Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
4.8 Police Office Custody of Mentally Ill Persons
4.8.7 Prohibition (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. W&I Code § 8102 requires law enforcement officers to seize firearms and other deadly
weapons from persons detained or apprehend for examination of a mental condition,
pursuant to W&I Code § 5150. When seizing a firearm or deadly weapon, advise the
person to contact the Police Department’s Investigations Unit for information regarding
the firearms or deadly weapons return. (A copy of the incident report shall be faxed to the
Investigations Unit.)
1. Mental Health Firearms Prohibition System
The DOJ Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information has developed a
database for the Mental Health Firearms Prohibition System. An officer
conducting a criminal inves tigation that involves the acquisition, carrying or
possession of a firearm shall consult the CLETS database. The officer should
receive information that the person may be subject to a mental health firearms
prohibition pursuant to W&I Code § 8100/8103. Th is information is provided in
addition to the person’s name, personal description, available identifying
numbers, such as driver’s license, Social Security, California Identification,
Military Identification or other miscellaneous Identification numbers. A ny
CABLE terminal that has CLETS inquiry capability may be used to access this
database.
2. Information pertaining to the prohibition of owning firearms may be obtained by
contacting the DOJ Firearms Clearance (916 -227-3703).