Two initiatives on November’s ballot aim to shift California’s policies on criminal justice, but with each in a different direction. Proposition 36 would increase some drug and theft crimes from misdemeanors – usually minor crimes punishable by up to a year in jail – to felonies, the most serious type of crime. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 4 at 1:42 a.m. Los Angeles County voters will vote for their next District Attorney this November, putting the future of LA criminal justice in voters’ hands. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 23 at 12:03 a.m. UCPD police officers detained a person with spray paint cans outside Royce Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:35 p.m., the officers handcuffed someone wearing a red dress. Read more...
Photo: UCPD detain and handcuff a person with spray paint cans outside Royce Hall. (Sam Mulick/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 11:52 p.m. UCPD is searching for three individuals suspected of an off-campus battery and hate crime Saturday. According to a crime alert sent around 10:30 a.m. Read more...
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 5:59 p.m. Three student government leaders announced additional arrests related to the April 30 counter-protester attack against the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. The arrests were announced in a transparency report posted to Instagram on Friday evening by Undergraduate Students Association Council President Adam Tfayli, Internal Vice President Josh Garland and External Vice President Javier Nuñez-Verdugo. Read more...
Photo: A protester from the Palestine solidarity encampment and a counter-protester fight using objects that were lying on the ground. Multiple Undergraduate Students Association Council officers announced that they were informed Friday by Associate Vice Chancellor of Campus Safety Rick Braziel of additional arrests related to the April 30 attack on the encampment. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 11:18 p.m. A UCLA alumnus was arrested Saturday for a weapons violation outside a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump. Read more...
Photo: Former president Donald Trump stands behind a podium at a rally. A UCLA alumnus was arrested Saturday for possession of illegal weapons under the suspicion of attempting to assassinate Trump at his campaign rally in Coachella, California. (Courtesy of Michael Vadon/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Oct. 9 at 1:03 a.m. The UCLA Police Department appointed a new acting chief for the second time this year. In what appears to be his first public appearance as acting police chief, UCPD posted a video of Scott Scheffler on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday with the caption, “A message from Acting Chief Scheffler.” Scheffler replaced the previous acting chief Gawin Gibson, who was placed on administrative leave Sept. Read more...
Photo: UCPD Headquarters is pictured. The UCLA Police Department appointed Scott Scheffler as the new acting chief of police, marking the third UCPD chief of police this year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
