<p>A couple of notes. The campus itself is pretty small, 2 miles all the way around, so there is in no way room to house every undergrad on campus, let alone grads as well. The UV project will help, and should allow the university to house more grads.</p>
<p>For me the biggest issue is Summer security. Since there are not nearly as many students around, they have fewer services available. Campus Cruiser is one, and that is likely hamstrung by the fact it’s hard to find enough student staff. As mentioned earlier, CSC security ambassadors are also reduced. I think it’s important that security in the summer not be reduced and I do believe they have already addressed that.</p>
<p>I also imagine they will hire more officers. I think some of the issue is the student population is now living in a wider area than they were even 5 years ago. I was a student in the mid 90’s when students who lived in the neighborhood pretty much just lived in the area directly north of campus. Now students live west to Normandie, north to the Freeway and even west. The DPS patrol area keeps growing, and as such more staff will be needed to keep the officers visible.</p>
<p>That said, it’s still in Los Angeles, so crime will still happen. Last week, there were reports of burglaries around UCLA’s campus and a student was accosted by a man with a knife near the campus. No where in LA will be 100% safe especially near a college campus where students make attractive targets. </p>