Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
10.1 Special Operations
10.1.3 Tactical Team Deployment (Revised: 8/1/14)
A. The FSD Captain or designee, with the concurrence of the Chief of Police, will have
overall command and control over any special operations and assess if and to what extent
there is a need for special equipment or resources.
B. The FSD Captain will assess if there is a need to call out the SFPD Hostage Negotiation
Team, Tactical Team and/or Bomb Squad and the extent of the need. He/she will then
confer with and advise the Chief of Police on activating a callout. In the absence of the
FSD Captain, the Patrol Lieutenant or Chief of Police will make the determination. In the
absence of the Chief of Police, the highest ranking officer shall notify the Chief of Police
as so on as possible.