Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
9.4 Collection and Preservation of Evidence: Organization and Administration
9.4.1 Requirements for Crime Scene Processing (Revised: 5/22/23 )
A. Response to calls for service where a crime has been committed that may involve
physical evidence requires that such evidence be collected promptly and submitted for
analysis without delay.
B. The Department will maintain sufficient numbers of trained Evidence and Records
Technicians or officers to provide for shift or on -call availa bility of crime scene
processing on a 24 -hour basis.