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'You Should Evacuate': BRCC's Acadian Campus on a Day of Nationwide Threats

LAbomb threatemergency notificationmedium confidence
UnfoundedNo evidence of an actual threat was found. The institutional response is documented because the alert communication is identical to what would occur during a real incident.

On July 26, 2022, Baton Rouge Community College evacuated its Acadian campus on N. Acadian Thruway after receiving a bomb threat around 2:00 p.m., one of several colleges nationwide targeted that day. Police searched the campus and cleared it shortly before 3:00 p.m., determining there was nothing to the threat.

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Institution
Baton Rouge Community College
Community College · LA
~8,000 studentsBRCC Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTFacebook
Verified verbatimBRCC official Facebook alert post157 chars
BRCC ALERT: Attention, BRCC has received a bomb threat at our ACADIAN CAMPUS. You should evacuate if on that campus and follow instructions from authorities.
The official post capitalized 'ACADIAN CAMPUS' to make clear which of BRCC's locations was affected, isolating the evacuation to the N. Acadian Thruway site.
The wording 'You should evacuate if on that campus' is preserved exactly from the BRCC Facebook post, including its conditional phrasing.
The threat arrived around 2:00 p.m. on a day when colleges including the University of Virginia and Georgia Highlands College also reported bomb threats.
ALL CLEARFacebook
Approximate reconstruction155 chars
BRCC ALERT: The Acadian Campus has been searched and cleared by law enforcement. There was no device found. The campus is safe and operations have resumed.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Police cleared the campus shortly before 3:00 p.m., less than an hour after the initial threat, and BRPD said there was nothing to the threat.
Reconstructed wording for the all-clear; the precise text of the clearing notice was not preserved, so isVerbatimConfirmed is false.
Context

Background

Baton Rouge Community College operates several Baton Rouge locations, including the Acadian campus on N. Acadian Thruway. According to WBRZ, police were called to the Acadian campus over a bomb threat around 2:00 p.m. on July 26, 2022, prompting an evacuation, and the campus was cleared shortly before 3:00 p.m. BRProud reported the campus was cleared after a search and that the Baton Rouge Police Department determined there was nothing to the threat. BRCC posted the evacuation order to its official Facebook page. The threat was part of a wave of bomb threats against U.S. colleges that day, with the University of Virginia and Georgia Highlands College also affected. The case is notable because the verbatim alert survives on BRCC's official social media.
Analysis

Key Findings

BRCC's verbatim evacuation alert survives on its official Facebook page, naming the ACADIAN CAMPUS in capitals
Police searched and cleared the campus in under an hour, declaring the threat unfounded
The threat was one of several at U.S. colleges the same day, including the University of Virginia and Georgia Highlands College
BRCC used social media as its primary public alert channel for the evacuation
Outcome
Police searched the Acadian campus and cleared it shortly before 3:00 p.m.; the Baton Rouge Police Department determined there was nothing to the bomb threat. No injuries.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    BRCC one of several colleges targeted by bomb threats nationwide Tuesday - WBRZ
    wbrz.com
  2. News
    Baton Rouge Community College cleared of bomb threat - BRProud
    brproud.com
  3. Social
    BRCC ALERT Acadian Campus bomb threat - Baton Rouge Community College Facebook
    facebook.com
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bomb-threatevacuationlouisianacommunity-collegebaton-rougeunfounded2022-threat-waveUnfounded
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion