The Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board’s 45 recommendations include creating an independent oversight body and reallocating current DPS officer responsibilities to other departments. (Daily Trojan file photo)
The Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board released a report Wednesday with 45 recommendations for improving public safety at USC, including creating an independent DPS oversight body, sending alternatives to armed officers on nonviolent calls and ensuring that “sustained reports of bias” result in the firing of DPS officers.
The Board’s recommendations resulted from 10 months of meetings with over 700 people community members, students, faculty and staff. Some advocated for the abolition of DPS, some supported DPS because of concerns about crime on and around campus and others fell somewhere in the middle, both concerned about safety and unjust DPS tactics.
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An experimental album created by USC Dornsife fellow Jonathan Leal and producer Charlie Vela celebrates the musical traditions of the South Texas borderlands, while also warning us of what the future could hold.
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July 14, 2021
An imagined concert held in an abandoned space rocket facility is at the center of the multimedia music project created by incoming Assistant Professor of English Jonathan Leal and music producer Charlie Vela. (Image: Courtesy of Futuro Conjunto.)
Music producer Charlie Vela was in line at a grocery store in South Texas as Hurricane Harvey barreled towards land. Despite the dire weather report, most residents were certain the storm would pass with little effect. In had been 12 years since the last hurricane had touched down in the region and Texans were mostly just expecting heavy rain.