Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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9.5 Property Management: Acquired and In -custody Property
9.5.11 Transfer to Crime Lab, Court or Another Agency (Revised: 5/16/23 )
A. The Evidence and Records Technicians will process all evidence, notify a detective of
evidence needing to be transferred to the SFPD Crime Laboratory and check out the
evidence in the RMS. An Evidence and Records Technician or an Investigations Unit
detective is responsible for transferring evidence to the SFPD Crime Laboratory .
1. An Evidence and Re cords Technician or an Investigations Unit detective will
ensure the SFPD Crime Laboratory Analyzed Evidence form or the SFPD Crime
Scene Investigations Latent Fingerprint Request form is completed before
transferring evidence to the Crime Lab.
2. The Evidence and Records Technician or the Investigations Unit Detective will
sign and date the SFPD Crime Laboratory Analyzed Evidence form or the SFPD
Crime Scene Investigations Latent Fingerprint Request form, indicating the date
the evidence was transferred to the Crime Lab or Identification Bur eau. The
Evidence and Records Technician receiving the evidence enters the date and time
the evidence item was transferred and detective responsible for the transfer into
the RMS property module. The RMS property module entry maintains the “Chain
of Custod y.”
3. The Evidence and Records Technician or the Investigations Unit detective will
transfer the items to the Crime Lab or Identification Bureau in person. The lab
technician receiving the property will sign the SFPD Crime Laboratory Analyzed
Evidence for m or the SFPD Crime Scene Investigations Latent Fingerprint
Request form when the property is turned over to him/her. The Evidence and
Records Technician shall make the appropriate “Chain of Custody” entry into the
RMS property module.
4. When the items ar e returned to the Evidence Room, the Evidence and Records
Technician will make the appropriate “Chain of Custody” entry into RMS
indicating the date and time the evidence was returned.
5. When property is temporarily released, it must be charged out to the person
receiving the property in the RMS Property System. The system shall then be
updated by case number in the “Chain of Custody” section of the property
module. When the property is re turned, the Evidence and Records Technicians
shall so note in the “Chain of Custody” section. The property shall be replaced in
its assigned location by the Evidence and Records Technicians or those under
their supervision.
6. The UCSF Police Depart ment will use accredited laboratories for processing
evidence. The UCSF Police Department uses the accredited SFPD Crime
Laboratory for evidence processing. The UCSF Police Department can also utilize
the accredited California Department of Justice, Bureau of Forensic Services for
processing DNA evidence.
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7. All laboratory reports will be submitted in writing and become part of the official
record.
B. Transfer to Court or to Another Agency
The Evidence and Records Technicians are responsible for re leasing evidence to a police
officer, an officer of the court or another agency. The Evidence and Records Technicians
will document the transfer of all property in the RMS . Documentation will include the
date and time of transfer, to what agency and to who m the property was released.