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University Alert System and Privateer Alerts Notification System

LAIssuance criteriaPrivateer Alertshigh confidence

The University of New Orleans University Alert System page brands Privateer Alerts for crisis text/email instant alerts, documents a 3-minute siren meaning take shelter with text and LSU New Orleans email all-clear messages, and directs that the emergency ends only with face-to-face instructions from Department of Public Safety / UNO Police or a University administrator.

Read the official policy

Institution

University of New Orleans

Public R2 · LA

~8,000 studentsPrivateer Alerts

In the policy’s own words

What the policy says

Siren take-shelter and Privateer Alerts all-clear pairingverbatim

A 3 minute siren sound means "take shelter"; a text message will be sent through the Privateer Alerts System and an email message will be sent to all LSU New Orleans email addresses when the "all clear"

Local siren meaning and Privateer Alerts brand for all-clear pairing.

UNO University Alert System page

Privateer Alerts crisis instant notificationverbatim

PRIVATEER ALERTS Notification System. In the event of a crisis, an instant alert will be sent via text, email or both.

Local Privateer Alerts brand and dual-channel crisis alerts.

UNO University Alert System page

Face-to-face all-clear authorityverbatim

Until you are given face-to-face instructions by LSU New Orleans Department of Public Safety/LSU New Orleans Police or a University administrator that the emergency is over.

Institution-specific all-clear requires in-person DPS/UPD or administrator instruction.

UNO University Alert System page

At a glance

How this policy works

When it activates: Crisis events warranting instant Privateer Alerts text/email; siren activation for take-shelter emergencies.
Who decides: Department of Public Safety / LSU New Orleans Police and University administrators for face-to-face all-clear.
Timeliness standard: Instant alert via text, email, or both in a crisis; 3-minute siren tone for take shelter.
Emergency notification vs. timely warning: Page focuses on emergency notification and shelter procedures rather than Clery Timely Warning boilerplate alone.
Testing cadence: Not stated on the University Alert System page.
Scope & limits: LSU New Orleans email addresses for email channel; Privateer Alerts text registration; siren campus-wide.

ChannelsSmsEmailSirenUnknown

Analysis

Reading the policy

University of New Orleans is a public R2 institution in Louisiana (often branded LSU New Orleans in recent materials). Its University Alert System page is institution-specific: a 3-minute siren means take shelter; Privateer Alerts sends instant text, email, or both in a crisis; email goes to all LSU New Orleans email addresses; text messages indicate the nature of the emergency and protective steps; the all-clear is not solely electronic - face-to-face instructions from Department of Public Safety/LSU New Orleans Police or a University administrator end the emergency; callers are told only to call police for life-threatening emergencies or specific immediate danger information once the siren has sounded.

Takeaways

Key findings

Privateer Alerts is the local crisis notification brand.

Public-r2 Louisiana institution with distinctive siren plus face-to-face all-clear protocol.

Policy, meet practice

When this system actually fired

1 documented time UNO’s alert system was used, from the case archive.

Provenance

Sources

Official
University Alert System - University of New Orleans
uno.edu
archived copy