SUNY Schenectady
Timely Warning and Emergency Response (e2Campus / Everbridge) - Annual Security Report
SUNY Schenectady County Community College documents Director of Campus Safety Timely Warnings via e2Campus and Everbridge Mass Notification for emergency notifications with President/Director authorization and one-touch response scenarios.
Read the official policyInstitution
SUNY Schenectady County Community College
Community College · NY
~5,000 studentse2Campus / Everbridge
In the policy’s own words
What the policy says
e2Campus timely warning distributionverbatim
Timely warnings of potential or continuing threats will be issued through the e2Campus system (see below for more information on the system) to the entire college community.
- Named e2Campus for entire-community TW.
Everbridge multi-endpoint ENverbatim
SUNY Schenectady employs a product called Everbridge which electronically sends audio notices to a number of different end points, including all monitors, desk phones, and cell phones.
- Named Everbridge for monitors, desk phones, and cell phones.
At a glance
How this policy works
- When it activates
- Timely warning: allegations of listed Clery/VAWA/hate crimes deemed by Director of Campus Safety to constitute potential risk. Emergency notification: significant emergency or dangerous situation authorized by President and/or Director of Campus Safety.
- Who decides
- TW: Director of Campus Safety. EN: College President and/or Director of Campus Safety authorize; Everbridge scenarios supported by Associate VP Campus Safety and PIO.
- Timeliness standard
- EN immediately upon authorization unless compromise exception. TW through e2Campus for potential or continuing threats.
- Emergency notification vs. timely warning
- ASR Timely Warning and Emergency Response sections with named e2Campus and Everbridge Mass Notification systems.
- Testing cadence
- Table Top Exercises at least once annually; fire drills and emergency evacuation training referenced in ASR.
- Scope & limits
- EN may target section(s) of the College affected rather than entire community. Everbridge endpoints include monitors, desk phones, and cell phones.
ChannelsSmsEmailPhone CallDesktop PopupDigital Signage
Analysis
Reading the policy
SUNY Schenectady (Schenectady, NY) publishes Timely Warning and Emergency Response procedures in its Jeanne Clery Act Annual Security Report. If the Director of Campus Safety deems allegations a potential risk, timely warnings issue for criminal offenses (homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, MVT, arson), hate crimes, VAWA offenses, and weapons/alcohol/drug arrests/referrals. Timely warnings of potential or continuing threats go through the e2Campus system to the entire college community.
For significant emergencies or dangerous situations, the College President and/or Director of Campus Safety authorize immediate Emergency Notification to affected sections unless notification would compromise victim assistance or mitigation. SUNY Schenectady employs Everbridge for electronic audio notices to monitors, desk phones, and cell phones. Associate VP of Campus Safety and PIO created one-touch response scenarios for smartphone app plus desktop/laptop/tablet dissemination. Critical Incident Management Plan and College Response Team guide response. Complements SUNY community-college coverage with HVCC SUNY New York Alert.
Takeaways
Key findings
e2Campus for campus-wide Timely Warnings of potential/continuing threats.
Everbridge Mass Notification with one-touch scenarios for EN.
President and/or Director of Campus Safety authorize Emergency Notifications.
Policy, meet practice
When this system actually fired
7 documented times SUNY Schenectady’s alert system was used, from the case archive.
Provenance
Sources
- Official
- Official Policy
Tags
new-yorkcommunity-collegeclery-asre2campuseverbridgewider-reach
Added 2026-07-27Updated 2026-07-27Via ingestion