Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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9.5 Property Management: Acquired and In -custody Property
9.5.8 Explosives (Revised: 5/10/23 )
Under no circumstances shall highly explosive items, such as evidentiary fireworks, gunpowder
or .50 cal. or greater munitions , be stored in any area of the Police Department. The submitting
officer will contact the FSD Commander for instruction on where to store the property, as
explosives are never to be placed in an evidence locker.
A. “Live” or non-inert explosives, such as pipe bombs and grenades, will not to be stored in
the Prop erty Intake Room. When recovered, the on-duty Watch Commander will notify
the SFPD Bomb Squad for disposal. Prior to disposal, the officer will photograph the
evidence and submit the photograph instead of the evidence.
B. Fireworks seized as contraband that have no evidentiary value will be taken to the SFFD
by the submitting officer ; they shall not be stored in the Property Intake Room .
C. Explosive materials shall be moved, stored and destroyed only under the direct
supervision of an Evidence and Records Technician , the FSD Commander or the on -duty
Watch Commander.