Tuesday, February 3

UCPD cracks down on dangerous scooter riding following safety concerns

This post was updated Dec. 3 at 9:51 p.m. UCPD stopped more than 100 people this fall for speeding on scooters or riding them dangerously. Unsafe riding practices have been a significant issue for UCPD in the past year, said Jeffrey Chobanian, the captain of UCPD’s operations bureau. Read more...

Photo: A person rides a scooter through an intersection. Over 100 people were stopped by UCPD this fall for unsafe scooter riding. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)


UCPD releases arrested graduate students after finding they did not commit a crime

This post was updated Nov. 21 at 6:46 p.m. Two graduate students who were arrested Wednesday outside Murphy Hall were released after UCPD determined they had not committed a crime. Read more...

Photo: A mathematics graduate student is arrested outside Murphy Hall. Two graduate students, who have since been released, were arrested for alleged battery at 2 p.m. after attempting to deliver a letter condemning reductions to teaching assistants’ working hours to Dean of Physical Sciences Miguel García-Garibay. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


UCPD temporarily blocks parts of Westwood Village following reports of robbery

UCPD temporarily blocked off streets in Westwood Village following reports of a robbery Tuesday night.  About eight police vehicles were stopped near the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue at about 9:50 p.m. Read more...

Photo: UCPD cars sit at the intersection of Weyburn Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. UCPD temporarily blocked off parts of Westwood Village following reports of a robbery Tuesday night. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)




3 UCPD officers injured while arresting man in UCLA Anderson School of Management

Three UCPD officers were treated for minor injuries after arresting a man inside the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Tuesday. Police responded to a community service officer’s report of a man refusing to leave the building around 12:45 p.m., said Scott Scheffler, the captain of UCPD’s operations and administrative bureaus, in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Anderson School of Management is pictured. Three UCPD officers sustained minor injuries while arresting a man in the school on Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Man with active warrant for illegal weapon possession arrested at Wooden Center

UCPD arrested a man who had an arrest warrant for allegedly possessing an illegal firearm in the John Wooden Center on Sunday around 12:20 p.m. Multiple police cars were parked outside the building around 11:30 a.m., and officers escorted a man from the center’s outdoor courtyard to the exit around 12:15 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The outside of the John Wooden Center is pictured. UCPD arrested a man in the center’s courtyard Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)