15th annual Great ShakeOut: Trojans drop, cover and hold on
More than 41 million people worldwide took part in the drill.
Education drives this week’s USC Safety Days — from electric scooters to skateboards
Pedestrians and bikes, skateboards or electric scooters can be a dangerous mix. A two-day event this weekon at the University Park Campus aims to help everyone stay safe.
USC Street Medicine team launches pilot program as part of DPS Community Advisory Board implementation efforts
The board has started implementing several community initiatives as part of an ongoing discussion on DPS’s role at the university.
Community input helps shape advisory board recommendations to enhance public safety at USC
The report from the Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board recommends steps aimed at strengthening trust between the university, DPS and the broader community and making security more equitable.
How a student project led to autism training at USC’s Department of Public Safety
Master’s students Monica Caris and Riley McGuire just wanted to educate people about autism, but already their capstone project has become part of yearly officer training.
Department of Public Safety personnel share on-campus stories amid COVID-19
USC’s public safety officers and support staff discuss what it’s like to patrol and protect a nearly empty campus during a pandemic.
Department of Public Safety hires first Latina assistant chief
Alma Burke, formerly a sergeant in the Los Angeles Police Department, returns to the university where she received her graduate degree to help keep students safe and strengthen relationships with the local community.
USC Student Safety Initiatives Help Strengthen Campus Community
The USC Department of Public Safety offers several initiatives so that Trojans can help themselves, and each other, stay safe.
Steps for School Violence Prevention, from USC Experts
As elementary and secondary schools grapple with bullying and violence, USC experts help chart a path forward to make classrooms safer.
Sexual violence prevention and services make campuses safer
Brenda Ingram, who came to USC in July to oversee relationship and sexual violence prevention and services, wants to be part of a cultural sea change.
The locksmith who holds the keys to USC’s kingdom
Gatekeeper Warren Straley keeps tabs on millions of keys that open the doors to every office on campus.
Fire Station No. 15 is ready to roll
With help from a big rig, the retired structure will move to a new USC site a few blocks away. But that’s going to take a while.
Campus ride service usage jumps as wait times drop
Evening and nighttime services from Campus Cruiser and Uber are increasingly popular among students, faculty and staff.
USC launches mobile safety app
Free download allows easy contact to emergency responders, Campus Cruiser.
Trojans take part in state’s earthquake drill
Staff, students and faculty drop, cover and hold on across campus.
USC announces new safety measures
Steps include increased year-round deployment of neighborhood security ambassadors, further improvements in technology, additional security personnel and more.
Officials break ground on Fire Station 15
USC President Nikias thanks city officials, acknowledging firefighters and first responders who have serviced the West Adams district for more than a century.
ShakeOut set to be largest disaster drill in history
Along with millions of other people throughout the state, USC students, faculty and staff will “drop, cover and hold on” for 60 seconds at 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17.
Director shares her vision for USC resource center
La Shonda Coleman, new director of the Center for Women and Men, has a clear vision of its aspirations.
A letter to the USC community
The University of Southern California takes very seriously the crime of sexual assault. We do not tolerate sexual misconduct in our community in any form, whether it is sexual violence, abuse, harassment or discrimination; stalking; intimate partner violence; gender identity violence; or intimidation.
New campus-access policy to take effect Jan. 14
University officials are reminding the community that a new campus-access policy for the University Park Campus will go into effect on Jan. 14.
Arrests made in Ying Wu and Ming Qu case, USC issues statement
The Los Angeles Police Department announced on May 18 two arrests in connection with the deaths of USC graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu.
Campus safety: Letter from President Nikias
Dear members of the USC community: In the wake of the tragic event of April 11, safety and security have been on everyone’s mind, and I want to personally assure you that we continue to be squarely focused on these matters.