Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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8.5 Records: Operations
8.5.10 Traffic Citation Records (Revised: 5/31/23 )
The issuance of traffic citations by officers will be performed in accordance with General Order
4.15.3, “Service of a Traffic Citation.” Property and Evidence Technicians are responsible for
issuing citation books to o fficers and UCSF Parking and Transpor tation personnel.
A. Citation books are issued and tracked in the RMS. Property and Evidence Technicians
shall assign a citation book and the range of citations within the book to a specific
member and log this information into the RMS.
B. Completed citations are turned into the property and Evidenc e Technicians after each
shift. Once the citations are issued the Property and Evidence Technicains enter each
citation into the RMS .
1. If an officer incorrectly completes, or a citation must be re-written, “void” is
written across the citation, an entry made in the RMS documenting the voided
citation, and the citation is submitted to TSD Director to destroy.
2. If a citation or a complete citation book is destroyed and unusable , the officer will
notify his/her supervisor, and then submit the citation book to the TSD Director
for disposal. The officer will be assigned another citation book by a Property and
Evidence Technician .
3. If a citation book is lost or stolen, the office r will notify the Watch Commander,
noting the disposition of the citation book in CAD. At the discretion of the Watch
Commander , a police report will be completed.
4. Unused citation books are stored in an access card secured area.
5. Once entered in the RMS, completed citations are filed in a secure cabinet.
6. Major traffic crimes will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for
review.
7. If a traffic citation is a part of an arrest, it will be uploaded, as an attachment, with
the Incident Repor t in the RMS .