Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
9.2 Collection and Preservation of Evidence
9.2.10 Requesting Laboratory Examinations (Revised: 5/10/23 )
A. The submitting officer or follow -up investigator is responsible for requesting laboratory
examinations.
B. The Department’s Evidence and Records Technicians maintain a record of all evidence
submitted to the SFPD Crime Laboratory for examination. An Investigations Unit
detective or Evidence and Records Technician will transport and safeguard all evidence
taken to t he SFPD Crime Laboratory for examination. At the completion of SFPD
Crime Lab testing, the detective or Evidence and Records Technician will pick up and
return the evidence for processing back into the Department’s custody. SFPD Crime
Laboratory may provid e preliminary results verbally to an investigator; however, SFPD
Crime Laboratory will also send official laboratory results of the examination in writing
to the UCSF Police Department Investigations unit.
C. It is the responsibility of the investigator to review lab reports on cases they have
submitted. If additional lab services are necessary or if new or additional evidence
becomes available, the investigator must submit a new SFPD Crime Laboratory
Analyzed Evidence form.