UCLA hires LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie to lead safety overhaul following protest violence

LAPD’s Steve Lurie, who will lead the UCLA campus security overhaul, speaks at a news conference in February 2020. UCLA has hired a 27-year LAPD veteran and top commanding officer to lead its eight-month-old Office of Campus Safety created in the wake of a violent melee last spring at a pro-Palestinian encampment, which was among the university’s darkest chapters. LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie, who previously oversaw the department’s West Bureau, will begin his role as an associate vice chancellor on Feb. 1. He will replace Rick Braziel, the former Sacramento...