From the Daily Bruin: ...The Panhellenic Council hired On Call Security Services – which provides security for residential, commercial and industrial properties – to patrol Hilgard starting April 6. The security guard patrols daily from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. across sorority row, a Panhellenic Council spokesperson said in a texted statement. All 10 sorority houses on Hilgard can continue hiring private security if the program helps reduce harassment, the spokesperson added in a written statement.
“I don’t think that it should come at an additional cost,” [President Ella] Hernand said. “But I also know there are limitations to what UCPD can do. It’s a very thin line.”
UCPD is aware of the reports of harassment and has increased evening patrols on Hilgard, although previous data indicated that less violent crime occurred in that area than in other parts of Westwood, said Jeffrey Chobanian, the captain of UCPD’s operations bureau, in an emailed statement...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/05/04/private-security-hired-by-sororities-after-reports-of-harassment-on-hilgard.
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