Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
4.8 Police Office Custody of Mentally Ill Persons
4.8.3 Procedures for Custody (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. The detaining officer(s) will utilize reasonable precautionary measures to ensure that the
detained person or any others will not be injured.
B. After the subject is taken into police custody, he/she will be transported to either the
UCSF Medical Center Emergency Department or SFGH Psychiatric Emergency Services
Unit.
C. The officer will prepare and deliver the W&I Code 5150 form to the treating physician.
The officer shall include a copy of the form for the report.
D. If the patient is violent, the Emergency Department staff may ask the officer to stand by
until adequate hospital staff is available.