Retiring UCPD Chief James Herren reflects on 40 years of service

In 1997, the Torrance Police Department police chief was fired after officers under his leadership stole from the property room, where the station keeps radios, drugs and other confiscated items. James Herren, who served as a lieutenant and captain, was asked to serve as interim chief without much prior experience or preparation, Herren said. Herren […]

UCPD arrest suspect for allegedly hitting man with motorcycle on campus

University police arrested a man Saturday in connection to an assault that occurred April 16. UCPD arrested the 20-year-old man on Saturday afternoon at his South Los Angeles home for allegedly using his motorcycle to hit another man on Strathmore Drive near Charles E. Young Drive, said UCLA spokesperson Nancy Greenstein in an email statement. […]

UCPD investigating Phi Delta Theta fraternity house burglary

University police are investigating a Sunday morning burglary that occurred at a fraternity house on Gayley Avenue. A UCLA student told university police someone entered Phi Delta Theta fraternity on Gayley Avenue through an unsecured front door around midnight Sunday, according to a UCPD alert. The students’ iPhone 6 Plus and a MacBook Pro were […]

UCPD searching for suspect who hit man with motorcycle

University police are searching for a man who struck another man with a motorcycle on Strathmore Drive near Charles E. Young Drive on April 16. The man was driving a motorcycle on Strathmore Drive when he hit the rear bumper of another man’s SUV, according to a UCPD alert. When the man in the SUV […]

Graduate student reported missing to UCPD

A UCLA graduate student has been reported missing to university police. She was last seen by her roommate April 10. Alison Wu, a graduate student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, is believed to be with a male acquaintance named Scott Helton, according to a UCLA statement. She is thought to be acting […]

Napolitano calls for more effective handling of sexual harassment cases

University of California President Janet Napolitano released a letter to UC administrators that said the University has not effectively handled cases of sexual harassment involving faculty members. Members of the joint committee, which operates under the President’s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence and Sexual Assault, received the letter Monday. Napolitano asked […]