RRCC

Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications (RRCC Alert System) - Annual Campus Security Report

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Red Rocks Community College documents Campus Police-assessed timely warnings and multi-tier emergency notifications with auto opt-in phone/email/text Alert System, PA, and website channels.

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Institution

Red Rocks Community College

Community College · CO

~8,000 studentsRRCC Alert System

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Campus Police Alert System channelsverbatim

Phone/Text alert system: The Alert System operated by the RRCC campus police department utilizes phone, email, and text messaging to enhance safety and communication.

Named Campus Police Alert System for phone/email/SMS.

RRCC 2025 ASR - Phone/Text alert system

Auto opt-in with mandatory channel retentionverbatim

All students and employees are automatically opted in to receive these phone, email, and text message, and may opt out but must remain subscribed to one type of notification (phone, email, text).

Auto opt-in with requirement to keep at least one channel.

RRCC 2025 ASR - Alert System enrollment

Timely warning geography and threat standardverbatim

Red Rocks Community College will issue a timely warning for all crimes that occur on campus, on non-campus property or on adjacent public property if they are reported to Campus Security Authorities or local law enforcement and present a serious or continuing threat to the campus community.

Full Clery geography TW for serious/continuing threats.

RRCC 2025 ASR - Timely Warnings

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Timely warning: crimes on campus, non-campus property, or adjacent public property reported to CSAs or local LE presenting serious or continuing threat. Emergency notification: significant emergency or dangerous situation involving immediate threat to health or safety on campus.
Who decides: RRCC Campus Police assesses location and segments; Executive Leadership Team and/or Campus Police leadership determine appropriate method(s). Chief of Police may send campus-wide email.
Timeliness standard: Without delay taking community safety into account, unless professional judgment of first responders holds notification would compromise victim assistance or emergency mitigation. Alert System contacts all students/employees within minutes capacity.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications section with multi-tier dissemination and named Campus Police Alert System.
Testing cadence: Not specified as a fixed cadence in the Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications section reviewed.
Scope & limits: Segmented notifications allowed and expandable. Auto opt-in with mandatory retention of at least one channel type. Contact updates via emergency-notification-system page.

ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallPa SystemWebsite

Analysis

Reading the policy

RRCC (Lakewood, CO; Colorado Community College System) publishes Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications procedures in its 2025 Annual Campus Security Report. Timely Warnings inform the community of Clery-geography crimes reported to CSAs or local law enforcement that may pose a serious or continuing threat. Emergency Notifications cover significant emergencies or dangerous situations involving immediate threat to health or safety of students or employees on campus. Campus Police assesses location and affected segments and may target or expand notifications as the situation develops. Content and initiation proceed without delay taking community safety into account unless first responders judge that notification would compromise victim assistance or mitigation. Methods are selected by the RRCC Executive Leadership Team and/or Campus Police leadership: on-scene personnel (face-to-face/PA), area-responsible employees, phone/email/text Alert System (auto opt-in; must keep one of phone/email/text; opt-out partial only), PA with pre-configured messages, Chief of Police campus-wide email, and college website postings. Complements Colorado coverage with Pikes Peak ENS.

Takeaways

Key findings

Campus Police Alert System auto opt-in for phone/email/text with one-channel minimum.

Multi-tier stack: on-scene, area leads, Alert System, PA, email, website.

Campus Police assesses segments; Executive Leadership/Police leadership pick methods.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

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

Provenance

Sources

Official
Red Rocks Community College 2025 Annual Campus Security Report PDF
rrcc.edu
archived copy
Official Policy
RRCC Campus Police page
rrcc.edu
archived copy