Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
5.1 Criminal Investigations: Organization and Administration
5.1.13 Solvability Factors (Revised: 4/30/20 )
A. Incident reports made by police personnel will be reviewed by the Investigations
Lieute nant or his/her designee using case screening and solvability factors.
B. The Investigations Lieutenant or his/her designee will review all incident reports he/she
receives and assign incidents for follow -up investigation back to the original
investigating off icer or to a detective on the following b asis:
1. All cases that a patrol officer requests be returned for follow -up will be returned
to the officer for investigation if appropriate under the circumstances.
a. Cases may be assigned to Investigations Unit personnel if the
Investigations Lieutenant or FSD Captain determines the incident can be
more effectively handled by detective personnel.
2. All incident reports with an aggregate point value of ten or more points will be
assigned for f ollow -up investigation. The incident may be assigned to the
Investigations Unit or FSD for follow -up, whichever is appropriate under the
circumstances.
3. Regardless of aggregate point total, the following crimes will be investigated by
the Investigations Unit:
a. Deaths of a violent or suspicious nature, excluding suicides, unless the
investigating officer requests assistance from Investigations staff.
b. Felony sex crimes of a violent nature
c. Felony assaults involving serious injury
d. Shootings involv ing a police officer
e. Financial institution armed robbery
f. Any crime requiring the expertise of the Investigations Unit staff
g. Any reported situation in which there is a potential threat, either
immediate or in the future, to the safety of the Camp us community.
C. Aggregate point total will be determined by the following questions being answered
positively:
Points Assigned
1. Is stolen property traceable? 2
2. Can a suspect be named? 10
3. Is the suspect known? 7
4. Can the suspect be described? 2
5. Can the suspect be identified? 4
6. Can the suspect vehicle be identified? 5
7. Was there a witness to the crime? 3
8. Is there significant physical evidence? 3
The maximum possible aggregate point total for a crime is 36.