Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
5.1 Criminal Investigations: Organization and Administration
5.1.9 Preliminary and Follow -up Investigative Accountability (Revised: 8/1/14)
A. Uniformed patrol officers shall conduct preliminary investigations on all dispatched calls.
Detectives may be called in immediately to conduct investigations depending on the
seriousness of the crime, the need for special expertise and staffing requirements.
1. Requests for an investigator shall be made to the Investigations Lieutenant. In
situat ions in which the Investigations Lieutenant cannot be located, the Watch
Commander shall assess the need and call in the investigative staffing deemed
necessary.
B. Once a preliminary investigation is conducted, the case may be assigned to either
investig ative or uniformed personnel. Once assigned, the person receiving the assignment
shall be accountable for the follow -up investigation.