Annual campus report shows increase in assault, decrease in burglary

More aggravated and sexual assaults were reported on or near campus in 2016 while the number of burglaries stayed around the same as 2015, according to an annual university report. University police released the 2017 UCLA Security and Fire Safety Report, which compiles crime statistics at UCLA and surrounding areas, last week. The Jeanne Clery […]

UCLA student found dead in Westwood campus housing

This post was updated Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m. A 26-year-old female UCLA student was found dead in Westwood campus housing by university police Wednesday night. UCLA spokesperson Brian Haas said there were no signs of foul play and no signs of a suicide. He added the Los Angeles County coroner is investigating. Los Angeles […]

UCPD searching for person caught peeping into women’s bathroom stall

University police are searching for an individual caught peeping in a woman’s restroom Wednesday morning. The individual allegedly held a gray iPhone under the door of a stall in a woman’s restroom at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs building while a woman was inside at 11:36 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. The […]

LAPD’s drone use proposal raises privacy, misuse concerns

Los Angeles community members spoke up at a public forum in Westwood on Wednesday against city police’s proposed use of drone technology. At the Wednesday night meeting, Los Angeles Police Department officers addressed residents’ concerns about a proposal to allow the department to use nonweaponized drones, or small, unmanned aerial devices, to aid in police […]

Cyberattack on UCLA server potentially accesses student information

This post was updated Aug. 4 at 2:30 a.m. A cyberattack on a UCLA administration server potentially breached the personal information of about 32,000 students earlier this week, UCLA officials said. On Monday, UCLA reported an alleged May 18 cyberattack on a Summer Sessions and International Education Office server. The server contained the personal information […]

UCPD searching for July 14 car burglary suspects

University police are searching for a man and a woman who allegedly burglarized a UCLA student’s vehicle on July 14. Video surveillance footage taken from a 11140 Rose Ave. parking garage showed the man and woman breaking the vehicle’s rear passenger window and taking items from inside, according to a UCPD alert. The two then […]

UCPD searching for two armed men allegedly involved in multiple robberies

University police are searching for two men who allegedly robbed multiple people with a knife and a handgun. The two armed men approached a group of people who were affiliated and unaffiliated with UCLA at about 1 a.m. Saturday morning and demanded their property by threatening them with a pocket knife and a handgun, according […]