Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
4.6 Patrol Operations
4.6.3 Field Interviews (Revised: 6/7/18)
A. During the course of their duties, Officers often encounter persons in suspicious or
unusual circumstances. Recording the identities and descriptions of persons and vehicles
along with times and places found and circumstances of the situations, may be beneficial
to on -going and/or future investigations. Officers encountering persons in these situations
shall be aware of both statutory and case law regarding detaining person s and requiring
identification. This information o n persons and/or vehicles shall be recorded in R ecords
Integrated Management System (RIMS) . Photographs shall be taken when circumstances
allow and shall be entered , along with the other information , into RIMS .
B. At no time shall an officer stop, detain or search persons under California Statutes when
the action is motivated by the off icer’s perception of the person’s race, color, sex or
national origin.