Institution
University of Southern California
USCCAPrivate R1TrojansAlert~49,000 students
- Cases
- 14
- Alerts
- 25
- Verbatim
- 36%
- Span
- 1992–2026
Official alert policy
How USC says it will alert — when and how TrojansAlert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
14 cases · 9 of 25 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2025
- bomb threat: 2025-09-07Libraries Cleared but Closed Until Monday: When the All-Clear Isn't Quite All Clearemergency notificationverbatim
- hazmat: 2025-08-28A Leaking Liquid-Nitrogen Tank Draws Hazmat to the Seaver Science Centeremergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2025-04-07"Targeted SEVIS Record Closures": USC's OIS Publishes the Memo That 17,000 International Trojans Read in One Afternoonadvisory
- other: 2025-02-05USC's Resident Coyote: A Community Safety Advisory for the Center of Campusadvisory
2024
- robbery: 2024-11-30Behind La Barca's on Vermont Avenue: An Aggravated Assault and Robbery in a USC Parking Lottimely warningverbatim
- civil unrest: 2024-05-05'People Who Don't Leave Will Be Arrested': USC's Pre-Dawn TrojansAlert as LAPD Cleared Alumni Parkemergency notification
- civil unrest: 2024-04-24'Significant Activity at the Center of UPC': USC's TrojansAlerts Tracked the 93 Arrests That Cancelled Commencementadvisoryverbatim
- robbery: 2024-04-04Knifepoint at the ATM: USC Issues Timely Warning After Armed Robbery on South Hoover Streettimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2024-04-04A Stranger Broke Into an Off-Campus Student Apartment Twice in One Afternoon, Then Barricaded Himself Nearby for Hourstimely warning
- sexual assault: 2024-03-18Bicycle, Bushes, and a Knife on Flower Street: USC's Pre-Dawn Robbery and Attempted Rape Alerttimely warningverbatim
By incident type