Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
3.1 Rules and Regulations: All Employees
3.1.1 Foreword (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. Pursuant to the laws of the United States of America, the State of California and the
University of California, the following Rules and Regulations hereinafter set forth are
established governing the actions of the personnel of the UCSF Police Department. The
Chief of Police may amend or repeal any of these Rules and Regulations or add new ones
from time to time, as needed for the maintenance of a capable and efficient Police
Department and the providing of professional police service to the community. If a ny
provision, clause or phrase of these Rules and Regulations becomes invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the remaining Rules and
Regulations that can be given effect without the invalid provision, clause or phrase , and,
to this end, the provisions of these Rules and Regulations are declared separable.
B. Individuals subject to these Rules and Regulations must understand that no compilation
of Rules and Regulations can be established to spell out in detail all con duct which will
result in corrective and/or disciplinary penalties and that necessarily some matters must
be left to the intelligence and discretion of individuals. Personnel must understand,
however, that if discretion is used in a wanton or unreasonable manner and acts are
committed or in some cases omitted in a way in which law and sound public opinion
recognize as injurious to the image of the Police Department, the University community,
the efficiency of the individual personnel or the Police Departmen t, or the law
enforcement profession, those acts on the part of the member may result in corrective
and/or disciplinary action. Existence of facts showing a violation of law, rules,
regulations, general or special orders, policies, procedures, or written o r verbal orders is
all that is necessary as a basis for disciplinary action.
C. Any previous Rules and Regulations of the Police Department are superseded as of the
date and time of issuance of these Rules and Regulations. Any cause of action, which
arose or may arise prior to the effective date of these Rules and Regulations shall be
governed by the Rules and Regulations and code of conduct existing on the date and time
the incident occurred. If any provisions of these rules conflict with specific langua ge of
an existing or future collective bargaining agreements pertaining to all or a portion of
Police Department personnel, the language of the collective bargaining agreements shall
be considered controlling and the rule or rules in conflict deemed inappl icable and
unenforceable.