Mt. SAC
Mt. SAC Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications (ASR)
Mt. San Antonio College's 2025 Annual Security Report separates Clery Timely Warnings (Chief of Police and Campus Safety decision; Marketing and Communication drafting) from Emergency Notifications for significant emergencies with immediate threat, issued without delay at the College President/CEO or designee direction via the Emergency Notification System plus social media, boards, PA, and signage.
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Mt. San Antonio College
Community College · CA
~29,000 studentsMt. SAC Emergency Notification System
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
Emergency Notification definitionverbatim
An Emergency Notification is a mass notification that is utilized for significant emergency or dangerous situations involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring at Mt. SAC.
- Institution-specific EN product definition.
Without delay standardverbatim
An Emergency Notification will be made without delay to the campus community unless issuing a notification will, in the professional judgment of responsible authorities, compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond, or otherwise mitigate the emergency.
- Clery without-delay timing with mitigation exception.
EN decision/development authorityverbatim
Emergency Notifications are developed by Marketing & Communication personnel at the direction of the College President/CEO or designee.
- Named President/CEO direction with Marketing drafting.
Timely Warning decision authorityverbatim
The decision whether or not to issue a Timely Warning will be made by the Chief of Police and Campus Safety or designee on a case-by-case basis in light of all available facts surrounding the reported crime.
- Named Chief of Police case-by-case TW authority.
Confirmation authoritiesverbatim
An emergency is confirmed when Police and Campus Safety, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, or the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have assessed the situation to confirm that it represents an immediate threat to the health or safety of the campus community.
- Named confirmation partners for EN trigger.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Timely Warnings for listed Clery crimes on campus/public property adjacent that represent a serious and continuing threat; Emergency Notifications upon confirmation of any significant emergency or dangerous situation on campus that represents an immediate threat to health or safety of students or employees.
- Who decides
- Timely Warnings: Chief of Police and Campus Safety or designee (Marketing & Communication develops text). Emergency Notifications: College President/CEO or designee directs development; confirmation by Police and Campus Safety, Los Angeles County Fire Department, or Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
- Timeliness standard
- Emergency Notification will be made without delay to the campus community unless issuing a notification will compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond, or otherwise mitigate the emergency. Timely Warnings issued in a manner that is timely and will aid in prevention of similar crimes.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- ASR separates Timely Warning (serious/continuing threat crimes) from Emergency Notification (immediate threat significant emergencies); if an Emergency Notification is issued there is no need to issue a Timely Warning; all-clear broadcast when threat no longer exists.
- Testing cadence
- Annually, Mt. SAC conducts emergency management exercises to test emergency procedures (scenarios change year to year).
- Scope & limits
- Campus community registered for ENS text/email; additional channels (social media, message boards, PA, signage, in-person) used as appropriate; pastoral/professional counselor crime reports exempt from Timely Warning duty.
ChannelsSmsEmailTwitter XWebsitePa SystemDigital SignageUnknown
Analysis
Reading the policy
Mt. San Antonio College is a large California community college. Its institution-specific 2025 ASR brands the campus product as the Emergency Notification System (ENS) and enumerates distinct Timely Warning versus Emergency Notification criteria, authorities, and channels. Timely Warnings address listed Clery crimes representing a serious and continuing threat, with the Chief of Police and Campus Safety or designee deciding case-by-case and Marketing and Communication developing the text. Emergency Notifications cover immediate threats (fire, earthquake, armed intruder, gas leak, and related hazards), confirmed by Police and Campus Safety, LA County Fire, or LA County Sheriff, drafted at President/CEO or designee direction, and released without delay unless mitigation would be compromised. Enrollment is advertised at https://www.mtsac.edu/emergency/notification.html.
Takeaways
Key findings
ASR separates Timely Warning (Chief of Police) from Emergency Notification (President/CEO direction).
Emergency Notifications use without-delay language and all-clear follow-up.
ENS enrollment is directed to mtsac.edu/emergency/notification.html.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
4 documented times Mt. SAC’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Clery ASR
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community-collegecaliforniaclery-asremergency-notificationtimely-warningwider-reach
Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion