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 members of the UCSF community believe that a student has been missing for 24 hours, they must report that information by calling (415) 476-6911 or 911 when calling from an on-campus landline. A student is determined to be missing when UCSFPD has verified that the reported information is credible and circumstances warrant declaring the person missing. UCSFPD will then contact the student’s “missing person contact” (if this information is available), within 24 hours of the determination that the student is missing. If the student is under 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 18, or is an emancipated minor, UCSF will inform the San Francisco Police Department (or the local law enforcement with jurisdiction) that the student is missing within 24 hours.
The following notification process will be initiated if UCSFPD determines that a “missing person” is a campus housing resident. As part of the application/renewal process, UCSF Housing Residents can identify a confidential “missing person contact.” The missing person's contact will be notified by UCSF no later than 24-hours after the time the resident is determined to be missing by UCSFPD. The confidential contact may be designated by the student in addition to the declared “emergency contact.” Should the resident not formally declare a separate “missing person contact,” the “emergency contact” on record will be notified. UCSF 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, and that it may not be disclosed outside of a missing person investigation.
All campus housing residents will be directly notified of this policy annually. It will be available with the “Annual Security Report,” which provides information in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Security Crime Statistics Act. All students attempting to register for campus housing will also be notified of this policy when they complete their housing-related documents online. During the online housing application and renewal process (https://housing.ucsf.edu), specific campus housing emergency-related contact information will be captured, and the residents can provide separate contact information for missing persons online. All information submitted online during the housing application and renewal process will remain on file and be considered accurate until the student voluntarily provides different information.
