Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
5.2 Criminal Investigations: Operations
5.2.6 Follow -up Case Assignment Responsibilities (Revised: 8/1/14)
Each Investigations Unit detective is responsible for his/her own follow -up and logging of
information.
A. The Investigations Lieutenant should make every effort to assign the case to a
detective/officer who has the expertise, and credentials needed to properly investigate the
case. The detective/officer assigned to the case shall be the primary investigator and will
be responsible for coordinating all investigative activities relating to it.
B. The log shall contain the following information:
1. Case number
2. Detective/officer assigned to the case
3. Date assigned.
C. In addition, the Investigations Lieutenant will review all incident reports he/she receives
and may assign incident s for follow -up investigation to either the original investigating
officer or a detective, entering the assignment in the Records Information Management
System (RIMS).