Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
1 8.5 Records: Operations
8.5.9 Warrant and Wanted Persons File (Revised: 2/ 16/17)
A. Warrant file s are maintained by the San Francisco County Central Warrants Bureau
(SFCWB) .
1. All UCSF Police Department warrant entries are processed, entered, maintained
and removed by the SFCWB.
2. When an investigating UCPD officer seeks a misdemeanor or felony
complaint/arrest warrant on a suspect who is not in -custody, he/she shall present
the case to the San Francisc o District Attorney’s office. If the complaint is issued,
the investigating officer shall “walk -thru” the warrant to the SF Superior Court
duty judge, SF Cou nty Courts Records room, and SF CWB to obtain the warrant.
3. When the San Francisco Court issues a misdemeanor or felony warrant , the CWB
will enter the warrant into the San Francisco County Automated Warrant System
(AWS) and/or the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for felony
warrants. The CWB is responsible for adhering to the criteria for entering notices
in the regional, state, and federal information systems.
4. When field contact reveals an outstanding warrant for an individual, Dispatch
personnel shall follow the San Francisco County hit confirmation procedures to
confirm that the warrant is still current.
a. Receipt of warrant information may be via CLETS databases, by
telephone or police agency contact.
b. Upon the receipt of a hit in CLETS, the dispatcher shall verify the
information by calling the SFCWB. The subject must have a vaild
government issued photo ID or confirmed Cal photo from dispatch.
c. Upon confirmation of the hit, the dispatcher shall relay th at information to
the appropriate officer(s) with the name and star number of the CWB
Operator.
5 Information may be received from other jurisdictions addressing warrants and
wanted persons by telephone or CLETS. As a general policy, CWB shall be
contacted to verify the warrant and/or wanted status from another jurisdiction .
6. After a warrant is served, CWB will be notified by the arresting officer so the
warrant can be removed from the CLETS system and cleared from the file.
7. A printout of all CLETS tra nsactions shall be made and included with the report,
to assist with recording information in agency files.
B. All UCPD wanted persons files will be maintained by the Investigations Unit. The
Investigation Unit personnel will prepare and distribute applic able Wanted Person
bulletins to the Watch Commander to be included during shift briefings.