The Bruin Bear statue was found covered in red and yellow paint Thursday morning. The Bruin Bear statue, located in Bruin Plaza, was vandalized sometime this week. The university erects chalkboard walls to protect the bear and other statues during Rivalry Week, the week leading up to the annual football match between USC and UCLA. […]
Category Archives: Crime
UCPD officers volunteer as first responders in areas affected by Woolsey fire
The garage door of an elderly couple’s home would not open, leaving them trapped in their home in Malibu during the Woolsey fire. No one had heard from the couple, and eventually university police received a call asking for their whereabouts. One of the responding officers, UCPD Lt. Scott Scheffler, said the fire was within […]
Man arrested for indecent exposure in Westwood and probation violation
A man who allegedly repeatedly exposed himself to UCLA students was arrested by university police Thursday. Anton Floyd, 40, was arrested near the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Calvert Street. Floyd allegedly masturbated in a vehicle after asking to speak with female pedestrians who were UCLA students on multiple occasions from August to October […]
Bird and Lime slapped with class-action lawsuit over rider and pedestrian injuries
Two Los Angeles-based attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against e-scooter companies and scooter manufacturers on behalf of injured riders and pedestrians earlier this month. Catherine Lerer and Jeffrey Costell filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight plaintiffs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Oct. 19. The suit alleges that e-scooter companies Bird and Lime, […]
UCPD searches for man who has repeatedly exposed himself on Midvale Avenue
University police are searching for a man involved in a series of indecent exposures from August to October. A man was seen masturbating in a vehicle after asking to speak with female pedestrians who were UCLA students on four separate occasions on Midvale Avenue between Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue, according to UCPD. UCPD described […]
New UCLA study reveals statistics on student policing by LASPD
Nearly 1,000 elementary and middle students in Los Angeles were arrested at school between 2014 and 2017, a UCLA report found. The report was released by Million Dollar Hoods, a project founded by Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a professor of history and African American studies. The project, which analyzes policing and mass incarceration in Los Angeles, […]
Title IX Office releases 31 cases of employees committing sexual misconduct
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 12:08 p.m. This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The UCLA Title IX Office released 31 cases of UCLA employees found in violation of University of California Policy for Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on Friday. The documents, which were released to several media outlets following a California […]