Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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5.10 Traffic Crash Investigations: Crash Reporting and Investigation
5.10.1 Crash Scene Response, Reporting and Investigation (Issued: 6/25/07)
A. Officers shall respond to and investigate, on a prioritized basis, all motor vehicle crashes
within the UCSF Police Department jurisdiction that occur on a public highway or
premises open to the public, including crashes involving:
1. Death or injury
2. Damage to public vehicles or property
3. Hit and run
4. Impairment due to alcoh ol or drugs or suspected involvement of alcohol or
contro lled substances
5. Hazardous materials
6. Damage to vehicle(s) t o the extent towing is required
7. Crash scene presenting a d anger to the public or a significant disrupt ion of orderly
traffic patterns
8. Disturbances involving parties at the crash scene
9. A suspected cause of the crash that involves a crim inal or serious traffic offense.
B. Officers/ detectives shall respond to and investigate crashes that occur on UCSF property
as any other r eported incident requiring po lice investigation, when there is:
1. Damage in excess of $500.00 (CHP 555/555 -03 form)
2. Death or Injury (CHP 555 form)
3. Failure to Notify (CHP 555/555 -03 form)
4. Involvement of hazardous materials (CHP 555 form)
5. Impairment due to alcohol or drugs (CHP 555 form)
C. The Chief of Police or , in the Chief’s absence , the FSD Manager may suspend the
investigation of property damage crashes during emergency conditions.
D. Non-mandatory investigations of property damage crashes will be governed by current
workl oad, availability of other officers and assessment of causal factors ( e.g., no crime
involved).
E. Requests for investigation by drivers or passengers involved in and still at the scene of
the incident shall be ass essed using the above criteria.
F. Parties involved in minor property -damage -only crashes may report these incidents for
information al purposes ei ther in person or via telephone