Bruins Safe Online

The UCLA Police Department is aware of a phone scam targeting members of the UCLA and UCLA Health community.

In these calls, the caller falsely claims to be UCLA Police Chief Craig Valenzuela, or another member of the police department, and demands money from the victim to prevent officers from responding to make an arrest. Some calls may appear to come from UCPD's phone number (310-825-1491) due to caller ID spoofing.

These calls are a scam.

The UCLA Police Department will never call and demand money to resolve a warrant, avoid an arrest, or clear criminal charges.

If you receive a suspicious call:

• Do not provide money or personal information.
• Hang up immediately.
• Report the call to UCPD Dispatch at (310) 825-1491.

Please share this information to help protect others in the UCLA community.

If you have questions or concerns, contact the UCLA Police Department at (310) 825-1491 or visit ucpd.ucla.edu.

BruinALERT: *TEST* UCLA is participating in the CA Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill. You are encouraged to Drop, Cover and Hold on for one minute.

In the event of an actual emergency, you would be instructed to go to the UCLA Emergency Website, Bruins Safe Online, for further information at https://www.bso.ucla.edu.  The UCLA Emergency Hotline at 1-800-900-UCLA may also be activated in the event of an actual emergency.

Make sure your BruinALERT contact information is up to date. For instructions on how to verify and update your info, visit https://bso.ucla.edu/bruinalert.

We encourage you to download the Bruins Safe application from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

For more information about the UCLA Office of Emergency Management, please visit https://www.oem.ucla.edu.  We’re also on social media including BruinALERT X/Twitter (@UCLABruinAlert).

The Great California ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill will be held Thursday, Oct. 16 at 10:16 a.m. The drill offers students, staff and faculty the opportunity to safely practice responding to an actual earthquake event from wherever they may be.

UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will send a BruinALERT announcing the drill on Thursday at 10:16 a.m. Please be sure your contact information is up to date by going to the BruinALERT webpage. Additionally, ShakeOut drill videos are available in English and Spanish to practice at any time.

UCLA’s campus is open, and the Red Flag warnings were lifted. This means that our campus status has returned to normal operations.

We are thankful that UCLA’s campus never fell under evacuation warnings or orders, but this has been a difficult and devastating time for our entire campus community. 

UCLA resources

Many students, faculty and employees were affected by evacuation orders, and some are now struggling with loss and displacement. UCLA has several resources available to help.