INITIAL ALERTSMS
Verified verbatimWUTV29, Spectrum News Buffalo, and WBEN all directly quote this as the verbatim ECC Alert message sent to staff and students on August 18, 2021514 chars
An off-campus incident occurred last night between two South Campus students and threats were made toward one of the students. Orchard Park and Hamburg police are currently looking for the students involved. In order to ensure the safety of the student and our campus community, South Campus is currently in lockdown. If you are on campus, follow lockdown procedures. No one will be permitted to enter campus until the lockdown is lifted. Contact Campus Public Safety (716-851-1633) if you see anything suspicious.
Verbatim text confirmed: WUTV29, Spectrum News Buffalo, and WBEN all quote this exact ECC Alert message sent approximately 8:30 a.m. EDT on August 18, 2021.
The alert's narrative opening -- 'An off-campus incident occurred last night' -- is unusual for a lockdown notification, providing incident context rather than leading with the lockdown instruction; it explains the origin before announcing the response.
Including the Campus Public Safety phone number (716-851-1633) directly in the alert reflects ECC's preference for actionable multi-channel contact information in emergency notifications.