Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
5.16 Organized Crime and Vice Control: Operations
5.16.1 Receiving and Processing Vice, Narcotics and Organized Crime Complaints
(Revised: 8/1/14)
A. Information regarding vice, narcotics and organized crime is received from various
sources including, but not limited to, concerned citizens, informants, investigations, other
law enforcement agencies and anonymous callers.
B. When an employee of the UCSF Police Department receives information of vice,
narcotics or organized crime activity, he/ she will document the information and, when
appropriate, write an incident report.
1. Telephone calls should be forwarded to the appropriate division of responsibility.
If an individual officer requested is not available, then a written memo or Incident
Report should be prepared and forwarded.
2. Under no circumstances will employees be responsible for telephone reception
release of information regarding vice, narcotic or organized crime officers,
including verification of identity, location or hours of ope ration.
C. Upon receipt of documentation or an Incident Report regarding vice, narcotics or
organized crime activities, the Investigations Unit Lieutenant will determine if the case is
to be assigned for investigation or processed as an informational case .
D. Information received through informants or anonymous calls not related to drugs or
narcotics but of investigative interest may also be worked by the UCSF Police
Department or referred to an outside agency, if appropriate. All information will be
treated as confidential, for law enforcement use only.