This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:34 p.m. Dominic Choi was appointed as interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday. Choi will assume the position March 1 and will be the first Asian American to lead the LAPD. Read more...
Photo: Dominic Choi stands behind a podium next to Mayor Karen Bass. Choi was appointed as the interim police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday. (Courtesy of Office of Mayor Bass)
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, City and Crime Editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 1,149 unique entries in its December and January daily crime log. Read more...
UCPD is searching for an individual suspected of two on-campus sexual battery incidents that occurred Friday. According to a crime alert sent Saturday night, the suspect reportedly grabbed one victim’s buttocks near the Inverted Fountain around 2 p.m. Read more...
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:33 p.m. The current interim chief of police John Thomas will serve as UCLA’s new chief of police. Thomas, who attended UCLA from 1980 to 1984, has served as UCLA’s interim chief of police since December 2022. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the UCLA Police Department. UCLA alumnus and current interim chief of police John Thomas was chosen to serve as chief of police Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCPD informed students and faculty Friday morning of a Thursday on-campus sexual assault. The case is not under investigation, and the victim, who is a student, is not seeking prosecution. According to the crime alert, on Thursday at approximately 1:50 p.m., the suspect slapped the victim’s buttocks and screamed as they walked past one another. Read more...
A Harbor-UCLA Medical Center director resigned from his position Dec. 6, following accusations that he had defended the center’s former orthopedics chief from sexual misconduct allegations. Read more...
Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. One of the center’s directors resigned Dec. 6 amid accusations that he had defended a former employee who was sued earlier this year for sexual misconduct. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, City and Crime Editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data editor. UCPD recorded 637 unique entries in its November daily crime log. Read more...
