{
  "id": "2022-06-27-bakersfield-college-panorama-bomb-threat",
  "slug": "bakersfield-college-panorama-bomb-threat-2022-06-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Bakersfield College",
    "shortName": "BC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "BC Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-06-27",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Bomb threat on Panorama campus found unsubstantiated",
    "headlinePublic": "Bomb threat on Panorama campus found unsubstantiated",
    "summary": "Bakersfield College [posted two timed alerts](https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/campus-life/college-safety/bcalert.html) on June 27, 2022 after Bakersfield Police received a bomb threat affecting the Panorama campus. The 1:54 p.m. product ordered an immediate evacuation. A 2:57 p.m. all-clear said a full search found the threat unsubstantiated; in-person classes were canceled for the rest of the day.",
    "outcome": "Bakersfield Police and College Safety searched the campus and found the threat unsubstantiated. In-person classes on the Panorama campus stayed canceled for the remainder of June 27."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-06-27T13:54:00-07:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "To all:\n\nA bomb threat has been received by BPD. If you are on or near the Panorama campus, evacuate immediately. Additional information will be posted on the BC website as it is available.\n\nThis is not a test.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/campus-life/college-safety/bcalert.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Bakersfield College Alert System board — June 27 2022 1:54 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetches 2026-08-17. Byte-identical HTML sha256 1239d7cf8e75b9dd4007682ff9af1854aad23632c7543dabd6e1614ca2248b56.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML alert board).",
        "Not a test: the product itself says This is not a test.",
        "Intra-paragraph HTML hard wraps flattened to spaces; paragraph breaks preserved.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-02-03-bakersfield-college-lockdown: different year, threat type, and outcome."
      ],
      "characterCount": 210
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2022-06-27T14:57:00-07:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "CAMPUS IS CLEAR.\n\nAfter a full campus search, conducted by the Bakersfield Police Department working alongside Bakersfield College's College Safety, the threat has been found unsubstantiated. Out of an abundance of caution, classes scheduled to take place in-person on campus for the remainder of the day were canceled. In-person classes on the Panorama campus will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/campus-life/college-safety/bcalert.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Bakersfield College Alert System board — June 27 2022 2:57 p.m.",
      "annotations": [
        "Same dual fetch. CAMPUS IS CLEAR plus unsubstantiated finding.",
        "Tuesday, July 28 in a June 27 product is preserved as transmitted (calendar typo on the board)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 400
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official BC Alert board products for a June 27 2022 bomb threat on the Panorama campus. Bakersfield Police received the threat; College Safety and BPD searched the campus and posted an all-clear about an hour later. In-person classes stayed canceled for the rest of the day.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Initial product ordered an immediate Panorama-campus evacuation and said this is not a test.",
    "All-clear about an hour later: full search found the threat unsubstantiated; in-person classes canceled for the rest of the day."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Bakersfield College Alert System — June 27 2022 bomb threat",
      "url": "https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/campus-life/college-safety/bcalert.html",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-17",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "california",
    "bakersfield",
    "bomb-threat",
    "evacuation"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-17",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}