Institution
University of Kentucky
UKKYPublic R1UK Alert~33,000 students
- Cases
- 8
- Alerts
- 31
- Verbatim
- 77%
- Span
- 2023–2026
Official alert policy
How UK says it will alert: when and how UK Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
8 cases · 24 of 31 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2024
- other: 2024-10-17Software malfunction sends a false active-shooter warning during routine testingtestverbatim
- sexual assault: 2024-09-28Sexual assault reported inside a residence hall room; suspect known to the victimtimely warningverbatim
- shooting: 2024-09-01Overnight gunfire at an intersection near campus wounded two; avoid-area alert issuedemergency notification2 injuredverbatim
- severe storm: 2024-08-31Lightning delays the football season opener, then ends the game in the third quarteradvisoryverbatim
- severe storm: 2024-04-02Winds over 70 mph and tornado warnings prompt a campus shelter-in-placeemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type