Students feel UCPD used excessive force in response to Undie Run

University police broke up rowdy parties in the North Village after the quarterly Undie Run using pepper balls and other crowd control methods that some students thought were unnecessarily forceful. After the Undie Run, an unofficial university tradition held during final exams where students run in their underwear through campus, about 400 people gathered in […]

UCPD recovers stolen goods, returns them to Westwood residents

University police arrested two men early Sunday morning in connection with the burglary of a Westwood apartment. Police officers on foot patrol spotted Michael Bender, 19, and Christian Bridges, 18, walking in the North Village at about 1:30 a.m., carrying large backpacks, said Nancy Greenstein, spokeswoman for UCPD. The officers made eye contact with Bridges […]

UCPD report attempted robbery on UCLA campus

This post was updated at 4:00 p.m. University police arrested a 23-year-old man near Janss Steps Friday afternoon in connection with an attempted on-campus robbery. A UCLA student called police about 1 p.m. Friday to report that a man, was following and threatening him because he wanted the person’s iPhone, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein. Police responded to the call and arrested Robert Andrews, […]