Campus Safety Refresher

Ensuring campus safety for all community members is of utmost importance at UCLA. Developing awareness of the vast safety resources UCLA offers students, staff and faculty is the first step to helping your student feeling protected on campus, and establishing your own peace of mind while your student is away at school.

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University of California Police Department

The UCLA Police Department (UCPD) is part of the statewide UC Policy system, and employs 65 sworn officers, 41 civilians and 130 students. UCPD is dedicated to providing a safe environment for the UCLA campus community through patrol, rapid response to emergencies, investigations and preventative strategies. More information on UCPD policy and training outlines, authorized weapons, department demographics, budget and other department data can be found here.

BruinAlert

Anyone with a valid ucla.edu email address (including all students) is automatically enrolled in BruinAlert, which communicates official information regarding emergencies or crises at UCLA. Students automatically receive email alerts, and can enroll in SMS text messaging alerts if they enter their cell phone number on MyUCLA. Family members of UCLA students may sign up for BruinAlert by texting BRUINALERT to 888777.

Bruins Safe App

Bruins Safe, UCLA’s official campus safety app, is an essential tool for both parents and students to download on their mobile devices. This app includes the following features:

• Crime Maps: UCLA and Los Angeles crime maps to view recent crime activities in and around campus.
• Crisis Resources: Documents to assist students and staff in case of crisis.
• Emergency Contacts: Easy to access buttons to place emergency and non-emergency calls
• Emergency Preparedness Plans: Emergency plans and tips for the university community in preparation for earthquakes, active shooters, bomb threats, workplace violence, fire safety, suspicious packages and more.
• Friend Walk: Allows users to send their locations in real-time to a friend so they can watch their movement as they walk to their destination.
• Safety Toolbox: A set of tools that help to improve the personal safety of users, including a reporting tip line, support resource information and WorkAlone, a feature that monitors whether or not a user has checked in at a specified time and follows up with them should they fail to do so.
• UCLA Escort: Allows users to request an escort to walk with them from one location on or around campus to another (see “Community Service Officers" below for more information).

Bruins Safe can be downloaded for iOS or Android devices. There is also  Bruins Safe Online, which provides similar resources via any web browser.

Community Service Officers

Community Service Officers (CSOs) act as liaisons between students and UCLA Dispatch. CSOs provide a student escort system and patrol campus buildings and areas to alert UCLA Emergency Services of any potential safety issues. Please note that CSOs are UCLA students and are not police officers, so they will not physically intervene in dangerous situations.

If your student is need of an escort during the evening, CSO escorts are free of charge to walk students between campus buildings, local living areas or Westwood Village from dusk until 1 a.m. 365 days a year. To obtain CSO evening escorts, students should:

• Call (310) 794-WALK fifteen minutes before they need to leave.
  • They will be connected with a police dispatcher who will need to know where they are, where they need to go, their name and a call-back number.
• A roaming CSO will come to your student’s location and pick them up. The CSO escort will communicate with the dispatcher accordingly and has a direct connection to UCLA Police Officers should any dangerous situation occur.

Please note that CSOs also provide an Evening Van Service to shuttle students around campus during evening hours. For more information, please call (310) 825-9800 or learn about UCLA SafeRide options here.

Clery Act – UCLA Crime Statistics

All colleges and universities legally must report their campus crime and policy statistics to be in compliance with the Clery Act, a law intended to provide greater transparency and more timely warnings from higher education institutions about crimes that are committed on their campuses.

Under the Clery Act, UCLA is responsible for publishing an Annual Security Report, which includes statistics of campus crime for the preceding three calendar years, as well as details about efforts taken to improve campus safety. The crime categories included in the Annual Security Report include criminal offenses, hate crimes, Violence Against Women Act offenses and arrests and referrals for disciplinary action (i.e. weapons, drug abuse, liquor law violations).

Additional Resources and Tips

• Anonymous Reporting Line: Students may call UCLA’s anonymous reporting line, (310) 794-5824, to provide details in order for UCPD to investigate a potential crime.
• Emergency 911 Quik Link System: All campus parking lots and structures include emergency calls that connect individuals with UCLA Police in case of emergency. When an emergency phone is activated, it automatically identifies the exact calling location for UCLA police.
• Texting 9-1-1: In a situation where someone may not be able to call 9-1-1, they may text 9-1-1 to reach emergency assistance. Texting should only be used by those who are hearing impaired or in a situation where speaking with a dispatcher may put them at greater risk.
• Safety While Walking: Pedestrian safety is of utmost importance on a college campus. This resource provides reminders on how to be safe while walking around the UCLA campus.

Contact Information

• In case of emergency, call 9-1-1
• University of California Police Department
  • Email: info@ucpd.ucla.edu
  • Phone: (310) 825-1491 (can also be used in non-emergency situations)
  • Address: 601 Westwood PlazaBusiness hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Station hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Hospital Emergency Room: (310) 825-2111
• Community Safety Officers
  • Evening Escorts: (310) 794-9255
  • Evening Van Service: (310) 825-9800
• Anonymous Reporting Line: (310) 794-5824