In accordance with the Clery Act, UNC Asheville has specific requirements intended to help us keep our students and employees informed about threats to their safety and health in a manner that allows them to protect themselves. The university has developed specific policies related to these Clery required notifications: the Emergency Notification Policy and the Timely Warning Policy. Below provides an overview Emergency Notifications, Timely Warnings, and Safety Notices and explains the distinction between each type.
Emergency Notification
UNC Asheville is committed to ensuring the campus community receives timely, accurate, and useful information in the event of a significant emergency or dangerous situation on campus so that community members can take actions to protect themselves. The university must issue an Emergency Notification to immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus.
Emergency Notifications can be initiated by a broad range of situations. Once designated university officials confirm the existence of any significant emergency or dangerous situation that potentially affects the health and/or safety of the campus community they will send out an emergency alert.
In the event a significant emergency or dangerous situation, UNC Asheville will: (1) confirm the existence of significant emergency or dangerous situation; (2) determine the appropriate segment or segments of the campus community to notify; (3) determine the content of the Emergency Notification; and (4) initiate the Emergency Notification system.
Timely Warning
In the event of a report of a Clery Act crime on Clery Act geography that constitutes a serious or ongoing threat to members of the campus community, a campus-wide timely warning will be issued to all students and employees. At UNC Asheville, the timely warning is called a Timely Warning. The intent of a Timely Warning is to aid in the prevention of similar crimes by helping members of the community protect themselves.
The University encourages anyone with information regarding criminal activity that may warrant a Timely Warning to immediately report the circumstances to University Police.
Safety Notice
University Police may also issue a Safety Notice to increase public awareness and/or elicit information about safety and security concerns. For incidents that do not not fall under the Clery Act or occur outside of Clery Geography, but are deemed by university leadership to warrant notification to the campus community, a Safety Notice will be issued. This notice will be disseminated through the same channels as an Emergency Notification and will be issued under the heading of Safety Notice.