CCAC
Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts
The Community College of Allegheny County states it intends to comply with all aspects of the Jeanne Clery Act as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, issuing alerts under a named regulation, Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts, inside its Administrative Regulations Manual, and layering the Rave Mobile Safety alert system with the public address system, e-mail, social media, local television and radio, the college website, building alarms, digital signage, and direct person-to-person communication.
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In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Clery Act compliance commitmentnot yet verified against the source
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CCAC, Administrative Regulations Manual (reconstructed from search engine indexed text; host blocked automated fetching in this environment)Testing regimenot yet verified against the source
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CCAC, 2024 Annual Security Report (reconstructed from search engine indexed text; host blocked automated fetching in this environment)At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- CCAC issues emergency notifications, timely warnings, and other alerts in accordance with its named Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts regulation, consistent with Jeanne Clery Act and Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 mandates.
- Who decides
- CCAC's directors of safety and security are named as responsible for routine testing of the public address and two-way radio systems; a single named official with sign off authority to trigger a specific alert was not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
- Timeliness standard
- Not specified with a numeric standard in the sources reviewed; the college frames its obligation around Clery Act and HEOA 2008 compliance generally.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- CCAC states it intends to comply with all aspects of the Jeanne Clery Act mandates as issued under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, and names a specific regulation governing both emergency notifications and timely warnings together, Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts.
- Testing cadence
- The emergency notification system is tested at regular intervals by certified professionals with a record made of each test; the public address system and two-way radio system are tested routinely by the directors of safety and security, and a building evacuation alarm test is conducted each semester alongside the public address system test.
- Scope & limits
- Alerts are distributed via the public address system, Rave Alert System, e-mail, social media, local television and radio, the college website, building alarms, digital signage, closed-circuit television monitors, and direct person-to-person communication across CCAC's multiple campuses and centers.
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Analysis
Reading the policy
CCAC's Administrative Regulations Manual states that the college intends to comply with all aspects of the Jeanne Clery Act mandates as issued under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, and issues emergency notifications, timely warnings, and other alerts in accordance with a specifically named regulation, Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts, the full text of which sits inside the broader Administrative Regulations Manual rather than as a standalone public safety webpage, which is why this record is classified as a standalone-policy entry.
The college describes a wide channel mix for issuing alerts: announcements via the public address system, the Rave Alert System, e-mail and social media, local television and radio media, the college website, building alarms, digital signage boards, closed-circuit television monitors, and direct person-to-person communication, spanning CCAC's four campuses and multiple centers across Allegheny County. CCAC also documents a testing regime with unusual specificity for a community college: the college states that at regular intervals the various aspects of the emergency notification system are tested by certified professionals and a record is made of the tests, that the public address system is routinely tested by the directors of safety and security as is the two-way radio system, and that a building evacuation alarm test is conducted each semester in conjunction with the public address system test.
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Takeaways
Key findings
CCAC names a specific regulation, Procedures and Criteria for Issuing Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings and Other Alerts, inside its Administrative Regulations Manual to govern both Clery duties together.
The college layers the Rave Alert System with a public address system, e-mail, social media, local broadcast media, building alarms, digital signage, closed-circuit television, and direct person-to-person communication.
CCAC documents an unusually specific testing regime: certified-professional tests at regular intervals, routine PA and two-way radio testing by safety and security directors, and a semester building evacuation alarm test.
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Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
7 documented times CCAC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
- Clery ASR
- Official
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Added 2026-09-27Updated 2026-09-27Via ingestion