Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
3.26 Selection: Background Investigations
3.26.3 Background Investigators (Revised : 10/5/22 )
A. Pre-employment background investigations for all positions, to be conducted by in -house
personnel or contract investigators, will be assigned to the PSD for completion.
B. PSD personnel assigned to background investigations will be trained in the collect ion of
required information. The training will:
1. Encompass investigative techniques and confidentiality guidelines.
2. Be documented in the investigator’s training record.
C. All background investigators are required by POST to complete a POST training course
before they may investigate and qualify candidate s.