Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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9.5 Property Management: Acquired and In -custody Property
9.5.5 Property Rooms Security (Revised: 5/10/23 )
All evidence and lost and found property at the UCSF Police Department will be stored in
designated secure areas. Improperly secured or packaged evidence will not be accepted into the
Property Room facilities.
A. Evidence Room Security
1. Only the FSD Com mander , TSD Director and Evidence and Records Technicians
will have key access, alarm code access and the combination of the safe. Other
permanent or temporary employees assigned specifically to the Evidence function
may be allowed key access with the appr oval of the FSD Commander .
2. Access doors will be kept closed and locked any time an Evidence and Records
Technician is not physically in the Evidence Room.
3. The safe will only be unlocked and opened when an Evidence and Records
Technician is actually p lacing items into or taking items out of the safe.
4. Only authorized persons may enter the property rooms and only when
accompanied by the TSD Director , an Evidence and Records Technician, the FSD
Commander or another permanent or temporary employee specifically assigned to
the Property function.
Key authorized persons are:
a. FSD Commander
b. TSD Director
c. Evidence and Records Technicians
d. Other employees, either permanent or temporary , assigned specifically to
the Property function.
Other authorized persons are:
a. Chief of Police
b. Inspection/ audit team members during a periodic inspection or audit , when
accompanied by at least one of the above listed personnel
c. Other Police Depart ment or law enforcement personnel under appropriate
circumstances , when escorted by at least one of the above listed authorized
personnel.
5. All personnel entering the Evidence Room Facility shall sign the Evidence Room
Log documenting the date, time in and out and the purpose of the visit. It is not
necessary for Evidence and Records Technician s to sign the register.
6. After -hours entry may be accomplished by contacting one of the following :
a. Evidence and Records Technician
b. TSD Director
c. FSD Comma nder.
University of California, San Francisco
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B. Property Intake Area
The Property Intake Area consists of lockers, mailbox, refrigerators, cage and materials
for packaging, marking, securing and tagging property. Once property is appropriately
packaged, marked and placed into a designated storage container/area, the officer shall
use the padlocks , which are affixed to th e refrigerators, intake lockers and cage , to secure
the properties. Only an Evidence and Records Technician can retrieve property from the
designated intake stora ge containers/area.