Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
4.6 Patrol Operations
4.6.6 Police Hazards: Collection and Dissemination of Officer Safety Information
(Issued: 6/25/07)
A. A police hazard is any situation, person, property or place that may create a potential or
actual hazard to an officer or the community. A police hazard may be permanent or
temporary and may vary hourly, daily or seasonally.
B. Information regarding potential and actual hazards may be received by the Police
Department from various sources. Regardless of how the in formation was received, the
information should be considered of interest or of immediate value to patrol units in the
field; it will generally be passed on to them over the Police radio or by telephone contact,
as well as by posting in the briefing room if appropriate. If there is not an immediate need
to communicate the information, then the information shall be posted in the briefing room
to be read at the next briefing. All information regarding current police hazards will be
reviewed at each briefing.
C. Severe road and weather -related conditions that are encountered by officers shall be
reported to the ECC by the police radio.