Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
4.20 Prisoner Transportation: Special Transport Situations
4.20.8 Transporting Mentally Disturbed Persons (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. The guidelines outlined in section 4.19.7, “Restraints During Transport” are applicable to
situations involving the transport of mentally handicapped or mentally disturbed persons,
provided that person is being detained as a danger to themselves or others, or where that
person is in custody for a criminal offense.
B. Restraints should be utilized, when practical, in all other transports of mentally ill or
mentally disturbed persons in police custody.
C. The officer shall document the restraint and method of application used during the
transport of any mentally ill or mentally disturbed person in his/her report.