Electric scooters and bikes are viewed by students as a convenient, eco-friendly way to get around campus. But the high value of these vehicles, combined with students’ habit of leaving them unattended, has led to a rise in thefts on campus at UC Riverside. Starting in 2024, UCR’s campus police department has seen a rise in personal electric...

On a sunny spring day, Oscar Jacques, a campus safety responder with UC Riverside’s police department, walks through the HUB Plaza, stopping to chat with students and introduce himself. Some of the students are unsure what to expect as Jacques, dressed in a tan knit shirt with his name and job title embroidered on his chest, dark khaki pants, and a...

Jeff Talbott has long seen leading UC Riverside’s police department as an ideal job and can’t think of a better time to be campus safety director and police chief. A Riverside native with more than 40 years of public safety experience, Talbott joined UCR in December at a time when the campus is re-envisioning its approach to campus safety. The...