USC is a diverse community of 33,500 students and 18,500 full-time faculty and staff who study and work primarily on the University Park and Health Sciences campuses. In numerical terms, USC's student population alone represents a community nearly the same size as Beverly Hills.

Working in close partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department, the USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) provides patrol-and-response coverage for both campuses and their surrounding neighborhoods 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

In addition, the Division of Student Affairs employs 160 resident advisers (RAs) and more than 20 graduate-student resident coordinators (RCs) to support the 7,000 students who live in university-owned residences both on and off campus.

USC Department of Public Safety

• Security force: 236 (87 public safety officers, 126 community service officers, 17 dispatchers)
• Vehicles: 27 patrol cars, 18 alternative patrol vehicles, 35 patrol bikes

University Park Campus

• Campus area: 226 acres
• DPS response area: 1,414 acres
  (For a PDF map showing UPC patrol-and-response boundaries, click here.)
• Video patrol cameras: 17
• Emergency phones: 236
  (For a PDF map showing the locations of UPC emergency phones, click here.)
• Residence halls: 12
• University-owned apartments: 32
• Fraternity houses: 20 (13 privately owned, 6 university-owned, 1 rented)
• Sorority houses: 10 (9 privately owned, 1 rented)

Health Sciences Campus

• Campus area: 61 acres
• DPS response area: 303 acres
  (For a PDF map showing HSC patrol-and-response boundaries, click here.)
• Video patrol cameras: 5
• Emergency phones: 48
• Residence halls: 1