Sandhills

Timely Warning Notices and SCCAlert Emergency Notification - Annual Security Report

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Sandhills Community College documents Timely Warning Notices and the Regroup-based SCCAlert mass-notification system in its Fall 2025 security and fire safety report, with a dedicated SCCAlert self-service page for enrollment and profile updates.

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Institution

Sandhills Community College

Community College · NC

~4,500 studentsSCCAlert / Regroup

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Regroup system adoptionverbatim

Sandhills Community College has adopted the Regroup Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System as part of its Emergency Notification Plan.

Official ASR adoption of Regroup for emergency mass notification.

Sandhills Fall 2025 ASR - Regroup Emergency Notification

SCCAlert official system descriptionverbatim

SCCAlert is the official emergency notification system used by Sandhills Community College to communicate critical information during emergencies or inclement weather.

Public brand name SCCAlert for emergencies and weather.

Sandhills SCCAlert public system page

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Timely Warning Notices for Clery crimes that have occurred and pose an ongoing threat to the campus community. Emergency/SCCAlert notifications for emergencies or inclement weather requiring critical information distribution.
Who decides: Public Safety personnel initiate Regroup/SCCAlert emergency notifications; Campus Police assess crimes for timely warning distribution via website and Regroup.
Timeliness standard: ASR frames timely warnings as notices of crimes that have occurred and pose an ongoing threat; emergency notifications described as rapid mass notification via Regroup/SCCAlert. No fixed minutes standard stated.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: ASR sections on Timely Warning Notices and Emergency Notification Plan, with Regroup/SCCAlert as the institution-named mass-notification system.
Testing cadence: Not specified as a fixed cadence in the ASR excerpts reviewed; system is described as part of the standing Emergency Notification Plan.
Scope & limits: Email auto-enrollment for students and employees; phone/text require profile update. Community members may opt in separately via REGISTER FOR SCCAlerts.

ChannelsEmailSmsPhone CallWebsite

Analysis

Reading the policy

Sandhills Community College (Pinehurst/Hoke, NC) publishes timely-warning and emergency-notification policy in its Fall 2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. Timely Warning Notices address Clery crimes that have occurred and pose an ongoing threat; distribution paths include the college website and the campus Regroup notification system. The ASR adopts the Regroup Emergency Alert and Mass Notification System as part of the Emergency Notification Plan, allowing Public Safety personnel to reach students and staff quickly. The public SCCAlert page brands the system as SCCAlert: students and employees automatically receive messages via college-issued email, and must update their SCCAlert profile to add phone, text, or other preferred methods. Parents and community members may register separately. Emergency preparedness pages instruct the community to stay alert to SCCAlert for timely instructions during emergencies. Complements institution case coverage for weather closures and threat evacuations.

Takeaways

Key findings

Regroup platform branded publicly as SCCAlert.

Auto email enrollment; opt-in profile for phone/text.

Timely warnings via website and Regroup; EN covers emergencies and inclement weather.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

3 documented times Sandhills’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
Sandhills Community College Security and Fire Safety Report Fall 2025 PDF
sandhills.edu
archived copy
Official Policy
Sandhills SCCAlert emergency notification system page
sandhills.edu
archived copy