Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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8.5 Records: Operations
8.5.8 Arrest Files (Revised: 8/24/23 )
A. An arrest record is made of all persons physically arrested when they are booked into the
San Francisco Hall of Justice County Jail. Arrests are logged in RIMS and can be
accessed via the Arrest Log.
B. Juveniles’ arrest files will be retained within the RMS. Juvenile records may be purged
upon receipt of a court -ordered expungement. The electronic file will be deleted from the
RMS, but a hard copy record will be retained for two years within the ECC; the
expungement file is locked up at all times. Subsequ ently, this copy will be purged
entirely after the two -year holding period expires.
C. For minor offenses with no physical custody and for physical custody cite and release,
the record will consist of an arrest report and citation. The report will be main tained in
the RMS.