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
Winter Break and Holiday Crime Prevention Tips
The Department of Public Safety wishes each student, faculty and staff member a safe and peaceful holiday season. To make the best of your holiday break, we have prepared a safety checklist to aide you while away from your apartment or house. Take a moment to browse through these tips. If you are leaving for…Continue Reading Winter Break and Holiday Crime Prevention Tips
Burglary Residential
1st REPORTED OFFENSE: A student reported that she left her apartment to go to work at 8 a.m. and neglected to lock the door. When she returned to her apartment, she discovered that her laptop and iPad were missing. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: Nov. 23, 2019, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. LOCATION: Parkside…Continue Reading Burglary Residential
Burglary-Residential
1st REPORTED OFFENSE: A suspect entered a student’s apartment through the unlocked front door while the student (victim) was asleep. While inside, the suspect removed a laptop and cash from the victim’s wallet. The suspect left the apartment without being seen. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: Nov. 20, 2019, at 3 p.m. LOCATION: Troy Hall, 3025…Continue Reading Burglary-Residential
Sensitive Issues Addressed Here: Letter to Students
Dear Students, Over the last few days, we have been meeting with members of various student groups, reading the emails you and your parents are sending us, and listening to your voices of concern about the tragic deaths of our students. These losses have shaken our community and our sympathy goes out to the families…Continue Reading Sensitive Issues Addressed Here: Letter to Students
Robbery
The victim, a male student, was sitting on a bench on the public sidewalk waiting for an Uber ride. While viewing his iPhone, two female suspects approached the victim and demanded his iPhone. The first suspect placed her hand inside her jacket pocket and pointed in the victim’s direction as if she were simulating a…Continue Reading Robbery
Sexual Battery (Suspect in Custody)
Description of Incident: A student reported that a suspect riding a bicycle approached her from behind, slapped her on the buttocks and then fled southbound on Trousdale Parkway. Disposition: The description of the suspect, a male with long hair riding a bicycle, matched the description of the suspect involved in several sexual battery incidents recently…Continue Reading Sexual Battery (Suspect in Custody)
Sexual Battery/Fondling
ALERT #: TW2019-007 FIRST INCIDENT: Reporting party, a USC student, reported that as she was leaving campus from the McCarthy Way entrance after her class ended at Fertitta Hall, she crossed eastbound across Figueroa Street. When she reached the driveway leading to the Figueroa parking structure near Rosso Oro’s Pizza, she heard a bike coming…Continue Reading Sexual Battery/Fondling