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Immediate Threat Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings (ASR)

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North Shore Community College's Jeanne Clery disclosure ASR names four decision roles (AVP Facilities Operations and Services; Chief of NSCC Police; Lieutenant of NSCC Police; Executive Director of External and Public Relations) for without-delay emergency notifications and brands RAVE ALERT for voice, email, and text.

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Institution
North Shore Community College
Community College · MA
~7,000 studentsRAVE ALERT
In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Named four-role without-delay EN authorityverbatim
As per the requirements of the law, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Operations and Services, the Chief of NSCC Police, Lieutenant of NSCC Police, and/or the Executive Director of External and Public Relations will, without delay and taking into account the safety of the community, determine the content of the notification and initiate the notification system, unless issuing a notification will, in the judgment of the first responders (including, but not limited to: Campus, Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency Medical Services), compromise the efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate the emergency.
  • Four named NSCC offices - not generic boilerplate.
NSCC Clery ASR emergency notification decision section
RAVE ALERT voice email text systemverbatim
The emergency messaging system (RAVE ALERT), a service that allows College officials to reach all students, faculty and staff with time-sensitive information during unforeseen events or emergencies. The system uses voice, e-mail, and text messaging to broadcast pertinent information and, when appropriate, provide directions to those in the affected area(s).
  • Branded RAVE ALERT delivery stack.
NSCC Clery ASR Emergency Messaging System
Chief of Police Crime Alert discretionverbatim
Other crimes as determined necessary by the Chief of Police, or his or her designee in his or her absence. A timely warning notice will typically include the following, unless issuing any of this information would risk compromising law enforcement efforts: Date and time or timeframe of the incident; A brief description of the incident; Information that will promote safety and potentially aid in the prevention of similar crimes (crime prevention or safety tips).
  • Local Chief discretion plus typical Crime Alert content elements.
NSCC Clery ASR Crime Alert criteria
At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates
Emergency notification for immediate threats; Crime Alerts / timely warnings for listed Clery crimes posing ongoing threat and other crimes as determined by the Chief of Police or designee.
Who decides
AVP of Facilities Operations and Services, Chief of NSCC Police, Lieutenant of NSCC Police, and/or Executive Director of External and Public Relations determine EN content and initiate systems without delay. Timely warnings: Chief of Police or designee for additional crime categories.
Timeliness standard
Without delay for emergency notifications unless first responders judge that notice would compromise victim assistance or mitigation.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning
ASR separates Immediate Threat Emergency Notification from Issuing Timely Warnings / Crime Alerts with case-by-case crime lists.
Testing cadence
ASR includes emergency drills, testing, lockdown drills, and ALERTUS sections (see full ASR for annual testing detail).
Scope & limits
May limit notification to a particular building or segment of the population; suspect descriptions only with sufficient detail.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallUnknown
Analysis

Reading the policy

North Shore Community College (Danvers and Lynn, Massachusetts) documents EN and timely-warning practice in its Clery ASR. Institution-specific content includes a four-office without-delay decision list, RAVE ALERT as the emergency messaging system (voice/email/SMS), MyNorthshore enrollment path, and Chief-of-Police discretion for additional Crime Alert categories beyond the listed Clery crimes. That named decision chain and branded system are what make the record worth capturing beyond generic Clery language.
Takeaways

Key findings

Four named offices share without-delay EN decision and initiation authority.
RAVE ALERT provides voice, email, and text emergency messaging.
Chief of Police may expand Crime Alerts beyond the listed Clery crime set.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Clery ASR
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Added 2026-07-26Updated 2026-07-26Via ingestion