Notification of Missing Students
Suspected missing students should be reported immediately to the University of California, San Francisco Police Department (UCSFPD). UCSFPD has been designated as the official unit authorized to determine whether a person is missing. If a member of the UCSF community believes that a student has been missing for 24 hours, they must report that information to UCSFPD by calling (415) 476-6911 or 9-1-1 when calling from an on-campus landline. A student is determined to be missing when UCSFPD has verified that reported information is credible and circumstances warrant declaring the person missing.
UCSF Housing Notification Process
Following a determination by UCSFPD that a residential student is a missing person, notification will be made to the missing person contact, if contact information has been provided, within 24 hours. If the student has registered multiple contacts and if the first contact confirms that the student is not missing, UCSFPD will contact each additional contact person in turn, unless the student in question is contacted by UCSF or contacts UCSF. If UCSFPD is unsuccessful in contacting the named individual(s), attempts must be documented. The official determination that the student is missing can be made at any time by UCSFPD or local law enforcement. If the student is under the age of 18 and is not an emancipated individual, UCSFPD will notify the student’s parent or guardian and any other designated contact person within 24 hours. Regardless of whether the student has identified a contact person, is above the age of 18, or is an emancipated minor, UCSFPD will inform local law enforcement with jurisdiction that the student is missing within 24 hours of confirmation.
Missing Person Contact - UCSF Housing
UCSF Housing residents, as part of the application/renewal process, have the option to identify a confidential missing person contact. The missing person contact will be notified by UCSF no later than 24 hours after the time the resident is determined missing by UCSFPD. The confidential contact may be a person designated by the resident in addition to the declared emergency contact. The missing person contact does not have to be associated with UCSF. Should the resident not formally declare a separate missing person contact, the emergency contact on record will be notified. UCSF Housing residents are advised that their contact information will be registered confidentially and that this information will be accessible only to authorized campus officials and law enforcement. The information may not be disclosed outside of a missing person investigation.
Notification of this policy will be made annually to all residents residing in campus housing. It is made available in conjunction with UCSF’s Annual Security Report in compliance with the Clery Act. All students attempting to register for campus housing will also be notified of this policy at the time of online completion of housing related documents. During the online housing application and renewal process, specific campus housing emergency-related contact information will be captured and the resident will have the opportunity to provide a separate missing person contact online. All information submitted online during the housing application and renewal process (https://housing.ucsf.edu) will remain on file and be considered accurate until the resident voluntarily provides different information.
If a member of the UCSF community believes that a student has been missing for 24 hours, they must report that information to UCSFPD by calling (415) 476-6911 or 9-1-1 when calling from an on-campus landline. A student is determined to be missing when UCSFPD has verified that reported information is credible and circumstances warrant declaring the person missing.