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.
The board has started implementing several community initiatives as part of an ongoing discussion on DPS’s role at the university.
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.
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.
USC’s public safety officers and support staff discuss what it’s like to patrol and protect a nearly empty campus during a pandemic.
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.
The USC Department of Public Safety offers several initiatives so that Trojans can help themselves, and each other, stay safe.
As elementary and secondary schools grapple with bullying and violence, USC experts help chart a path forward to make classrooms 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.
Gatekeeper Warren Straley keeps tabs on millions of keys that open the doors to every office on campus.
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.
Evening and nighttime services from Campus Cruiser and Uber are increasingly popular among students, faculty and staff.
Free download allows easy contact to emergency responders, Campus Cruiser.
Staff, students and faculty drop, cover and hold on across campus.
Steps include increased year-round deployment of neighborhood security ambassadors, further improvements in technology, additional security personnel and more.
USC President Nikias thanks city officials, acknowledging firefighters and first responders who have serviced the West Adams district for more than a century.
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.
La Shonda Coleman, new director of the Center for Women and Men, has a clear vision of its aspirations.
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.
University officials are reminding the community that a new campus-access policy for the University Park Campus will go into effect on Jan. 14.
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.
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.
Thousands gathered at the Shrine Auditorium on April 18 to remember the lives of Ying Wu and Ming Qu, whose deaths have marked a tragic loss to the Trojan Family and the international community.