There are always a few calls that become ingrained in a dispatcher’s memory. Two years ago, dispatcher Eric Dunn answered such a call – a man in a car had cut himself with a knife and his location was unknown. Read more...
Photo: Eric Dunn and Alma Chavez are dispatchers in the UCPD communications department.
Two men attempted to steal a UCLA student’s cell phone in the North Village on Tuesday, according to a university police report. The student was approached by the men on Levering Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. Read more...
University police are investigating more than 30 thefts in the John Wooden Center and nearby recreational areas in the past two months. Since Sept. 1, there have been 20 thefts reported in the Wooden Center, 12 thefts reported on the Intramural Field and four in Drake Stadium, said Nancy Greenstein, a spokeswoman for UCPD. Read more...
This post was updated on Nov. 6 at 2:48 p.m. A 55-year-old man was fatally hit by a vehicle on the corner of Strathmore Drive and Levering Avenue shortly before 2 p.m. Read more...
A UCLA student was robbed in Parking Structure 2 Thursday afternoon by a man who said he was carrying a gun, according to a university police report. Read more...
A blaze that scorched several of the bottom floors of a local apartment building is one of several recent Westwood fires that officials are investigating as arsons. Read more...
Officials are investigating a series of arsons that occurred in the residential area of Westwood’s North Village this month. The Los Angeles Fire Department Arson Unit is investigating two incidents at 650 Midvale Ave., one on Monday and one on Saturday of this week, according to a UCPD statement released today. Read more...
