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9.6 Release and Final Disposition of Property and Evidence
9.6.4 Property Management Records (Revised: 5/10/23 )
The TSD Director maintains a records system, which reflects the location of the property stored
in the property room, date and time when the property was received or released, character, type
and amount of property on hand and chain of custody of the property through its f inal
disposition. The dates and results of all inspections, inventories and audits will be kept by the
TSD Director .
A. The RMS Property System
All information regarding found, safekeeping and evidentiary property will be entered
into the RMS Property System. The record will contain the following information on
each item entered into the system:
1. Agency and case number
2. Incident type and crime class (felony or misdemeanor)
3. Bar code
4. Item number
5. Date property was submitted
6. Submitt ing officer’s badge number
7. Bin location within the Evidence Room where that property is stored
8. Description of property
9. Type of property (found, evidence or safekeeping) and whether it is to be
destroyed
10. Personal information (name, date of birt h, etc.) connected to the property
11. Final release and/or disposition information
12. Property movement information.
B. UCSF Police Department Property Record Tag
A Property Record Tag shall accompany all property submitted and will contain the
followin g information:
1. UCSF Police Department case number
2. Outside agency case number, if applicable
3. Date
4. Officer and star number
5. Name of victim/suspect/owner/finder/other
6. Offense codes
7. Crime class
8. Laboratory analyst
9. Date in
10. Property type
11. Storage facility
12. Storage location
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13. If the object is: evidence, safekeeping, found, recovered, search warrant, etc.
14. Description of the property: make, model, serial number, etc.