Lewis and Clark

Emergency Notifications and Timely Warnings / Crime Alerts (2025 ASR)

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Lewis and Clark Community College documents LC Alert emergency notifications and Timely Warning Crime Alerts in its 2025 ASR, with Marketing and Public Relations issuing immediate notifications under President/VP authority and Vice President of Administration writing Timely Warnings after Director of Campus Operations threat judgment.

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Institution

Lewis and Clark Community College

Community College · IL

~7,000 studentsLC Alert

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Marketing issues immediate notificationverbatim

Upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of some or all members of the LC community, the Marketing and Public Relations Department will issue an “immediate notification.” These immediate notification alerts are issued under the authority of the President, Vice President of Administration, Vice President of Academic Affairs or his/her designee and distributed campuswide.

Marketing/PR issues EN under multi-officer authority.

Lewis and Clark 2025 ASR Emergency Notifications

Life-safety immediate LC Alert authorityverbatim

In the event that a life safety incident develops on any of the College’s campuses, any of these positions have the authority to immediately initiate an emergency LC Alert message.

Listed officers may immediately initiate emergency LC Alert.

Lewis and Clark 2025 ASR LC Alert activation

Timely Warning as soon as pertinent informationverbatim

A Timely Warning will be issued as soon as the 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.

As-soon-as-pertinent-information standard with victim-name withhold.

Lewis and Clark 2025 ASR Timely Warnings

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Emergency notification upon confirmation of emergency or dangerous situation posing immediate threat to health or safety. Timely Warning when Director of Campus Operations judges ongoing or serious threat for crime within Clery geography.
Who decides: President, VP Administration, VP Academic Affairs, Director of Campus Operations, or designees may initiate emergency LC Alert. Director of Campus Operations judges Timely Warning need; VP Administration or designee typically writes and distributes Timely Warnings. Marketing and Public Relations issues immediate notifications under those authorities.
Timeliness standard: Timely Warning as soon as the pertinent information is available. Emergency LC Alert may be initiated immediately by listed officers in life-safety incidents.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR separates Emergency Notifications at all campuses from Timely Warnings (aka Crime Alerts), both using LC Alert with auto-enrollment.
Testing cadence: Not specified in the notification sections reviewed.
Scope & limits: Auto-registration for enrolled students and hired employees; community/contractor accounts manual; pastoral/professional counselor reports do not require TW.

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Analysis

Reading the policy

Lewis and Clark Community College, an Illinois multi-campus community college, publishes a clear two-track notification framework in its 2025 Annual Security Report. Immediate emergency notifications for confirmed immediate threats are issued by Marketing and Public Relations under authority of the President, Vice President of Administration, Vice President of Academic Affairs, or designee, via text/voice/email and the emergency notification website. LC Alert auto-registers students at enrollment and employees at hire; community members and contractors can be managed manually. In a life-safety incident, the President, VP Administration, VP Academic Affairs, Director of Campus Operations, or designee may immediately initiate an emergency LC Alert. Timely Warnings (Crime Alerts) for ongoing or serious threats within Clery geography are judged by the Director of Campus Operations and typically written and distributed by the Vice President of Administration or designee as soon as pertinent information is available, usually via LC Alert and the college website. If emergency notification procedures are followed for an immediate threat, a Timely Warning for the same circumstances is not required, but adequate follow-up is.

Takeaways

Key findings

LC Alert auto-registers students at enrollment and employees at hire.

Marketing and Public Relations issues immediate notifications under President/VP authority.

Director of Campus Operations judges Timely Warnings; VP Administration typically writes them.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Lewis and Clark Community College 2025 Annual Security Report PDF
lc.edu
archived copy
Official
LC Alert account management
lc.edu
archived copy