency Notification Plan activationverbatim

In an emergency situation where the campus requires an immediate response, the Catholic University Emergency Notification Plan will be activated.

Immediate-response gate for the Emergency Notification Plan.

Catholic University 2025 Annual Security Report (PDF text layer)

Timely warning purposeverbatim

Timely warning is used to communicate in a manner that is prompt and will aid in the prevention of similar crimes occurring in the designated reporting area required by the Clery Act.

Prevention-of-similar-crimes purpose statement.

Catholic University 2025 Annual Security Report (PDF text layer)

Timely warning serious or continuing threatverbatim

Timely warning will be issued in the event that a situation arises, either on or off campus, that in the judgment of the associate vice president of public safety and emergency management, or his/her designee, represents a serious or continuing threat to the campus community.

On or off campus. Named decision-maker is the associate vice president of public safety and emergency management.

Catholic University 2025 Annual Security Report (PDF text layer)

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Emergency Notification Plan when the campus requires an immediate response. Timely warning when a situation on or off campus represents a serious or continuing threat in the judgment of the associate vice president of public safety and emergency management or designee.
Who decides: Associate vice president of public safety and emergency management or designee for timely warnings. DPS deploys All-Campus Alert and CUAlert; University Communications sends CUAlert text, email, and voicemail.
Timeliness standard: Timely warning is used to communicate in a manner that is prompt and will aid in the prevention of similar crimes. Emergency Notification Plan is activated when the campus requires an immediate response.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: The ASR keeps the Emergency Notification Plan (CUAlert / All-Campus Alert) distinct from timely warning. Timely warning may be used for on- or off-campus situations.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

The Catholic University of America (private-r2, District of Columbia, three filed cases, no prior policy file) is distinct from the University of the District of Columbia, which already has a 2025 ASR file on this branch. The live 2025 ASR PDF (HTTP 200) names CUAlert (Rave) and the All-Campus Alert public-address system. Consumer CUAlert and managing-emergencies HTML returned HTTP 403 this pass, so excerpts are from the ASR PDF only. Every excerpt was character-checked against that PDF.

Takeaways

Key findings

CUAlert via Rave is part of the Emergency Notification Plan for an immediate campus response.

Timely warnings cover on- or off-campus situations judged a serious or continuing threat.

Consumer CUAlert HTML was HTTP 403 this pass; ASR PDF was used.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

5 documented times CUA’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Clery ASR
The Catholic University of America 2025 Annual Security Report (PDF)
public-safety.catholic.edu
archived copy