Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
1.3 Organization: Unity of Command and Span of Control
1.3.2 Supervisory Control (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. To ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness for the organization and personnel,
supervisory spans of control have been established.
B. Supervisors will be responsible for those personnel assigned to their work unit during
their tour of duty. All personnel will be accountable to only one supervisor at any time.
1. Higher -ranking supervisors or managers will maintain funct ional supervision of
subordinate personnel in the absence of the member’s immediate supervisor.
2. Each division or unit of the Department is under the direct command of only one
supervisor.
3. Occasions may arise requiring a supervisor to issue an order to personnel outside
the supervisor’s immediate responsibility. Nothing in this section precludes such
authority.