Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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4.23 Law Enforcement Facility Interview and Booking
4.23.3 Detoxification (Revised: 2/16/17)
Officers who are dealing with an intoxicated person , as defined in PC § 647 (F), “Public
Intoxication,” may want to consider the Mobile Assistance Program Homeless Outreach Team
(HOT) as an alternative to arresting the individual. The MAPHOT is a detoxification program,
which will respond to the location of an intoxicated person upon the request of the officer and
transport the person to a detoxification center. The person must be conscious, not in need of
emergency medical help and non -violent. MAPHOT can be contacted via the ECC.
Police officers have the duty to care for those individuals who are unable to care for themselves.
Intoxicated individuals who are unable to care for themselves should be assessed by medical
personnel. Upon the completion of the medical assessment, the individual may be transp orted by
ambulance to the hospital or, if medically cleared, the officer may book him/her into the County
Jail and request that he/she be released when sober. This is only if the individual is arrested for
being publicly intoxicated with no other crimes co mmitted.