CSCC

Clery Emergency Notifications and Timely Warnings (RAVE) - Annual Security Report

OHAnnual Security ReportRAVEhigh confidence

Columbus State Community College documents auto-enrolled RAVE alerts as the primary multi-campus emergency notification mode with Police Department case-by-case timely warnings and multi-role EN initiation authority.

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Institution

Columbus State Community College

Community College · OH

~25,000 studentsRAVE

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Automatic RAVE enrollmentverbatim

Columbus State Students, Faculty, and Staff are automatically enrolled in RAVE alerts by the College IT

IT auto-enrolls students/faculty/staff in RAVE.

CSCC ASR - Rave enrollment

RAVE primary multi-campus modeverbatim

The RAVE emergency notification system is the primary mode for alerts for the Columbus campus, Delaware campus, and all regional learning centers.

RAVE primary for all campuses and learning centers.

CSCC ASR - Clery Timely Crime Warning channels

Police timely warning purposeverbatim

To promote safety and prevent additional crimes, the police department will issue a timely warning of crimes

Police Department owns TW for serious continuing dangers.

CSCC ASR - Clery Timely Crime Warning

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Emergency notification: significant critical incident representing sustained and impending threat to life or property of the campus community. Timely warning: crimes representing serious and continuing danger per Clery Act crime categories.
Who decides: EN initiation: Police Administration, Communication Technicians, Emergency Management Coordinator, President, Senior VP Administration. Timely warning: Police Department case-by-case assessment.
Timeliness standard: Emergency notifications without unreasonable delay. Timely warnings after known facts assessed case-by-case.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR Rave and Clery Emergency Notifications and Warnings sections with primary RAVE mode for multi-campus system.
Testing cadence: Not specified as a fixed cadence in the Rave / Clery EN/TW ASR sections reviewed; public RAVE page notes use for emergencies and snow days.
Scope & limits: Text opt-out available; email/profile remains. RAVE covers Columbus, Delaware, and regional learning centers. Rave Guardian is tip/app layer separate from mass alerts.

ChannelsSmsEmailWebsite

Analysis

Reading the policy

Columbus State Community College (Columbus/Delaware and regional learning centers, OH) publishes RAVE enrollment and Clery Emergency Notifications and Warnings in its Annual Security Report. Students, faculty, and staff are automatically enrolled in RAVE alerts by College IT; after login they update profiles for emergency and operational messages via text and email. Text STOP to 67283 or 22678 to opt out of texts. Rave Guardian app supports crime tips. RAVE is the primary alert mode for Columbus campus, Delaware campus, and all regional learning centers. Emergency notifications warn of significant critical incidents representing sustained and impending threat to life or property; authorized initiators include Police Department Administration, Communication Technicians, Emergency Management Coordinator, College President, and Senior Vice President of Administration, without unreasonable delay. Channels include email, media, and the emergency notification system. Timely warnings for serious and continuing dangers (Clery crime list) are Police Department case-by-case decisions weighing nature, continuing danger, Clery criteria, and investigation compromise; issued via email, texts, media, or other systems. Complements Ohio coverage with Owens Alert.

Takeaways

Key findings

RAVE auto-enrollment for students/faculty/staff; primary multi-campus alert mode.

Five named roles may initiate EN without unreasonable delay.

Police case-by-case TW considering nature, danger, Clery criteria, and investigation risk.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

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

Provenance

Sources

Official
Columbus State Community College Annual Security Report PDF
cscc.edu
archived copy
Official Policy
CSCC RAVE Emergency Alerts page
cscc.edu
archived copy