Suspicious Package

 

Important Contacts

Key Contacts

UC Police Department (UCPD) & UCLA Fire:          9-1-1

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S):                  (310) 825-9797

Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM): (310) 825-2200

DGSOM Security:                                                        (310) 267-7100 

Facilities Management (FM):                                      (310) 825-9236

If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately.

Prepare 

  • Ensure laboratory contacts for emergencies are up to date.

 

Respond 

  • No return address
  • Restrictive markings
  • Misspelled words
  • Unknown powder or suspicious substance
  • Possibly mailed from a foreign country
  • Excessive postage
  • If you receive a suspicious letter:
    • Stop! Do NOT handle it
    • Isolate it immediately
    • Do not open, smell or taste it
    • Immediately call UCPD by calling 9-1-1.
  • Excessive tape
  • Oily stains and/or discoloration on wrapping
  • Strange odor
  • Addressed incorrectly
  • Rigid or bulky
  • Lopsided or uneven
  • Protruding wires
  • If you receive a suspicious package:
    • Stop! Do NOT handle it
    • Isolate it immediately
    • Do not open, smell or taste it
    • Immediately call UCPD by dialing 9-1-1.
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