{
  "id": "2026-08-14-usc-bomb-threat-not-credible",
  "slug": "usc-bomb-threat-not-credible-2026-08-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Southern California",
    "shortName": "USC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TrojansAlert / @USCDPS",
    "enrollment": 49000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-14",
    "type": "bomb-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "unfounded",
    "headline": "Bomb threat investigated and deemed not credible",
    "headlinePublic": "Bomb threat investigated and deemed not credible",
    "summary": "USC DPS [reported a campus bomb threat that campus safety and LAPD determined was not credible](https://x.com/USCDPS/status/2088382742161461754).",
    "outcome": "Threat determined not credible; campus remained open for normal operations."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-14T14:50:20-07:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The university received a report of a bomb threat on campus. Campus safety personnel and LAPD investigated and determined the threat was not credible. Campus is safe and open for normal operations.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/USCDPS/status/2088382742161461754",
      "sourceDescription": "@USCDPS bomb threat not credible",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-16.",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-16: no further posts from @USCDPS for this incident.",
        "First preserved official message is a combined report-and-resolution product; no earlier initial exists on the @USCDPS timeline +/-48h.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-09-07-usc-bomb-threat: different date and status ID.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-12-usc-upc-28th-flower-police-activity: different hazard and date."
      ],
      "characterCount": 197
    }
  ],
  "context": "USC DPS posts campus public-safety notices on [@USCDPS](https://x.com/USCDPS). The first preserved official product for this incident already reports the LAPD/campus-safety finding that the threat was not credible.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Single official product combines the bomb-threat report with a not-credible determination and open-campus all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@USCDPS bomb threat not credible",
      "url": "https://x.com/USCDPS/status/2088382742161461754",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "california",
    "bomb-threat",
    "usc-dps"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-16",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}