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 2 | Page University of Southern California - Safe Communities America U NIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA S AFE C OMMUNITIES 2010 In Partnership with the Natonal Safety Council and Page | 3 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America 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 4 | Page Preface University of Southern California - Safe Communities America 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 Leter of Intent Page | 5 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America 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 Table of Contents Page | 7 University of Southern California - Safe Communities America 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.