Name of the Community: University of Southern California

Country: United States of America Number of Inhabitants: 52,000

Program Started Year: 2008 Year of Internatonal Designaton: 2010 Website Address for the Program: http://uscsafecommunities.usc.edu University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

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U NIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA S AFE C OMMUNITIES 2010

In Partnership with the Natonal Safety Council and

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Preface

Every member of the USC community has a stake in providing a safe environment for teaching, research, and learning, and all of us must be commited to keeping our campuses and residental areas secure and crime-free.

As a major research university located in one of the most excitng and dynamic cites in the country, we are proud of our urban traditon and enthusiastc about the opportunites it provides for our students to interact with the city.

It is the intent of the University of Southern California not only to create a sustained and safe community within its physical boundaries, but to reach beyond and forge strategic alliances with its diverse, cultural community-at-large.

USC is now poised to become the frst university to gain ofcial recogniton as a safe community and to potentally defne the process for like insttutons worldwide, given its historical and rooted partnership with the Natonal Safety Council. The Safe Communites America applicaton not only paves the way for this distncton, but more importantly, chronicles USC’s comprehensive and resourceful programs in safety, emergency preparedness, student health, wellness, community outreach, and security, and its achievements in moving toward a safer community.

We recognize our dutes and responsibilites as employees of USC and members of the Trojan family to be vigilant and unwavering in our quest to sustain a healthy, safe, and productve environment for the greater USC community.

Charles E. Lane Associate Senior Vice President Career and Protectve Services Chair of the USC Risk Control Task Force

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Letter of Intent

March 18, 2008

Donna Stein-Harris Executve Director Home and Community Partnerships and Initatves Natonal Safety Council 1121 Spring Lake Drive Itasca, IL 60143-3201

Dear Ms. Stein-Harris,

This leter is to notfy the Natonal Safety Council of the University of Southern California’s intent to partcipate in the Safe Communites America Program. Our university is commited to utlizing collaboratve approaches to promote its safety and health initatves, which helps to ensure that individuals are protected from harm in all aspects of their lives, whether they are at work or away from work. We see tremendous potental in the Safe Communites America Program’s ability to enhance our existng initatves and help promote our existng commitments in this area.

The University of Southern California seeks to improve not only the safety and quality of life of its students, faculty, and staf, but also that of the surrounding community. We believe that the Safe Communites America Program will support the University in the creaton of a cohesive efort for identfying its areas of potental risk and also determining which programs are currently in place or would need to be in place to appropriately address these risks.

The University of Southern California is very pleased to be a part of the Safe Communites America Program and is aware that the formaton of a steering commitee that adequately represents its community stakeholders will be necessary. If additonal informaton regarding either the University’s commitment or its steering commitee is necessary, please contact Ed Becker, Executve Director of Environmental Health & Safety at ebecker@ caps.usc.edu.

Sincerely,

Todd R. Dickey Senior Vice President for Administraton Ofce of the Senior Vice President, Administraton

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Table of Contents CAPS - Department of Public Safety 16

Crime Preventon and Community Preface 4 Educaton Unit 17

Letter of Intent 5 Emergency or Blue Light Phones 17

USC-at-a-Glance 8 CAPS - Emergency Preparedness at Data Summary 8 USC 17

Motto 9 Campus-wide Emergencies 17

Role and Mission of USC 9 CAPS - Environmental Health and Safety 19 Research at USC 9 Policies and Programs 19 Indicator 1 10 Inspectons and Training 19 USC Safe Communities Task Force 10 Departmental Safety Commitees 20 Career and Protectve Services 10 Oversight Commitees 20 Center for Women and Men 11 CAPS - Workers’ Compensation 21 Center for Work and Family Life 11 Division of Biokinesiology Child Care Center 12 and Physical Therapy Community Outreach 22 College of Leters Arts and Sciences 12 Good Neighbors Campaign 22 Emerit Center 13 Health Promotion and Prevention Facilites Management Services 13 Services 23

Fraternity and Sorority Leadership Trojan Services - Transportation 24 Development 13 Campus Cruiser 24 Graduate and Professional Student Senate 14 Yellow Cab Services 24

Health Promoton and Preventon Tram Services 24 Services 14 USC Civic and Community Trojan Services 15 Relations 24

Undergraduate Student Government 15 Indicator 3 26

University Park Health Center 15 The Center for Work and Family Life Ongoing Support Groups 26 Indicator 2 16 6 | Page Table of Contents University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

Support Group for Faculty with Mental Figure 3. HSC Criminal Ofenses Health Concerns 26 2005 - 2007 35

Weight Watchers Support Group 26 Figure 4. HSC Arrests and Disciplinary Referrals 2005 - 2007 36 Working Mothers Support Group 26 Injury Rates/12 Month Rolling Caregiver Support Group 27 Average 36

Disruptive Behavior and Acts of Figure 5. Injury and Illness Case Rates Violence 27 for All USC Departments 2006 - 2008 37

Health and Safety Resources for Figure 6. OSHA-Recordable Cases by Overseas Studies 27 Injury Type for All USC Departments 2007 vs. 2008 37 USC Family of Schools 28 ACHA-NCHA Survey Data 39 USC HSC Partner Schools Task Force 29 Figure 7. Graph of 2007 ACHA-NCHA Student Survey Results for UPC 39 Kid Watch 29 Figure 8. 2007 ACHA-NCHA Student USC TRIO Programs 30 Survey Data for UPC 40 USC School for Early Childhood Indicator 6 41 Education 30 Safe Communities Networks 41 Men CARE 30 Campus Safety Health and Rape Aggression Defense R.A.D. 31 Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) 41 Trojans Care for Trojans 31 Pac 10 Environmental Health and Trojans Alert – Emergency Safety Directors’ Conference 41 Notifcation System 32 Indicator 4 32 Safety-Net Clinic Partnerships 41 Professional Society Memberships 42 Programs that Track Injuries 32 Indicator 5 33 International Symposia 42 Acknowledgements 42 Crime Statistics 34 Appendix A 43 Figure 1. UPC Criminal Ofenses 2005 - 2007 34 USC Safe Communities Task Force Membership 43 Figure 2. UPC Arrests and Disciplinary Referrals 2005 - 2007 35

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USC-at-a-Glance Physical Therapy. USC also has programs and centers in Marina del Rey, Orange County, Sacramento, Located in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, Washington, D.C., Catalina Island, Alhambra and technology and internatonal trade, the University around Southern California. Childrens Hospital of Southern California is one of the world’s Los Angeles, stafed by USC faculty from the Keck leading private research universites. USC enrolls School of Medicine, is ofen referred to as USC’s more internatonal students than any other U.S. third campus. university and ofers extensive opportunites for internships and study abroad. With a strong President: Steven B. Sample traditon of integratng liberal and professional educaton, USC fosters a vibrant culture of public Under the leadership of its 10th president, the service and encourages students to cross academic University of Southern California has risen to the as well as geographic boundaries in their pursuit of top 1 percent of all colleges and universites in knowledge. terms of selectvity and established itself as a world leader in the felds of communicaton, multmedia technologies and the life sciences as well as in cross-disciplinary teaching and research. USC’s endowment has quintupled. The university also has strengthened its culture of community service, receiving natonal acclaim for its innovatve service- learning programs and community involvement.

Data Summary Students (2008-09 academic year) Rounded to the nearest 500 Undergraduates: 16,500 Graduate and professional: 17,000 Total: 33,500 Established: 1880 Internatonal Students Los Angeles was litle more than a fronter town in Rounded to the nearest 100 1880 when USC frst opened its doors to 53 students Regularly Enrolled Internatonal Students: 5,900 and 10 teachers. Today it is a world-class research Optonal Practcal Training Students: 1,400 university, the oldest private research university in Intensive English Language Students: 200 the West. Freshman Class (Fall 2008) Location: Los Angeles, California Applicants: 35,900 USC’s University Park campus, located in the heart Admits: 7,875 (22 percent) of Los Angeles’ Downtown Arts and Educaton Matriculants: 2,766 (35 percent) Corridor, is home to the USC College of Leters, Arts Average GPA: 3.71 (unweighted), 4.06 (weighted) and Sciences and many professional schools. The Middle 50-percent SAT range: 1910-2200 Health Sciences campus, northeast of downtown Natonal Merit and Achievement Scholars: 258 Los Angeles, is home to the Keck School of Medicine, First-generaton college students: 11 percent the School of Pharmacy, three major teaching hospitals and programs in Occupatonal Science Degrees Awarded (June 2008) and Occupatonal Therapy, and Biokinesiology and Bachelor’s degrees: 4,528 Advanced degrees: 5,978 8 | Page USC-at-a-Glance University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

Faculty and Staf (2008-09 academic year) which the naton depends for a steady stream of new Rounded to the nearest 100 knowledge, art, and technology. USC has over $508 Faculty: 3,200 (full-tme) million in annual research expenditures. In 2007, it Staf: 8,500 (50 percent tme or more) ranked 19th among all American universites, and Student workers: 6,800 (does not include 10th among private universites, in federal research teaching/research assistants) support. Total: 18,500 USC is rapidly expanding its research actvity Alumni through a strategy that emphasizes collaboraton There are nearly 198,000 living alumni in the across multple disciplines and meetng societal Trojan Family. While over three-quarters of them needs, such as: live in California, USC alumni can be found in • Preventng, detectng and curing diseases prior positons of leadership all over the world. to causing human harm; Academic Units • Capturing and distributng energy supplies that USC College of Leters, Arts and Sciences are environmentally benign, economical and Graduate School long-lastng; 17 Professional Schools • Securing the naton and the world against the risk of both natural disasters and intentonal Sponsored Research (2007-08 fscal year) acts of terrorism; $484.6 million • Enhancing cross-cultural understanding Motto and cooperaton through communicaton among civic, religious, ethnic, and community PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT - “Let whoever earns insttutons; and, the palm bear it.” The expression refects the broad signifcance of palms, palm fronds, and other • Creatng the means to educate children and branches of foliage as symbols of triumph, victory, adults for a deeper understanding of science ascension and regeneraton in ancient tmes, and in and math, languages and cultures, leadership, partcular may allude to the Roman custom of giving and justce. the victorious gladiator a palm branch as reward for prowess. Students at all levels are provided opportunites to partcipate in research projects and other creatve Role and Mission of USC endeavors, and to interact with a faculty that is distnguished for the impact of its research. The central mission of the University of Southern California is the development of human beings The University of Southern California has also and society as a whole through the cultvaton established the USC Stevens Insttute for Innovaton and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. to support students and faculty in the translaton of The principal means by which our mission is inventons and discoveries into practce, so that USC accomplished are teaching, research, artstc is not only at the forefront of creatve research, but creaton, professional practce and selected forms that it is also making a meaningful diference in the of public service. health and welfare of society. Through this strategy and others, USC has become one of the most Research at USC infuental and productve research universites in The University of Southern California is one of a the world. small number of premier research insttutons on

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Indicator 1 • Evaluatng efciency of current programs An infrastructure based on partnership and and processes and monitoring the efects of collaboratons, governed by a cross-sectonal change; group that is responsible for safety promoton in • Identfying our university’s strengths and their community opportunites relatve to improving the safety and security of our campus and surrounding USC is commited to utlizing collaboratve community; approaches to promote safety, health, and wellness initatves. This helps to ensure that its students, • Maintaining long-term sustainable programs faculty, and staf are protected from harm in all that target both genders and all ages, aspects of their lives, whether they are at work or environments, situatons, and include away from work. USC seeks to improve not only the preparatons for emergencies and disasters; safety and quality of life of its students, faculty, and and, staf, but also that of its surrounding community. • Making recommendatons to our Senior USC is partcipatng in the Safe Communites America Vice President of Administraton detailing (SCA) program with the understanding that SCA specifc actons and resources required to best will support USC in identfying areas of potental support our university in managing its areas of risk, determining which programs are currently in potental risk. place, or would need to be in place to appropriately address these risks. The Task Force is comprised of the following representatve groups: USC Safe Communities Task Force In support of this goal, the university established the Career and Protectve Services USC Risk Control Task Force in April 2008, which is The mission of CAPS is to “cultvate comprised of at least 12 votng members appointed talent and protect USC’s assets.” Its by the Senior Vice President of Administraton. over-arching goals are to: Provide Members were drawn from a group of senior a safe and secure environment level administrators, staf, students, and faculty at USC; Optmize USC talent and representatves who play a role in the safety and/ performance; Provide customer- or security of the university’s students, faculty, and focused service; and, Optmize staf. In December 2009, the Risk Control Task Force USC resources. It is composed of was renamed the USC Safe Communites Task Force the following principal subdepartments: Disability to more accurately refect its functon and directve. Benefts; Employee Recruitment: Environmental It contnues to meet monthly and will appoint ad- Health & Safety; Fire Safety and Emergency hoc commitee members and sub-commitees Planning; Risk Management and Insurance; as needed to carry out the university’s initatves Professional Development; Public Safety; and related to improving the safety and security of the Workers’ Compensaton. overall community. htp://capsnet.usc.edu/index.cfm

Specifc responsibilites of the Task Force include: Current Programs/Safeguards – The following are a few of the wide scope programs that CAPS • Collectng data on numbers and causes of fosters: (a) Business Contnuity Plan prepares injuries; schools/departments to identfy critcal services • Identfying programs that target high-risk and priorites and insttute recovery steps for groups and environments, and that promote informaton technology, supplies and equipment, safety for these vulnerable groups; ofce space and/or classroom space, emergency

10 | Page Indicator 1 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America power needs, and human resources; (b) Campus and sexual orientaton by: (a) ofering educatonal Emergency Response Teams ensure swif acton and programs that help prevent sexual violence and assistance in terms of frst aid, triage, light search create healthy relatonships; (b) serving as a safe, and rescue, fre suppression, team organizaton, confdental space for survivors of sexual assault and incident command, terrorism awareness, and other gender-related harm to receive counseling psychological frst aid in the afermath of major and advocacy; (c) providing training programs that crises; (c) Chemical, Biological, and Radiaton develop and apply leadership skills; and, (d) hostng Safety programs meld state and federal mandates events with student groups and other campus ofces with sound policies to inform and protect university commited to addressing gender-related topics. researchers; (d) Medical Surveillance identfes conditons that could lead to occupatonal disease. Center for Work and Family Life It also tracks occupatonal injuries, illnesses, hazards The Center for Work and Family Life (CWFL) has and exposures. Analysis of data trends guides eforts been helping USC faculty, staf and their families to improve worker safety and health; (e) Workers’ fnd a healthy and manageable balance between Compensaton ofers immediate medical coverage work and personal life since 1980. The programs to injured employees and Return-To-Work (RTW) and initatves of CWFL are designed to foster a programs to hasten their recovery and productvity: welcoming and supportve environment for all and, (f) Sustainability/Waste Management focuses faculty and staf, to help the faculty and staf have university eforts toward environmentally-conscious a sense of positve well-being and morale, and to best practces. contribute to improved recruitment and retenton. htp://www.usc.edu/dept/socialwork/cwf/ Department of Public Safety programs are featured in the Health, Safety, and Security Programs and Current Programs/Safeguards – CWFL ofers (a) the High Risk Groups or Environment sectons. Work/Life support and resources to USC employees, schools and departments on current issues and Center for Women and Men emerging trends in the work/life feld. The CWFL The USC Center for Women and Men exists to works in tandem with other campus and community facilitate the success of students, faculty, and partners to provide informaton, staf by providing innovatve opportunites for professional consultaton and leadership and scholarship and by ofering advocacy advisement services across and confdental counseling to those who have the life cycle; (b) confdental experienced gender-related harm such as stalking, Faculty and Staf Counseling and intmate partner violence, sexual harassment, Consultaton to help individuals, incest, sexual abuse, couples, and families address a sexual assault or rape. wide range of personal and work- The Center also provides related difcultes; (c) Faculty, these same services to students who are friends Management and Departmental Consultaton to or loved ones of survivors of gender-based harm. provide USC employees with supervisory roles and Through its educatonal programs, the Center responsibilites consultaton and guidance for a wide fosters a beter understanding of feminism, healthy range of maters pertaining to human relatons; masculinity, and gender equity. Above all, the USC (d) Family and Dependent Care: Consultaton and Center for Women and Men serves as a haven for Resources to assist USC families in fnding solutons students, staf, and faculty. htp://www.usc.edu/ to the challenges and responsibilites of parentng, student-afairs/cwm/index.html child care, and elder care; (e) Health Promoton and Current Programs/Safeguards – The Center fosters Workplace Wellness to promote an awareness of an environment that enriches the USC experience healthy personal practces and lifestyle choices, and across lines of gender, race, ethnicity, class, ability, to create and facilitate opportunites for members Indicator 1 Page | 11 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America of the Trojan family to pursue their own unique to other California and natonal child care wellness objectves; and, (f) Presentatons, Groups programs. and Workshops throughout the year on a broad spectrum of topics pertaining to personal health, College of Leters Arts and Sciences wellness and family issues. The USC College is the largest and oldest of the USC schools that encompasses the humanites, social Child Care Center sciences, and natural sciences. The College is the Child care programs serve 199 children from the academic core of the university, ofering courses ages of six weeks to 12 years at the University Park and advancing knowledge in the aforementoned campus and six weeks to fve years at the Health disciplines. htp://college.usc.edu/ Sciences campus. USC Child Care Programs are licensed by the state of California and accredited Current Programs/Safeguards [in collaboraton with by the Natonal Associaton for the Educaton of the Joint Educatonal Project (JEP)] – Peace Games Young Children (NAEYC). htp://www.usc.edu/dept/ - Students from IR classes and volunteers conduct adminops/childcare/ 8 weekly sessions that help children at Norwood Elementary and Bradley Elementary Schools (north and west of University Park Campus, respectvely) create their own safe classrooms and communites by sharing techniques for resolving conficts. The curriculum is designed by the Natonal Peace Games ofce on the east coast (htp://www.peacegames. Current Programs/Safeguards – The Child Care org). Peace Games is partally funded through USC Center insttutes and/or protects: Neighborhood Outreach (UNO), a grant-making nonproft organizaton funded by the annual USC • Staf screening to ensure compatble teaching styles and interactons with young children as Good Neighbors Campaign (page 22); it has received well as frm adherence to the NAEYC Code of more than $102,000 in UNO grants over the last Ethics; fve years. NOTE: Community-based proposals or programs that espouse USC's commitment to the • Stafng levels (child to staf ratos) per NAEYC creaton of peaceful communites preferentally guidelines; receive UNO funding; Earthquake Mini Teams - • Parent and child personal rights; students from Geology 240 (Earthquakes) and Geology 108 (Crises of a Planet) team up to • Secure access policies/controls to monitor the teach classes on earthquakes and earthquake safety of the children; preparedness. The Earth Sciences Department assists • First aid/CPR training for its staf; students in c r e a t i n g • Healthy, balanced nutriton plans; and, e f f e c t i v e • An emergency/contngency plan. NOTE: The lesson plans while infusing dramatc materials/ Child Care Center reviews its contngency plan visuals that make the classes educatonal and annually and conducts extensive emergency fun; Kinesiology Mini Teams - undergraduates preparedness drills to ensure staf readiness, teach children about nutriton, proper exercise most recently during the Great Southern techniques and how to live a healthy lifestyle in California ShakeOut in November 2008. Within general; Health Promoton and Disease Preventon the child care community, the Center is 405 (Sexually Transmited Diseases: A Global Public renowned for its advanced emergency planning/ Health Priority) - undergraduates teach middle and training and contnues to serve as an exemplar high school students age-appropriate lessons about sexual health. Included in the eight-week mini- 12 | Page Indicator 1 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America course, is an assertveness training module that lifelong learning; opportunites to present programs teaches communicaton skills and helps teens feel and teach through the Emerit Center College; more confdent about setng sexual limits; and, health stpend advocacy; social actvites and Health For Life - is a relatvely new JEP collaboraton business networking; special public lecture series with the Keck School of Medicine. Undergraduate and discussion groups throughout Los Angeles volunteers are trained by the Department of County and beyond to name a few. Preventve Medicine to teach community elementary and middle school children on how to maintain a Additonally, the Emerit Center houses the healthy lifestyle. The highlight of the eight-week Associaton of Retrement Organizatons in Higher program is the SunSmart project, a public health Educaton—an internatonal nonproft network interventon that trains college students to teach sun safety and melanoma educaton to kids. Facilites Management Services

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Current Programs/Safeguards – Leadership Graduate Student in Residence Diversity Outreach Development endorses the following programs: champions the concerns and interests of under- GAMMA (Greeks Advocatng the Mature represented graduates and professional students. Management of Alcohol) that meets bi-weekly to discuss questons related to social behaviors Additonally, GPSS is well-represented on the of college students. It following university acton commitees: USC is open to all Greek- Board of Trustees; USC Alumni Associaton; USC afliated students; DEC Sustainability Steering Commitee; USC Strategic (Diversity Encouragement Planning Commitee; USC Housing Study Steering Council) - An actve discussion and service group Commitee; and, Student Leadership Forum to that meets weekly to openly address issues of name a few. diversity in the greek system, USC campus, and Los Angeles community. Sample topics include racism, Health Promoton and “class-ism,” LGBT issues, privilege, “Greek-ism,” Preventon Services and gender. Meetngs combine discussion, guest Health Promoton and speakers, relevant artcles, and personal expression Preventon Services (HPPS) in a forum that is both engaging and productve. provides educaton, support and resources to GAMMA also sponsors several community service advance the health of students on the University projects; MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) for Park campus. It labors to develop a healthy campus Alcohol Awareness Week; Phone Tree – Presidents community that supports the student’s full capacity. of fraternites and sororites to disseminate The mission of HPPS is to prevent when possible, informaton to Greeks and parents; “Safety in heal when necessary, and empower always. Numbers” (useful campus phone numbers) and http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/Health_ Greek Safety Code printed on a wallet-size card; Center/hpps.index.shtml Fire/Earthquake certfcates of insurance (Greek houses); and Pre-plan review of all Greek events. Current Programs/Safeguards – HPPS provides a broad range of quality programs to both promote and Graduate and Professional assess student health behaviors and environments. Student Senate The Graduate and All programs refect a strong commitment to Professional Student Senate diversity and student learning outcomes, however, (GPSS) seeks to provide the four services are partcularly noteworthy: highest quality service to its • HPPS utlizes The ACHA-Natonal College Health graduate and professional consttuency through Assessment to collect precise populaton the: funding and planning of social, cultural, and health status data; academic programming; promoton of community development; fostering a graduate and professional • HPPS ofers populaton-level preventon student culture; and, advocacy of concerns and programs such as the online alcohol educaton interests of the graduate and professional student program “AlcoholEdu”; body. htp://www.usc.edu/org/gpss/ • HPPS is home to the Resource Room, a place where students can come to pick up free Current Programs/Safeguards – Graduate Student in condoms and safer sex supplies, look up Residence (GSIR) is an advocacy program/positon health informaton, and talk with Peer Health that interfaces with the USC Administraton. It Educators; and serves to improve the quality of academic life and foster the development of an inclusive, scholarly • HPPS ofers individual consultatons that focus community for graduate and professional students. on various health behaviors including healthy 14 | Page Indicator 1 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

eatng, stress management, alcohol and drug Calendar Year 2009. educaton, and smoking cessaton. The funding from the university combined Trojan Services with $10,000 pledged by Undergraduate Student USC Trojan Services is a conglomerate of the Government will fully cover the design and University Bookstores, Housing, Hospitality, and constructon. The project supplemented an earllier Transportaton groups poised to serve the USC project to paint the crosswalk last Fall. community. htp://transnet.usc.edu/ USG Safety Walk - The Undergraduate Student Current Programs/Safeguards – (a) Disabled Parking. Government, in collaboraton with the Department USCTransportaton is taking proactve measures to of Public Safety, conducts periodic safety walks ensure that all parking spaces for the disabled are of North University Park Campus in an efort to available and occupied by the intended users; (b) address security issues in certain problematc areas. Fuel Staton. USCTransportaton ofers compettve In the February 2009 safety walk, USG members pricing, easy access to fuel (including bio-diesel), and were accompanied by DPS Chief Carey Drayton, complimentary services for USC employees; and, other representatves from DPS, EH&S, and a few (c) Transit Services. Zipcar is a unique car-sharing students. The group toured streets and alley ways service for USC students, faculty, and staf ages that students frequent and noted all potental 18+ that enables afordable access to low-emission hazards, such as poorly lit areas and damaged vehicles by the hour – for errands, for meetngs, etc. walking surfaces. The walk also included a test of Gasoline, car insurance, parking and maintenance the blue-light emergency phones that populate the are provided by USCTransportaton. The Carpool residental area. and Vanpool programs are designed to help USC employees, faculty, and students save money and avoid the rigors of commutng to campus by providing afordable shared transportaton through personal vehicles and Midway Vans, respectvely.

University Park Health Center Undergraduate Student Government The University Park Health Center (UPHC) provides With a budget of approximately $1.8 million medical services, counseling services, and health (revenues collected from each student with more promoton services to students (see Health than 6 units a semester), USG is positoned to Promoton and Preventon Services on previous author and fnancially back new student initatves. page) on the University Park campus. htp://www. Though its responsibilites are far-reaching, it usc.edu/student-afairs/Health_Center/ aggressively focuses on campus safety and works cooperatvely with the Department of Public Safety, Current Programs/Safeguards – The UPHC Medical Trojan Hospitality and USCard. htp://usg.usc.edu/ Services, ofen called the Student Health Center Is a comprehensive primary care clinic that includes Current Programs/Safeguards – Among recent a component for urgent care of illness and injury, as projects advocated by USG, is the authorizaton of well as a strong focus on men’s and women’s sexual $190,000 to fund the constructon of a stoplight and reproductve health. Its specialty services for the crosswalk at 28th and Hoover Streets for cover: Indicator 1 Page | 15 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

Indicator 2 Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and situatons USC provides a number of long-term, sustainable programs that cover all ages and genders, the environment, situatons, and emergencies and disasters. • Dermatology • Orthopedics • Allergy • Physical Therapy CAPS - Department of Public Safety • Acupuncture • Chiropractc Services The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is one of the • Free fu vaccinatons from Public Health largest university law enforcement agencies in the United States, employing more than 200 full-tme Additonally, health informaton is provided staf and more than 35 student workers. through online services and reputable health links htp://capsnet.usc.edu/DPS/index.cfm such as: • My Student Health Record DPS employees are commited to securing the • Online Patent Educaton References (CRS) - safety of students, faculty, staf, and visitors to the quick educatonal reference for thousands of University of Southern California and they carry out health topics this formidable task through a variety of enforcement, preventon, and educatonal • Self-Care Informaton programs. DPS renders a wide range of public safety • Ulifeline - an online mental health support and law enforcement services in the areas of system preventve patrols, crime preventon, parking enforcement, and criminal investgatons. The DPS • Natonal College Health Assessment • UPHC Physical Therapy Videos UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS Patrol and Response Boundaries

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Indicator 2 patrol and response boundaries at both University crimes, consumer fraud/scams, etc.; and (c) Adopt- Long-term, sustainable programs covering Park Campus and Health Science Campus are a-Hall assigns Public Safety ofcers as liaisons to both genders and all ages, environments, and demarcated in the diagrams (page 16 and below). university residental advisors (RAs). situatons It is the policy of DPS to interface and cooperate Crime Preventon and Community Educaton Unit USC provides a number of long-term, sustainable professionally with its counterparts within the Los The Crime Preventon and Community Educaton programs that cover all ages and genders, the Angeles Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol Unit holds self defense classes, pepper spray classes, environment, situatons, and emergencies and Tobacco & Firearms, and other local law enforcement various types of self defense devices and weapons, disasters. agencies. property protecton, and other crime preventon techniques. CAPS - Department of Public Safety This strategic entente enables reciprocity in the The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is one of the disseminaton of informaton on reported crimes, Emergency or Blue Light Phones largest university law enforcement agencies in the trends in criminal actvity, and intelligence on Blue light emergency phones are located throughout United States, employing more than 200 full-tme potental criminal behavior in the University the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. staf and more than 35 student workers. community. DPS’ The phones are connected to Public Safety’s 24- htp://capsnet.usc.edu/DPS/index.cfm priority is and will hour communicatons center and identfy the phone contnue to be, a locaton if the caller is unable to talk. The phones proactve focus on can be used to request an escort (Campus Cruiser DPS employees are commited to securing the crime preventon or DPS), report suspicious actvity, and to report safety of students, faculty, staf, and visitors to the and risk reducton. crimes. University of Southern California and they carry out this formidable task through a variety of Additonally, DPS engineers crime preventon CAPS - Emergency Preparedness at USC enforcement, preventon, and educatonal programs to educate the university community programs. DPS renders a wide range of public safety Emergency preparedness at the University of and thwart potental wrongdoings. A few of the and law enforcement services in the areas of Southern California centers on making USC a many programs are: (a) Operaton ID - everyone preventve patrols, crime preventon, parking disaster-resistant university as well as on helping is encouraged to mark their property and keep enforcement, and criminal investgatons. The DPS ensure the safety of the USC community and the records; (b) Personal Safety - training sessions contnuity of the university’s mission in the event include general thef preventon, auto-related of an emergency. htp://capsnet.usc.edu/events/ Index.cfm

Campus-wide Emergencies USC has developed a comprehensive plan to deal with earthquakes, fres, civil disturbances and other campus-wide emergencies that can occur without warning and place the USC community at risk.

The Emergency Operatons Plan provides for a coordinated response by multple departments, with the goals of: • Ensuring the safety and security of students, faculty, staf and visitors; • Minimizing disrupton of academic programs; • Minimizing university losses; and • Assistng the community in disaster recovery.

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In the event of a mid- • The Disaster Medical Response Team level emergency, (representatves from the School of Dentstry, such as a campus- the School of Pharmacy, the USC Community wide power outage, Emergency Response Team, the Center for the objectve is to Work & Family Life, and the School of Social ensure a return to Work), under the directon of the Student normal operatons Health Center, set up a treatment area to within hours. In the event of a major emergency, perform triage, treat “victms” (volunteers such as a civil disturbance or moderate earthquake wore theatrical make-up to simulate minor with signifcant damage, the objectve is to restore to extensive injuries), and provide crisis essental programs within one to three days. In the interventon and counseling. event of a large-scale disaster, the objectve is to • The Department of Public Safety performed ensure that essental programs are re-established a “windshield” survey of the USC campus as soon as possible. and provided security at the treatment area locaton and other areas around the university USC recently partcipated in and was one of the as needed. primary sites for the Great Southern California ShakeOut on November 13, 2008 where every • Transportaton Services, with the help of organizaton, school, business, etc. was encouraged the Athletcs Department and the ROTC, to “drop, cover and hold on” at 10 AM for 60 transported patents and equipment from the seconds. feld locaton to the treatment area. • Facilites and Housing building safety teams The regional drill was based on a potental 7.8 checked each building for structural damage, magnitude earthquake along the southern San Hospitality Services distributed emergency Andreas fault—approximately 5,000 tmes larger food and drinking water, and Housing Services than the magnitude 5.4 earthquake that shook and Residental Educaton provided shelter Southern California on July 29, 2008. for anyone unable to leave campus and return home.

Key lessons learned from the exercise and necessary to enhance the comprehensive emergency plan are distlled into the bullet points listed below: • Expanded plans must account for the transporton and caring of injured victms; • An emergency reunifcaton center is essental for family members to obtain informaton on the status of missing persons; • Fire safety plans are needed to suppress post- earthquake fres which are forecasted to be a major hazard; USC capitalized on this occasion to press its comprehensive emergency plan into acton. During • All emergency service departments need to the event, the following disaster response teams fne-tune their emergency plans, partcularly (comprised of staf and faculty) carried out their in the area of communicatons, which was at primary functon: tmes a problem during the drill.

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DIMENSIONS OF TROJAN WELLNESS and Falls; Trenching and Shoring; and, Ventlaton. Select “Programs and Services” at: htp://capsnet. usc.edu/EHS/index.cfm CAPS - Environmental Health and Safety The Environmental Health and Safety Department Inspectons and Training (EH&S) promulgates and actvely supports Periodic safety inspectons of ofce spaces, administratve controls designed to protect the laboratories, machine shops, storage facilites, safety and health of faculty, staf, students and food preparaton areas, and student housing-to visitors. name a few-assist department managers, principle investgators, and supervisors pinpoint potental Policies and Programs hazards or hazardous exposure in their areas. A EH&S imbues each policy and program with austere summary of hazards/defciencies is electronically guidelines to ensure safety in the USC workplace transmited to the area manager/owner whereby and the health and well being of all faculty, he/she has thirty days in which to remediate them. staf, students, visitng scholars, etc. These are Frequent inspectons ensure that potental threats summarized below. are discovered and removed or mitgated.

Specifc guidelines that address respiratory Standard safety training courses, though part and protecton, vehicle/driver safety, safety inspectons, parcel with regulatory requirements, are designed accident reportng and investgaton, chemical to increase the safety consciousness of the inventory program, hazardous waste management, atendee and induce him/her to be more proactve constructon safety, hazard communicaton, event not just within the boundaries of the university but permits, injury and illness preventon, premises also in his/her day-to-day living. The courses are safety, medical surveillance, seismic safety, published each semester in the USC Professional ergonomic safety and bloodborne pathogens are Development Catalog and ofered to university embodied in the university’s Environmental Health faculty, staf, students, visitng scholars, and and Safety Policies. See the URL: htp://policies. volunteers. The courses are: Asbestos Awareness; usc.edu/policies/safety060108.pdf Back Safety/Safe Lifing; Basic First Aid - CPR/AED; Bloodborne Pathogens; Confned Space Entry: The occupatonal and laboratory safety programs Entrant/Atendant; Fork Lif Regulatory Compliance; that are the progenitors of the aforementoned Hearing Conservaton; Laboratory Safety (NOTE: guidelines (and impelled to a great extent by state and Undergraduate Laboratory Safety training is ofered federal directves) have become the underpinnings of to undergraduates, student workers, and high school students that work or conduct research in Indicator 2 Page | 19 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

USC laboratories. htp://capsnet.usc.edu/EHS/ The Insttutonal Biosafety Commitee (IBC) is HowtoRegisterforLaboratorySafetyTraining.cfm); responsible for enforcing policies and guidelines Ladder Safety; Laser Safety; Lockout/Tagout; Ofce related to university-related use of all potentally Ergonomics; Principles of Biosafety; Radiaton hazardous biological agents including but not Safety; Respirator Protecton and Fit Test; Shipping limited to infectous agents, human and non- Infectous Substances and Diagnostc Specimens; human primate materials (including established cell Slips, Trips, and Falls; and, Sun Exposure Hazards. lines), known regulated carcinogens, select agents, recombinant DNA and studies involving human Departmental Safety Commitees gene transfer. The Commitee ensures that research Departments that historically sustained the lion’s involving these agents is conducted in a manner share of injuries, illnesses, and accidents campus- that does not endanger the researcher, laboratory wide were invited by EH&S to create Departmental worker, human research subjects, the public or the Safety Commitees in order to address these environment. htp://capsnet.usc.edu/Labafety/ mountng issues and develop sound strategies BioSafety/IBCSecton/index.cfm to tackle the underlying problems. The frst departmental safety commitees were established The Insttutonal Review Board (IRB) is an by Trojan Transportaton; Trojan Hospitality; Trojan independent commitee that reviews USC research Housing; Materials Management; and, Facilites projects involving human subjects. The University Management Services. Future commitees are in Park IRB (UPIRB) is comprised of faculty, staf, the planning stages. students and members of the community and charged with the responsibility of reviewing and overseeing socio-behavioral research projects submited by students, faculty, or staf on the University Park Campus. htp://www.usc.edu/ admin/provost/oprs/upirb/

The Health Sciences Insttutonal Review Board (HSIRB) is charged with protectng the rights and Oversight Commitees welfare of human research subjects in research EH&S dovetails efectvely with the following studies conducted at USC and elsewhere by USC university oversight commitees to ensure safety and faculty, staf, graduate or undergraduate students, regulatory compliance in the scientfc community. regardless of funding or type by or through USC. A few of the commitees are discussed below. htp://www.usc.edu/admin/provost/oprs/hsirb/

The Diving Control Board (DCB) is an Administratve Commitee appointed by the University’s Vice- President of Business Afairs to oversee the following: Approve and monitor diving projects; take disciplinary acton for unsafe diving practces; issue, reissue or revoke diving permits; and, sit as a board of investgaton to inquire into the nature and cause of diving accidents or violatons of the USC Guided by the principles of The Belmont Report: Diving Safety Manual. Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protecton of Human Subjects of Research, the HSIRB reviews all The tenure of each specifc Board member is human research protocols in accordance with federal at the discreton of the vice-president upon regulatons, state laws, and local and university recommendaton of the DCB. policies. The HSIRB is comprised of members from 20 | Page Indicator 2 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America various disciplines in the social/behavioral sciences, • Ten faculty members who are either physicians medical, and community/lay members to assure a or very knowledgeable about radioactve comprehensive review process. materials and radiaton-producing machines for diagnosis, therapy or research; and The review process at both campuses is designed • Two ex ofcio members–the Associate Senior to protect the rights and welfare of human Vice President for Career and Protectve subjects by ensuring equitable subject selecton, Services, and the Radiaton Safety Ofcer. assuring adequate informed consent, assessing and minimizing risks, and maintaining privacy and confdentality.

The Radiaton Safety Commitee (RSC) evaluates all proposals for and maintains surveillance over all use of radioactve materials and radiaton-producing Stem Cell Research Oversight Commitee equipment within the University’s purview. The SCRO is in the planning stages and upon http://capsnet.usc.edu/LabSafety/RAD/ maturity will review the procedural and safety SafetyCommitee/index.cfm aspects of stem cell research. htp://capsnet.usc. edu/LabSafety/BioSafety/SCRO.cfm Specifc responsibilites include: • Formulatng general policy governing the CAPS - Workers’ Compensation use of radioactve materials and radiaton- One of the USC’s indentured goals is to eliminate producing equipment; all work-related injuries and illnesses so that faculty • Reviewing and approving all requests for use of and staf can contnue to further the mission of the radioactve material and radiaton-producing university. However, employees that endure on-the- machines; job injuries and illnesses are aforded immediate • Determining that all individuals authorized medical coverage and follow-up treatment under to use radioactve materials and radiaton- Workers’ Compensaton (WC). USC also extends producing equipment have sufcient training workers’ compensaton to volunteers who donate their tme and talents to the university. and experience to perform their dutes safely; htp://capsnet.usc.edu/WC/index.cfm • Establishing a program to ensure that all individuals whose dutes may require them WC labors to minimize the negatve impact of to work in the vicinity of radioactve material injury/illness on the employee and to help him/ or radiaton-producing machines are properly her return to full employment as soon as possible. instructed about all appropriate health and Medical studies reveal that infusing some physical safety maters; and and mental actvity early in the healing process • Conductng an annual review of the radiaton will actually speed recovery. USC’s Stay at Work/ safety program to determine that all actvites Return to Work Program assures the safe and tmely are conducted safely and in accordance with transiton of an injured party back to work with California Radiaton Control Regulatons and modifed dutes based on medical restrictons. the University’s license. The program monitors an injured employee’s The commitee consists of at least twelve votng progress and identfes temporary modifed dutes members appointed by the Ofce of the President. that are suited to physical capacity guidelines Membership includes, at minimum: established by the designated physician or medical provider. Indicator 2 Page | 21 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy Community Outreach The division is a leader in both physical therapy (PT) research and educaton, and is ranked as the number one program in the naton by US News & World Report. Since service to the community is its core value, the division motvates its students to become community involved and develop professionalism through: (a) curriculum embedded programs (http://pt.usc.edu/SubLayout.aspx?menu_ id=44&id=44) such as Community Group Exercise Program at USC PT Associates, Fiesta Educatva, and Optmal Living with MS, and (b) volunteerism (htp:// In a February 2009 memo to USC faculty and staf, pt.usc.edu/SubLayout.aspx?menu_id=44&id=46) in President Steven B. Sample pledged a renewed USC PT Community Clinic – Fit Families and other and invigorated commitment to the fve University programs. Community initatves in the spirit of the Good Good Neighbors Campaign Neighbors Campaign. In 1993, the University of Southern California made The initatves, founded in 1992, bridge the it a priority and its responsibility to enhance the university’s community outreach eforts with public quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding service programs to make a visible diference in the the University Park and Health Science campuses. neighborhoods surrounding its University Park and The faculty and staf of the University of Southern Health Sciences campuses. They are summarized California have more than embraced this here: commitment and they have created a traditon • Provide special educatonal, cultural and of giving through the annual Good Neighbors developmental opportunites for every child Campaign. htp://www.usc.edu/goodneighbors who lives in our immediate neighborhoods. The 2008 Good Neighbors Campaign, despite a bleak • Work with our neighbors, city and county natonal economy, exceeded its 2007 $1,030,000 ofcials, and the Los Angeles police to provide million mark with a record-breaking $1.1 million. safer streets in the areas surrounding our two This heart-felt generosity of university faculty, staf, campuses. students, alumni, and friends enables the contnued • Encourage more entrepreneurs, and especially funding of university-community partnerships that minority entrepreneurs, to establish businesses provide valuable reading and writng, math, science, in the immediate vicinity of our campuses. arts, sports, nutriton, and ftness enrichment programs. NOTE: Over the past 15 years, the Good • Encourage more USC employees, and Neighbors Campaign has invested $10 million to especially our lower-paid long-term employees, fund 328 partnership programs in the university's to own and occupy housing in the immediate local communites. vicinity of our campuses. • Preferentally employ at USC more persons who have lived in our immediate neighborhoods for all of the past fve years.

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Control and Preventon’s Natonal Health Objectves, known as “Healthy People 2010”. Critcal data captured with this instrument catalyzes the genesis of the wellness initatves. • Successful community partnerships. HPPS’ collaboratons and demonstratve work include: Health and wellness training to Residental Educaton-Resident Advisors, Fraternity and relatonship opportunites for every child who lives Sorority Leadership Development-Resident in our immediate neighborhoods” and manifested Advisors, and Greek House Advisors as well as in well-established programs: Joint Educatonal 625 Fraternity Pledges; Ofce of Orientaton- Project (htp://www.usc.edu/jep); USC Family of Orientaton Advisors training for questons Schools (htp://www.usc.edu/ext-relatons/ccr/ on alcohol use on campus and health programs/fos); USC HSC Partner Schools Task Force informaton materials for incoming students (htp://www.usc.edu/ext-relatons/ccr/programs/ and their parents during Summer Orientaton hsc_partnership); USC Med Cor Program Expo; A partnership with the Hospitality (http://www.usc.edu/programs/uscmedcor/); Services Dietcian to promote healthy eatng; USC MESA Program and MESA Mission Science Nutriton and stress management materials to (http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/ced/ Recreatonal Sports for students who use the precollege/mesa); USC Neighborhood Academic Lyon Center; Special projects with The Volunteer Initatve (htp://www.usc.edu/ext-relatons/nai); Center’s Alternatve Spring Break; Peer Educator USC School for Early Childhood Educaton (www.usc. or Peer Mentor training for the following groups edu/ext-relatons/ccr/programs/sece); USC STAR - Asian Pacifc American Student Services, Ofce Program (htp://pharmweb.usc.edu/USCSTAR); of Internatonal Services, Center for Women and, USC TRIO Programs (htp://www.usc.edu/ext- and Men, Department of Music, GLBT Center, relatons/ccr/programs/eopc). and USC Hillel; USC Family Work Life Balance Commitee; USC-Faculty Staf Mentor Program; Health Promotion and Prevention Services USC-Good Neighbors Campaign-Student Health Promoton and Preventon Services (HPPS) Afairs Chair; USC-Student Afairs Professional was established in 1976 and assists more than Development Commitee; USC-Student Afairs 17,000 students each year. Its goal is to create a Strategic Planning Commitee; USC-Student campus culture that supports health enhancement Afairs-“Of the Month” Commitee; USC-Student and risk reducton as these positvely impact student Afairs-LGBT Allies Commitee; USC-Student learning. It makes marked achievements toward Afairs-UPHC-Strategic Planning Team; USC- this end through: Student Afairs-UPHC-Student Health Advisory Council Advisor. • Implementaton of innovatve wellness initatves. HPPS employs the American College HPPS coordinates internships through various Health Associaton - Natonal College Health graduate and undergraduate programs. These Assessment (ACHA-NCHA htp://www.acha- include Keck School of Medicine, Preventve ncha.org) to collect data on the health status Medicine, Department of Health Promoton of the USC student populaton. It enables HPPS and Disease Preventon (HPDP) Master’s in to: (a) survey health behaviors and perceptons Public Health and Bachelor’s Degree, and other of USC students, (b) illuminate health-related similar departments at other insttutons such as impediments to academic success, and (c) California State University–Northridge, California provide benchmarks to the Center for Disease State University–Long Beach, University of

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California at Los Angeles, Colorado State as two-way text communicaton terminals (that are University, and Appalachian State University. used when the vehicle is statonary). Additonally, Campus Cruiser operatons are entrely computer- Health Promoton and Preventon Services based enabling management and tracking of augments its health enhancement and risk reducton incoming calls and deployment of vehicles. The strategy with other noteworthy services/products/ system operates 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. informaton to students (htp://www.usc.edu/ student-affairs/Health_Center/docs/2005.hpps. Yellow Cab Services accessing.services.pdf) such as: HIV testng and Through a partnership with Yellow Cab taxi service counseling; free pamphlets on health topics, cold which began in October of 2008, USC has expanded care kits, band aids, aspirin, safer sex supplies, and the opton for students to pay for cabs with other campus resources; “AlcoholEdu for College” discretonary funds on their USCard. Students have an online resource that addresses the “college responded favorably to this new program and many efect” (underage drinking) and “binge” drinking have already begun to use the Yellow Cab services. and how alcohol impacts the mind and body. Since Program informaton is available at htp://www.usc. Fall 2004, all incoming undergraduates are required edu/uscard/yellowcab, and students are able to call to complete this on-line program; and, “Alcohol 800-USC-TAXI to request the service which safely Innerview,” a Brief Motvatonal Interview for all escorts students on campus and throughout the university athletes. Informaton collected from the City of Los Angeles, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. interview enables individual alcohol counseling as well as Drug Educaton Consultaton at the coach’s Tram Services request. HPPS works in concert with Counseling USC’s extensive tram operaton is a vital support Services and the Athletc Department to provide network to the Campus Cruiser program. To this this service. end, we have created a new “D” route which, by mid-November, will include service to local late- Trojan Services - Transportation night hangouts near campus and to Greek Row. Campus Cruiser USC Civic and Community Relations Campus Cruiser began in 1978 with only three employees as an adjunct of the Department of USC Civic and Community Relatons (USC CCR) Public Safety (DPS). Its purpose was to provide added harnesses the resources of the university on behalf security to those traveling on or near campus. It of the communites it strives to serve, helping USC contnues to ofer safety escorts during the evening create and maintain strong, positve partnerships hours by providing a walking or vehicle escort within with and among its communites. USC also actvely the University of Southern California community. leverages outside resources, both public and This daily service is free to all USC Faculty, Staf, private, to support these partnership goals. To carry Students, and Guests of the university. out its mission of enhancing the quality of life for the people who live, study, and work in the local USCTransportaton manages the communites, USC CCR engages in a wide range of program which has grown to civic and community relatons actvites each year. one of the largest student- USC CCR also administers several direct service run safe ride home programs programs that fall into three broad categories: in the country. There are more than 80 Community Building - USC Family of Schools; employees and 24 Campus Cruiser Kid Watch; USC Health Sciences Campus Partner vehicles including a customized van for disabled Schools Task Force; and, Neighborhood Councils. passengers. All vehicles in the Campus Cruiser feet Educaton - USC TRIO Programs; and, USC are equipped with cellular tracking devices as well School for Early Childhood Educaton. Economic

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Development - Business Expansion Network: Los ids In Sports. Angeles Minority Business Enterprise Center. K USC CCR forges cooperatve alliances with the following community partners: . A.-32 Neighborhood Council (done@mailbox. Llacity.org); L. A. Bridges; Lincoln Heights University Park Campus Neighborhood Council ([email protected]); th Street Theatre Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic; Los Angeles City 24 Councilman Districts – 1, 8, 9 and 14; Los Angeles County First Supervisorial Districts – 1st and 2nd; dams-Normandie Neighborhood Associaton; Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center; Los Aand, Automobile Club Southern California/ Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Los Angeles Police American Automobile Associaton. Department—Southwest Division; Los Angeles Unifed School District (LAUSD); and LAUSD School alifornia African American Museum; California Police. CAssembly Districts – 45, 46 and 48; California Chicano News Media Associaton; California inority Business Development Center; Science Center; California State Senatorial Districts MMinority Business Opportunity Commitee – 22, 24 and 26; Central City South Associaton; (Los Angeles); Mission Science; and, Mount St. Challengers Boys and Girls Club; City of Los Mary’s College, Doheny Campus. Angeles; Community Consortum; Community Development Technology Center; Community atural History Museum of Los Angeles County Redevelopment Agency; and, Community Resource N Talent Development. mar ibn Al Khatab Foundaton; and, owntown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council OOperaton Clean Sweep. D([email protected]). edeemer Community Partnership. ducaton Consortum of Central Los Angeles; R EEmpowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council (done@ hrine Auditorium and Expo Center; Small mailbox.lacity.org); Esperanza Community Housing SBusiness Development Center; St. John’s Well Corporaton; Expo Center; and Expositon Park–Dr. Child Center; Superior Market; and, St. Mark’s Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Branch Library. Lutheran Church.

AME Renaissance; Figueroa Corridor Business .S. Congressional Districts – 30, 31, 32, 33 and FImprovement District; Fire Staton 15-B. U35; U.S. Senatorial Ofces – California; Urban Learning Centers; USC Family of Schools; and, USC reater Los Angeles African American Chamber African Millennium Foundaton Pen Pal Program. Gof Commerce. an Buren Place Community Restoraton ebrew Union College; Hillel Jewish Center; VAssociaton; Vermont Slauson Economic HHoover Intergeneratonal Care Center; and, Development Corporaton; and, Vermont-Jeferson Housing Authority City of Los Angeles. Neighborhood Watch.

ohn Tracy Clinic. ard Economic Development Corporaton; J Wand, West Adams Heritage Associaton.

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Health Science Campus Indicator 3 rroyo Vista Family Health Center. Programs that target high-risk groups and A environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups oyle Heights Neighborhood Council (done@ Bmailbox.lacity.org). USC indentfes the high-risk and vulnerable groups and environments within its community HAMP Program (LAUSD); CHARO Industries; and earmarks them for specialized programs and Cand, Clinica Monseñor Romero. resources.

ast L. A. Community Corporaton; East Los The Center for Work and Family Life Ongoing EAngeles Occupatonal Center; East Los Angeles Support Groups Skills Center; Eastlake Juvenile Courts; Eastlake Youth Services Center; and, Educaton Consortum The Center for Work and Family Life ofers excitng of Central Los Angeles. workshops throughout the year on an array of topics pertaining to personal health, wellness and amilies in School family issues. F Support Group for Faculty with Mental Health Have A Dream Foundaton. Concerns University faculty face considerable demands for I tme, task management, and achievement, which obs for a Future. can lead to a stressful professional experience. Managing job demands and stress becomes more J challenging when coping with a mental health .A. Superior Court; Lincoln High School; Los conditon. Concerns about confdentality, stgma, LAngeles Boys and Girls Club; Los Angeles City and damage to reputaton have historically deterred Councilman Districts – 1 and 14; Los Angeles faculty from seeking support and treatment for Unifed School District and Districts F and H; and, psychological concerns. However, evidence shows Los Angeles Youth Opportunity Movement. that a healthy support system is the best predictor of long-term coping and wellness. atonal Multple Sclerosis Society; and, Northeast Juvenile Justce Center. Weight Watchers Support Group N The Weight Watchers at Work® Support Group laza de la Raza; Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores meets weekly during lunch hour. With coaching Mission; and, PUENTE Learning Center. and the insights and support of others, employees P can reach their weight-loss goals. USC employees alesian Boys and Girls Club; Socorro Cri-Help; support one another while learning how to make Sand, Southern California Environmental Health wise food choices yet stll enjoy what they eat. Sciences Center. Working Mothers Support Group ariety Boys and Girls Club. The USC Working Mother’s Group is a small informal group frst organized by one of USC’s working V mothers, Suzanne Alcantara, when she returned hite Memorial Medical Center. from maternity leave. It’s designed to provide support for USC mothers with young children who W are trying to balance work and family. Members

26 | Page Indicator 3 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America are both faculty and staf, that meet monthly for a Disruptive Behavior and Acts of Violence brown bag lunch to discuss work/family life issues The university is commited to maintaining its and provide support to one another. The group environs as an academic community providing an originally catered to working mothers with children orderly and atractve place for learning, teaching, of 5 years and younger to share experiences. work and study, free from all forms of violence. It is However, it is now open to anyone who is interested commited to maintaining a strict policy that prohibits in partcipatng. acts of violence, harassment, or initmidaton in any form. All acts of violence will be taken seriously and Caregiver Support Group will be dealt with appropriately. All alleged acts of Natonal surveys indicate that individuals caring violence must be reported. See htp://policies.usc. for another person can beneft from meetng and edu/policies/complaint/violencestaf070108.pdf interactng with other caregivers in a group setng. Joining a support group helps university employees Additonally, the universirty does not tolerate meet other caregivers. Support groups also allow threatening or disruptve behavior on the part of caregivers to discover friendships while learning students and guidelines are available to faculty about additonal local resources. Encouragement is and staf to empower them to: (a) think through given and received in a non-judgmental setng. responses to situatons, (b) handle the actual threat, and (c) assist with referral and/or protocol The Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center is part procedures. "Disruptve & Threatening Student of a statewide system established by the California Behavior: Guidelines for Faculty & Staf" is available Department of Mental Health (DMH). This system at: htp://www.usc.edu/student-afairs/pd/USC_ consists of 11 nonproft CRCs, their respectve Dis_Behavior_Brochure_906.pdf Boards of Directors and Advisory Commitees, and the Statewide Resource Consultants (SRC), all dedicated to the assistance and support of caregivers and their families.

LACRC has one main ofce located at USC. It serves Health and Safety Resources for Overseas the Central LA, Southbay, and San Fernando Valley. Studies LACRC also has 2 satellite ofces: the Alhambra ofce works with families and caregivers in the San “As a global university, USC encourages students Gabriel Valley, the Lancaster ofce assists caregivers to gain internatonal experience through a variety and families living in the Antelope, Santa Clarita, of programs, including study abroad, internships and North San Fernando Valleys. overseas and internatonal service trips. While most of these programs are initated by academic All caregiving groups are FREE of charge and are and administratve departments at the university, provided as a service to the public. Specialized student organizatons also occasionally express support groups include: Adult Child Caregiver interest in sponsoring trips abroad. Formal policies Support group, and Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual and guidelines have been developed, with the Persons Caregiver Support Group. Detailed approval of the provost, to clarify university informaton about LACRC is available online at: expectatons for student clubs considering planning htp://geroweb.usc.edu/lacrc/ internatonal trips. This informaton also provides a framework for organizatons to take advantage

Indicator 3 Page | 27 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America of the many campus resources that can assist with a general plan for response to various types promotng a safe and healthy experience abroad.” of overseas emergencies. The frst point of contact in an emergency is Internatonal SOS, Michael L. Jackson USC’s contracted health and safety emergency Vice President, Student Afairs University of Southern California service provider for overseas programs. There January 2007 is also a 24-hour USC phone number (Travel Emergency Call Center) for urgent situatons in The overseas policies and procedures entail the which it is necessary to reach a staf member in following: Student Afairs. 1. Standard Release Form 5. USC Overseas Sexual Assault Protocol A standard release form must be used by – For Coordinators all USC-sponsored and afliated overseas This document describes the measures to be programs. Coordinators must collect signed taken by student coordinators and faculty/staf releases from all students partcipatng in their advisors to prepare students with informaton program. These signed forms should be kept about sexual assault, including advice for on fle by the organizaton or department that reducing risk of sexual assault while abroad. sponsors the overseas program. This release It also contains instructons on the critcal was prepared by USC’s Ofce of the General steps to take if a sexual assault is reported by a Counsel. partcipant in one of the programs. 2. Medical Treatment Authorizaton Form 6. Health And Safety Informaton This form allows USC representatves (such For USC Study Abroad Programs as faculty/staf advisors) to authorize medical This document, to be distributed to all student treatment for a student who is incapacitated partcipants (see htp://www.usc.edu/ and unable to make such decisions on his/ student-afairs/arp//overseas_docs/overseas_ her own. Student coordinators must collect healthsafetyinfo.pdf), details essental signed medical treatment forms from all informaton about health and safety abroad students partcipatng in their program. These e.g. health insurance coverage requirements, signed forms should be kept on fle by the student/parent responsibilites, immunizaton, organizaton or department that sponsors the how to stay healthy overseas, security and overseas program. safety abroad, and personal safety tps.

3. Central Overseas Database USC Family of Schools All organizatons or departments sending students overseas are required to submit In 1994, USC partnered student data to Student Afairs (Ofce of with fve community Academic Recogniton Programs) no later than schools near the University seven days prior to departure. This informaton Park Campus to launch the may be submited by the student coordinator USC Family of Five Schools or faculty/staf advisor. program. In 2001, three more schools were added 4. USC Overseas Emergency Response Plan to the family now known as Student coordinators and faculty/staf the USC Family of Schools advisors are required to read and keep in program (USC FOS). Then their possession the USC Overseas Emergency in 2007, two more schools Response Plan (see htp://www.usc.edu/ were added to the family student-afairs/arp//overseas_docs/overseas_ bringing the total of responseplan.pdf). This document outlines 28 | Page Indicator 3 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America schools to ten. The program provides educatonal, School , Sheridan Street Elementary School , and cultural and development opportunites to more Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School. than 13,000 pre-kindergarten to 12th grade neighborhood youth. The USC Family of Schools The primary goals of the USC HSC Partner Schools includes: 32nd Street/USC Magnet Center; Dr. Task Force is to increase access to healthcare to Theodore T. Alexander Jr. Science Center School; students, their families and community members; James A. Foshay Learning Center; John W. Mack and to leverage the university’s resources in order Elementary School; Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary to provide services that beneft the schools and School; Manual Arts High School; Norwood Street community. A sampling of some of the services Elementary School; St. Agnes School; St. Vincent that have come about as a result of the partnership School; and, Vermont Avenue Elementary School. includes: • An annual community health fair for families The goal of the USC FOS partnership is to develop and area residents; ways in which children can access the community’s rich resources, including its insttutons of higher • A program for high school students to learn learning, its museums, libraries and recreaton science by joining a basic science research facilites. The partnership provides numerous team at USC HSC; services to youth. A sampling includes: • An annual science expo that partners • Tutoring in reading and math through the USC elementary school children with USC HSC ReadersPlus program; students to work on science projects; • Hands-on science workshops through the afer- • A program that teaches children and parents school USC Mission Science program; about poison preventon; and • Sports actvites through the Afer School • A program that recruits lay health workers to Sports Connecton and Kids In Sports programs; educate the community about the importance of folic acid. • Music and arts enrichment through the USC Thornton School of Music Outreach and Kid Watch JazzReach programs, and Art In The Village program; and Kid Watch mobilizes volunteers to provide safe passage for more than 9,000 neighborhood children • A safety program for school children called Kid as they walk to and from school, local parks, Watch, a USC signature project. museums and libraries, and other neighborhood USC HSC Partner Schools Task Force cultural and recreatonal In 1999, USC Civic and Community Relatons (USC facilites. More than CCR) expanded its community outreach eforts into 950 volunteers, with Kid the neighborhoods surrounding the USC Health Watch decals prominently Sciences Campus. There, it partnered with two displayed, water their community schools and later added two more. It also lawns, sweep sidewalks and perform other outside formed a task force partnership among community- chores, keeping alert and informing law enforcement based organizatons, health and social services ofcials of anything that might harm a child. providers, and government and civic insttutons. As one Los Angeles Police Department ofcer stated, The USC HSC Partner Schools include: Grifn Avenue “The Kid Watch program has increased community Elementary School, Murchison Street Elementary togetherness, pride and child safety.” Children have

Indicator 3 Page | 29 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America reported that they feel safer walking to and from USC School for Early Childhood Education school. The USC School for Early Childhood Educaton (or Head Start) operates fve local centers: Kid Watch is a partnership between: University Park Head Start Center on 27th Street; • The USC Family of Schools Villa Esperanza Child Development Center; St. Vincent Child Development Center; Home-Based • The Los Angeles Police Department–Southwest Program Services; and, University Gardens Child Division Development Center. It is fnanced by a grant from • The Los Angeles Unifed School District Police the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department Administraton for Children and Families, and a • The USC Department of Public Safety grant from the State Department of Educaton, Child Development Division State Preschool funding. • USC Civic and Community Relatons These child development centers are among the It is supported by community organizatons and best in the country, especially in the area of early insttutons, businesses and residents in the childhood educaton and serve University Park neighborhood and has received children and families through, more than $393,000 in USC Neighborhood Outreach home-based, part-day, full- (UNO) grants since 1996. The Kid Watch model is day, evening and twilight being replicated in communites across the city and services. state as well as natonally and internatonally. It has inspired all Los Angeles County fre departments USC Head Start/State to declare their statons safe havens for children. Preschool program provides the following USC TRIO Programs services to low-income USC TRIO’s federally funded programs provide families in South Los Angeles: Comprehensive child year-round academic enrichment and pre-college development; Health; Mental health; Nutriton; programs for more than 2,300 neighborhood youth: and, Social services. Upward Bound; Upward Bound Mathematcs and Science Regional Center; and, Educatonal Talent The June 2002 federal compliance review found Search Project. that USC’s Head Start program “ensured that individualizaton was based on the results of ongoing child assessment linked to curriculum goals and refected the program’s curriculum, planning, record-keeping and family partnerships.”

The May 2003 State of California Compliance Monitoring Review found that the “USC program ofered exceptonal programming for children. The USC TRIO administers six federally funded program will be recommended as a model program pre-collegiate programs for low-income, frst- for other State Preschool grantees.” generaton, college-bound young people between the ages of 11 and 27. The total annual budget for Men CARE the USC TRIO Programs is $2 million. USC TRIO is a Men Creatng Attudes for Rape-free Environments partnership between USC and the U.S. Department (Men CARE) is as a campus-wide program that of Educaton. began in 2005 to end sexual violence in the USC 30 | Page Indicator 3 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America community through educaton, cultural change and some basic defensive concepts and techniques leadership development. The program is driven by against various types of assault. male students from every aspect of the campus community: fraternites, athletcs, residental RAD prepares partcipants by utlizing easy, efectve advising and cultural organizatons, among others. and proven self-defense/martal arts tactcs. Our They share the common goal of fostering healthy goal is to provide women with the knowledge to ideas of masculinity and ending sexual violence by make an educated decision about resistance while engaging their peers as allies. teaching partcipants to take an actve role in their own self-defense and psychological well being. Through a partnership with the USC Rossier School of Educaton, a team of researchers lead by Melora Each course consists of four three-hour sessions Sundt, associate dean for academic programs, has and is set up at the convenience of the interested tracked the results of Men CARE. Pre- and post-test partcipants. Costs are $15 for students, $25 data collected over the past years is an afrmaton for faculty and staf and includes the natonal of the efectveness of Men CARE. certfcaton in RAD training. RAD courses are set up htp://sait.usc.edu/mencare through the DPS whenever there is an interested group of fve or more people. Rape Aggression Defense R.A.D. Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) system is a program with realistc self-defense tactcs and techniques for women (and men). The course is made available to the USC community and is a primer in some of the basic kicks, evasive moves and other self defense measures that can be used to prevent rape.

The course, which is taught by the USC Department of Public Safety to interested students, faculty and staf, begins with awareness, preventon, risk reducton and avoidance techniques while progressing to hands-on interacton including Trojans Care for Trojans Trojans Care for Trojans is an initatve within the Division of Student Afairs that empowers students to take acton and speak out on behalf of a fellow Trojan they are concerned about. The website: htp://www.usc.edu/tc4t (e-mail: [email protected]) features an anonymous reportng form; emergency contact informaton; informatve videos; and, insttutonal resources. It provides the necessary support resources and referrals for Trojans facing personal difcultes. Trojans Care for Trojans encourages students to care for one another and the entre campus community.

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Trojans Alert – Emergency Notifcation Indicator 4 System Programs that document the frequency and USC Trojans Alert is a sofware applicaton used to causes of injuries send emergency alerts, notfcatons and updates to USC Community members’ cell phones, pagers, The University of Southern California avows BlackBerrys, PDAs and/or e-mail accounts. unequivocally that it endeavors to reduce or eliminate injuries and illnesses to its employees In the event of an emergency (e.g. fre, earthquake, and student communites. To achieve this goal, civil disturbance, bomb threats, etc.), important USC arduously tracks injuries and illnesses as they alerts and updates are dispatched directly to cell occur, determines their root cause, and insttutes phones or mobile devices. expedient measures to counteract them.

Each person may sign up for a USC Trojans Alert Programs that Track Injuries account and add multple devices (cell phones, Notfcatons of accidents, incidents, injuries, or pagers, PDAs) to a USC Trojans Alert account. Alerts illnesses are received by CAPS Environmental can be sent to all devices listed in the USC Trojans Health and Safety through three main channels: the Alert account. university community; CAPS DPS; and CAPS Workers’ Compensaton through the Supervisor’s Report In an emergency situaton an alert will be sent of Injury/Incident. Each incident is documented by a USC Trojans Alert administrator. Additonal and logged into discrete databases such as ARMS instructons may follow throughout the emergency (Automated Records Management System), the situaton. htp://trojansalert.usc.edu/ OSHA 300 Log for certain injury types and illnesses, and Workers’ Compensaton.

Tributary programs that augment injury and illness data feeding into the risk management/workers’ compensaton collectve and thereby, guiding eforts to improve worker safety and health are the: (a) Bloodborne Pathogens Program - Sharps Injury Log. Needlestcks and injuries sustained from sharps (e.g., scalpels, razor blades, etc.) are recorded into the log; (b) Medical Surveillance Program - Health Status Medical Report Form. The report/questonnaire is updated annually on-line by employees whose occupatons expose them to occupatonal hazards. Occupaton hazards that require medical surveillance are: Asbestos Abatement; Animal Handling; Biohazardous Materials; CDC Select Agents or USDA High-risk Livestock Pathogens; Hazardous Waste Operatons and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER); Human Blood, Other Bodily Fluids, and Established Human Cell Lines; Human Subjects and Source Materials; Investgatonal New Drugs; Lasers, Class III/IV; Lead; Mold Abatement; Non-Human Primates; Noise; Noxious Fumes and Gases; Partcularly Hazardous

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Substances; Public Safety Ofcers; Recombinant Indicator 5 DNA; Reproductve Health Hazards; and (c) Hearing Evaluaton measures to assess their programs, Conservaton - Annual Audiometric Testng. The test processes and the efects of change gauges the efectveness of hearing conservaton and determines whether the employee has sufered The University of Southern California and its Risk any signifcant hearing loss. Control Task Force employ the following standard metrics to analyze and track health and safety EH&S investgates all incidents or accidents performance (and the programs that enhance involving university staf, property, or the them) at each of its campuses and satellite ofces. environment and actvely seeks resoluton to each NOTE: Poor performance in any of these areas (for incident to protect against future occurrences. instance, high injury/illness rates, crime upswings, and/or serious crime reports) triggers swif Summaries of injuries (OSHA-recordable and non- response, strong commitment of resources, and recordable), injury types (e.g., contusion, chemical remedial acton. These metrics are: exposure, lifing, etc.), and their frequency are gleaned from the OSHA 300 Log and Workers’ • Crime statstcs. Detailed informaton gleaned Compensaton databases. The extracted data is from crime reports on criminal ofenses and assembled for each school or department into arrests is tabulated daily to depict growing succinct, tabulated spreadsheets, representatve or receding trends. The spectrum of criminal bar charts, and 12-month rolling average graphs ofenses include Murder/NonNegligent (see data in Indicator 5 secton). Manslaughter, Forcible Sex Ofenses, Non-forcible Sex Ofenses, Robbery, Aggravated A customized, quarterly safety report summarizing Assault (ADW), Burglary, Motor Vehicle the injury/illness data for a school/department is Thef, Arson, Negligent Manslaughter, Liquor disseminated to the dean/department head of the Law, Drug Law, Illegal Weapons, and Hate school/department. In additon, the report compares Crimes. Crime preventon resources are then current injury and illness trends to the same quarter allocated to areas of greatest need. the year before. This empowers each school and • Injury Rates and 12-Month Rolling Average. department (and the university as a whole) to gauge Critcal data on injury types (e.g., slips and falls, the efectveness of its safety programs and work in contusions, etc.), OSHA-recordable injuries, concert with the CAPS Environmental Health and and month-to-month injury rates (12-month Safety to execute constructve reform in defcient rolling average) are processed into graphical areas. charts that elucidate injury and illness trends across campus departments and the university as a whole. Additonally, this facilitates the pinpointng of root causes and sufusion of applicable safety programs as needed; and, • ACHA-NCHA Survey Data. This natonal questonnaire gauges the physical and emotonal wellness of the graduate and undergraduate student populaton. Health care providers may then stucture health services to accommodate areas of greatest need.

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UPC Criminal Offenses 2005 ‐ 2007 200

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Figure 1. UPC Criminal Ofenses 2005 - 2007

Crime Statistics and Negligent Manslaughter remained at zero over The Department of Public Safety published its the three-year period. Annual Security Report 2008 in which it depicted crime statstcs from calendar year 2005 to 2007 Liquor Law Arrests (underage drinking) dropped by for all USC campuses and locatons. These satellite almost three-fold. However, Drug Law Arrests more campuses and locatons are the University Park than doubled (2007 vs. 2005). Illegal Weapons Campus, Health Science Campus, Marina del Rey Arrests remained constant from 2006 to 2007. (Informaton Systems Insttute and Center for Disciplinary referrals for Drug Law had a six-fold Creatve Development), Catalina Island (Wrigley increase since 2005; Liquor Law by 28%. Insttute/Marine Science Center), Orange County Center, and the Sacramento Center. Figures 3 (opposite page) and 4 (page 36) refect the total numbers of criminal ofenses, and arrests Figures 1 and 2 (opposite page) refect the total and disciplinary referrals that have occurred at numbers of criminal ofenses, and arrests and the Health Sciences Campus. The data includes disciplinary referrals that have occurred at the combined totals for: on-campus; on-campus University Park Campus. The data includes combined residence; non-campus; and, public property. totals for: on-campus; on-campus residence; non- campus; and, public property. In 2005, Criminal Ofenses embodied Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, and Motor Vehicle Figure 1 reveals 50% less Burglaries in 2007 versus Thef at USC with the bulk of the cases appearing in 2005 and a dramatc, ten-fold drop in Forcible Sex the later two. However, toward 2007 only Burglary, Ofenses in 2007 compared to 2006. Aggravated and Motor Vehicle Thef ofenses remained, each Assault and Motor Vehicle Thef numbers remained dipping by 60% and 30%, respectvely, as compared relatvely constant since 2006. Murder/Non- to 2005. Liquor Law Arrests dwindled to zero in Negligent Manslaughter, Non-Forcible Sex Ofenses, 34 | Page Indicator 5 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

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Figure 4. HSC Arrests and Disciplinary Referrals 2005 - 2007

2007 and there was only one Illegal Weapons Arrest of these programs and other creatve measures. during the three-year period. Recently, DPS crime preventon actvity saw the installaton of 17 closed circuit cameras at UPC The Marina del Rey, Catalina Island, and Sacramento North Campus student residence buildings to locatons had zero Criminal Ofenses, and Arrests and monitor crime “hot spots”. DPS also increased its Disciplinary Referrals from 2005 to 2007. Except for single- and mult-occupant electric vehicle feet two burglaries in 2006, the Orange County Center (namely, T3 chariots and golf carts) to access areas had zero occurrences across the board as well. No unavailable to conventonal squad cars and patrol hate crimes occurred at any of the six locatons. university areas more efciently.

Crime statstcs discussed here were gleaned from Injury Rates/12 Month Rolling Average Public Safety’s 2008 Annual Security Report, a legal The 12-Month Rolling Average maps OSHA- document that is fled with the U.S. Department of recordable injury rates from month to month and Educaton. is one metric by which corporatons, businesses, and organizatons can measure the strength and The observed data trends at USC (partcularly UPC) efectveness of their safety policies and programs. tend to butress the efcacy of stalwart crime preventon and community educaton programs that The “All USC Departments” graph (see Figure 5 on Public Safety aggressively applies. These programs opposite page) represents the university’s consistent contnue to motvate, empower, and engage the trend below the “2.0” threshold from October 2007 USC community in creatng a secure, robust, and through November 2008 with a slight bump from resilient learning place and workplace. December 2007 through February 2008. Note that the injury rate in December 2008 is at an impressive It is expected that criminal actvity will further 1.74, the lowest of the series. USC has had and subside in the long term with vigorous applicaton contnues to have the distncton of indices below 36 | Page Indicator 5 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America

Figure 5. Injury and Illness Case Rates for All USC Departments 2006 - 2008

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Figure 6. OSHA-Recordable Cases by Injury Type for All USC Departments 2007 vs. 2008

Indicator 5 Page | 37 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America the Natonal Average for Colleges, Universites, Initatves like the Slips, Trips, and Falls Preventon and Professional Schools, namely 2.8. The ttular took aim at controlling workplace hazards to programs outlined in the past sectons and the reduce these recurrent injuries (see Figure 6). FMS assiduous eforts of all university departments were collaborated with EH&S to thoroughly inspect all largely instrumental in bringing this about. four maintenance zones at UPC and document problem areas with digital photography. All fndings The injury type bar chart (see Figure 6 on page and digital photographs were submited to FMS for 37) depicts comparatve OSHA-recordable cases prompt correcton. EH&S periodically re-inspected for diferent injury types between 2007 and 2008. the problem areas to ensure that the hazard no It is interestng to note that: Repettve Moton, longer existed. Needlestcks and Punctures, Thermal Burns, Cuts and Laceratons, Chemical Exposure/Irritaton The new Electric Vehicle Safety program was crafed decreased by 40% or more; injuries from vehicle to address the increasing numbers of electric carts accidents by over 28%; and, Slips/Trips/Falls on campus and the unique hazards involved in dropped by 13%. Lifing and Back Injuries, and driving them. The USC Thornton School of Music Contusions and Strains, however, climbed to 15 and was among the frst to receive formal training for its 30%, respectvely. Note also, that there were 60 less day and night shif employees. recordable cases in 2008. The broad-scope Departmental Safety Commitees Injury reducton and the advancement of safety mentoned earlier were spearheaded by EH&S to were achieved largely through the methodical address and combat the high injury and accident applicaton of existng and ad hoc safety programs. rates in susceptble departments , namely, Trojan Transportaton, Material and Mailing Management Services, Trojan Housing, Trojan Hospitality, and Facilites Management Services. These nascent groups schedule regular meetngs that are well-atended by their dedicated departmental appointees. With guidance from EH&S, these commitees actvely pinpoint and resolve safety issues, enhance safety orientaton and training, and promote incentve programming within their respectve departments.

The strategic health and safety programs discussed as well as traditonal Cal-OSHA and novel training classes are instrumental in positvely shaping the trends diagrammed above. As the university contnues to don its proactve mantle, occupatonal accidents and injuries will maintain downward trajectories. These disciplined approaches had a synergistc efect in lowering USC’s 12-month rolling average of OSHA-recordable injuries from a high of 2.36 in January 2006 to its lowest value to date of 1.74 in December 2008.

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ACHA-NCHA Survey Data Figure 7 below is a graphic representaton of ACHA- The American College Health Associaton Natonal NCHA survey results for a random sample of graduates College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a and undergraduates; Figure 8 (page 40) represents natonal survey conducted by the UPHC Health the collected survey data. The survey is a useful tool Promoton and Preventon Services since Spring 2000 in gauging student wellness. For instance, students to evaluate health-related attudes, perceptons, rated Stress and Sleep Difcultes as high threats to and behaviors of University of Southern California academic success. Excess or poorly managed stress (USC) undergraduate and graduate students will negatvely impact student learning outcomes with regard to safety, mental and physical health, and the academic environment as a whole. Lack of sexual behaviors, substance use, and nutriton to sleep may be an indicator for depression, anxiety, name a few. How these health-related issues and or student social life/study tme management. All behaviors afect student learning and the academic greatly impact academic success. Survey results environment are subjects for further research. assist health providers and counselors in structuring However, anecdotes, subjectve observaton, and services to meet students’ needs. speculaton ofer a modicum of insight to the answers.

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Source: USC ACHA‐NCHA 2007 Survey Data – Injury & Illness Samplesize: 459

Injuryinthepastyear Within the last school year, were/did you… Frequency Percent Involved in a physical fight 20 Involved in a fight as a consequence of drinking 15 Physically assaulted 13 Physically injured yourself as a consequence of drinking 44 Had a fracture 17 Within the last school year, have any of the following affected your academic performance? Physical assault 0 Injury 9

Within the last school year, how often did you Always/Most of time Rarely/Never Wear a seatbelt when you rode in a car 98.7% 0.2% Wear a helmet when you rode a bicycle 15.5% Wear a helmet when you rode a motorcycle 86.8% Wear a helmet when you were inline skating 15.2% **The result is presented as the percentage of students involved in this activity within the last school year.

Illnessinthepastyear Within the last school year, have you had…? Percent Within the last school year, have you had...? Percent Allergy problems 46.2% Seasonal Affective Disorder 3.1% Back pain 41.4% Substance abuse problem 3.1% Sinus infection 23.3% Bulimia 2.0% Depression 15.5% Anorexia 1.7% Asthma 11.1% Mononucleosis 1.1% Anxiety Disorder 10.9% Chlamydia 0.9% Ear infection 8.3% Hepatitis B or C 0.7% Repetitive stress injury 8.1% Diabetes 0.4% Strep throat 7.8% Endometriosis 0.2% Bronchitis 5.9% Genital Herpes 0.2% Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 3.7% HIV infection 0.2% High blood pressure 3.7% Gonorrhea 0.2% High cholesterol 3.3% Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 0.2% Genital warts/HPV 3.1% Tuberculosis 0.2%

Within the last school year, have any of the following affected your academic performance? Frequency Percent Stress 114 24.8% Cold/Flu/Sore throat 100 21.8% Sleep difficulties 92 20.0% Depression/Anxiety Disorder/Seasonal Affective Disorder 51 11.1% Alcohol use 25 5.4% Attention Deficit Disorder 24 5.2% Sinus infection/ear 21 4.6% Allergies 20 4.4% Learning disability 12 2.6% Chronic illness (diabetes, asthma, etc.) 11 2.4% Chronic pain 8 1.7% Eating disorder/problem 6 1.3% Pregnancy (yours or your partner’s) 2 0.4% Mononucleosis 1 0.2% Sexually transmitted disease 0 0.0%

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Indicator 6 of the envrionmental, health, and safety, defnes Ongoing partcipaton in natonal and responsibilites, provides opportunites to learn as internatonal Safe Communites networks well as to mentor, develops skills, and sets up ideal situatons for networking. USC's actve role in both natonal and internatonal Safe Communites networks is the natural outgrowth CSHEMA members (including USC) always have of its own, successful internatonal student access to the most up-to-the-minute statstcs, community outreach. Indeed, USC enrolls more techniques, regulatons, literature, and advice. internatonal students than any other U.S. university and, within this internatonal microcosm, USC builds Its Awards and Recogniton Programs are designed a safe, cohesive internatonal community through to inspire colleges and universites to audit and a wide range of social and cultural interactve hone their extant health and safety programs. The programs that: (a) help facilitate cross-cultural awards are for: Complete Environmental Health friendships and understanding, (b) encourage and and Safety Program; Solutons At Work; Newsleter increase interacton with domestc students, and Competton; and, Distnguished Service to name a (c) innervate meaningful dialogue with the greater few. In March 2006, USC shared the Award of Merit university community on current world afairs. (2nd ter; based on earned point totals for each secton of the applicaton) with two internatonal Within the macrocosm, USC forges strategic, and universites. NOTE: No university won the Award of cooperatve alliances with other universites and Honor (1st ter) that year. organizatons to build solid relatonships and safety networks. These vital ententes enable USC Pac 10 Environmental Health and Safety to engender: (a) synergy; (b) mutual esteem and Directors’ Conference support; (c) reciprocity in difcult tmes; and, (d) a safer and more progressive community. EH&S Directors from the NCAA Pac 10 Conference partcipate in two-day sessions at a member Avenues through which this is achieved are: university’s campus to discuss health and safety issues as well as upcoming legislaton that may Safe Communities Networks impact learning and research insttutons.

USC, in partnership with the Natonal Safety Council USC sponsored the 2008 conference that featured (of which it is an actve member), World Health the following key discussion forums: Emergency Organizaton, Safe Communites America network, Planning; Wellness/Sustainability; Digitzaton of North American Safe Communites network, and Campus Infrastructure; Environmental Resource the Internatonal Safe Communites networks, will Center for Universites; and, the USC Methanol Fuel scythe a contnuous and safe path for its immediate Cell. Plans are afoot to extend invitatons to non- and surrounding communites to traverse along. Pac 10 colleges and universites alike to partcipate. Campus Safety Health and Environmental Safety-Net Clinic Partnerships Management Association (CSHEMA) The USC School of Pharmacy is an actve partcipant CSHEMA, though a natonal organizaton, welcomes in Safety-Net clinics, a consortum of partnerships internatonal memberships. It provides informaton that deliver health care services to low-income, sharing opportunites, contnuing educaton, homeless, and other vulnerable populatons. The and professional fellowship to people with School of Pharmacy is involved in seven local safety- environmental, health, and safety responsibilites net clinics partnerships that expands its reach and in the educaton and research communites. impact in the communites. CSHEMA promotes the image and importance

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Professional Society Memberships Acknowledgements USC maintains actve memberships and partcipates Special recogniton is extended to the dedicated assiduously in the following natonal/internatonal members of the USC Risk Control Task Force, Charles professional societes that protect people, property, Yun/Health and Safety Specialist, Robert Myrtle/ and the environment: American Industrial Hygiene Health and Safety Specialist, and John E. Becker/ Associaton (AIHA); American Society of Safety Executve Director of Environmental Health and Engineers (ASSE); Chemical Health and Safety Safety for their treless eforts in securing critcal Division (CHAS) of the American Chemical Society; data and informaton necessary to complete this American Occupatonal Therapy Associaton; applicaton. Occupatonal Therapy Associaton of California; Natonal Wellness Insttute; Internatonal Positve USC Civic and Community Relatons and the USC Psychology Associaton; and, American Council on Risk Control Task Force were instrumental in Exercise to name a few. proofreading the applicaton for accuracy in the portrayal of the varied programs. International Symposia The current and emerit faculty of USC share a The Natonal Safety Council ofered invaluable collectve history of energetc involvement and guidance and helpful recommendatons during the robust contributons to past and present mult- applicaton process. cultural, health and safety symposia around the world. A few recent examples are: Lastly, Alfred M. Bouziane/Project Manager, EH&S prepared, edited, and published this noteworthy • USC Global Conference Taipai 2009. Topics manuscript. included Global Health: Saving Lives, Billions at a Time; Globalizaton and Disease Epidemics; The Global Economic Recession and Mental Health; Global Energy Supplies: A Future of Risk and Opportunity; and Air Polluton in Asia: From Local to Global. • Fourth Pan-Pacifc Internatonal Partnership Conference on Pharmaceutcal and Life Sciences in Nagoya, Japan 2008. The conference was organized by the USC School of Pharmacy and its afliated pharmacy schools in Japan to strengthen research in the pharmaceutcal and life sciences through internatonal cooperaton and collaboraton. • 2008 presentaton of "Elder Friendly Communites in the US and China (Beijing)" at Shanghai, China by Dr. R. Myrtle. The presentaton featured a comparison of elder- friendly communites in both natons, an in-depth study/survey of three Beijing elder neighborhoods, and recommendatons for enhanced quality of life for the aging populaton.

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Appendix A

USC Safe Communities Task Force Membership

Representatve Title, Community Program Represented Adrienne Gunn Manager, Child Care Center Angela Wang Health & Safety Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Bernadete Kosterlitzky Director, Quality Management, University Park Health Center Beth Saul Director for Parent Programs, Fraternity and Sorority Leadership Development Bill Petak Volunteer Faculty, Emerit Center Bill Regensburger Director, Fire Safety & Emergency Planning Bob Myrtle Professor of Health Services Administraton, School of Policy, Planning, and Development Carey Drayton Executve Director/Chief, Department of Public Safety, Career and Protectve Services Carlin Daley Assistant Director, Talent Services, Environmental Health & Safety Charles Lane Chair, Associate Senior Vice President, Career and Protectve Services Chief John Thomas Assistant Chief, Department of Public Safety, Career and Protectve Services Chris Ponsiglione Senior Associate Director, Housing – Administraton, USC Auxiliary Services Cynthia Brass Administratve Assistant, Graduate Professional Student Senate, Student Afairs David Carlisle Captain, Department of Public Safety, Career and Protectve Services Ed Becker Executve Director, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Eddie David Safety Specialist / Biosafety Ofcer, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Fabian Castro Safety Specialist I – Ergonomic Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Helen Moser Director of Campus Afairs, Undergraduate Student Government 2009 James Grant Assistant Vice President for Media Relatons, Public Relatons Jane Bartlet Associate Director, Industrial Hygiene/Lab Safety Janete C. Brown Executve Director, Emerit Center Jef Pendley Fire Safety & Emergency Specialist II, Fire Safety & Emergency Planning, Career and Protectve Services Jens Midthun President, Undergraduate Student Government 2008 Jim Andersen Director, Risk Management, Career and Protectve Services Johannes V. Schmit President, Graduate and Professional Student Senate 2009

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Representatve Title, Community Program Represented John Gaspari Executve Director, Center for Work and Family Life Jolly Hamid Manager, Workers’ Compensaton, Career and Protectve Services Kristna Raspe Associate SVP, Real Estate and Asset Management Lynete Merriman Senior Associate Dean for Student Afairs, Ofce for Residental Educaton Mark Ewalt Trojan Services-Director of Operatons, TrojanServices Mark Todd, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, College Dean of Graduate Programs, College of Leters Arts and Sciences Mary Campbell Assistant Vice President, Career Services, Career and Protectve Services Mathias Knape President, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Applied Mathematcs, College of Leters of Arts and Sciences 2008 Mathew Oden Sustainability Program Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Nancy Pelissier Director, Workers’ Compensaton/Disability, Career and Protectve Services Paula Swinford Director, Health Promoton/Preventon Services, Student Afairs Richard Cho Insurance Manager, Risk Management, Career and Protectve Servics Rob Forsberg Fire Safety & Emergency Planning Specialist, Fire Safety & Emergency Planning, Career and Protectve Services Robb Myrtle Safety Specialist, Environmental Health & Safety, Career and Protectve Services Roberto Blain Director of Talent Services, Employee Recruitment, Career and Protectve Services Ruth Fajardo Director-Facilites HR, Facilites Management Services Steve Goldfarb Fire Safety & Emergency Planning Specialist, Fire Safety & Emergency Planning, Career and Protectve Services Todd Dickey Senior Vice President, Administraton Note: Task Force membership is updated annually.

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