The USC Department of Public Safety is offering FREE self-defense courses. The course is a total of 12 hours and is broken down into either four or six hour classes. All classes must be completed to earn full course credit and certification. Weekday, 4 Hour Women’s Basic Self-Defense Courses: Option #1: Monday nights, February 24,…Continue Reading Self-Defense Courses for Women Now Available
Month: January 2020
Sexual Battery
REPORTED OFFENSE: The victim (student) was walking northbound on Hoover Street near 29th Street when she was approached from behind by the suspect. The suspect grabbed her buttocks and then continued northbound on Hoover Street. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: Jan. 30, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: West sidewalk of Hoover Street south of 29th Street…Continue Reading Sexual Battery
Community Advisory
MESSAGE FROM USC’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY If you are in immediate danger, call the LAPD at 9-1-1 or DPS at (213) 740-4321. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) issues community advisories when a crime or incident presents either a serious or continuing threat to the safety of our students, faculty and staff. The purpose…Continue Reading Community Advisory
Robbery
REPORTED OFFENSE: Three suspects approached the male victim (student) at the corner of 30th Street and Shrine Place. The suspects grabbed the victim and prevented him from leaving. A suspect snatched the victim’s phone from his right hand, and all three suspects fled to a parked vehicle nearby. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: Jan. 25, 2020…Continue Reading Robbery
Robbery
INCIDENT #1: ROBBERY REPORTED OFFENSE: The victim (non-student) agreed to sell his laptop via an online marketplace and met the suspects in person in the 700 block of W 27th Street to complete the purchase. The suspects displayed a handgun and stole the victim’s laptop. The suspects then ran to their parked vehicle nearby and…Continue Reading Robbery
Robbery
REPORTED OFFENSE: The victim (non-student) was walking on the sidewalk looking at his phone when the suspect approached him, shoved him and grabbed the phone from his hand. The suspect was last seen entering a silver Infinity sedan and speeding away northbound on Hoover Street. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: January 9, 2020, 5:18 p.m….Continue Reading Robbery
Welcome 2020 Spring New Students
The Department of Public Safety welcomes you the University of Southern California and to the City of “Angels,” Los Angeles, California. USC is located in the heart of the City of Los Angeles, a vibrant, diverse, modem city with all the benefits and problems of an urban lifestyle. Being in the heart of a major…Continue Reading Welcome 2020 Spring New Students