Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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4.6 Patrol Operations
4.6.12 Emergency Notification Procedure Codes (Revised : 2/16/17)
The UCSF Police Department provides emergency medical assistance to distressed visitors,
outpatients, students and employees. In addition, the Police Department responds to calls for
services on incidences involving child abduction, infant abduction, fire alarms and person down
reports. These calls fo r service have been a ssigned c odes, specific to the type of incident, as
follows:
A. Code Red : fire/smoke detector alarm in Moffitt -Long Hospital
B. Code Green : out-of-control patient in the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute (LPPI) or
Ambulatory Care Center (ACC)
C. Code Blue : heart attack or person down victim
D. Code Pink : infant abduction
E. Code Purple : child abduction
F. Code Gray : stay away (police/security incident)
G. Code Silver : Active Shooter .