The two men referred to as suspicious male subjects in an alert released Monday by Sacramento State Police turned out to be undercover officers working for the FBI and Sacramento County’s Sheriff’s Department, University Police confirmed Wednesday.

A female student who was asked to go to a nearby parking lot to assist with an investigation refused and called the campus police.

“It’s a Department of Justice policy not to comment on investigations,” said Steve Dupre, Sacramento media coordinator for the FBI.

Sac State spokeswoman Kim Nava said students can always request to see an official badge from someone claiming to be working for law enforcement.

“We don’t discuss undercover operations but for the most part, agents will have their identification on duty,” Dupre said.

Calling campus police to come and identify people claiming they are working for law enforcement is recommended for all students and faculty.

“They (other agencies) come on campus at times,” said University Police Lt. Christina Lofthouse.

Law enforcement agencies sometimes notify University Police when they are conducting an investigation, but are not required to in all situations.

“It can depend on the status of the investigation,” said Sharon Chow, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.

Public Information Officer Jason Ramos said the Sheriff’s Department was not the primary agency in the operation and only had one detective involved.

“Our detective did provide her a business card to identify,” Ramos said.

Ramos did not know if the student was shown an official badge.

Dupre said the agency will let University Police know in advance if they are going to make an arrest or are serving an arrest warrant.

“If we notified everybody of every single thing we were doing, it would potentially compromise investigations and become a nuisance to them,” Dupre said.

The FBI may release more information on the investigation in the future.

Mitchell Wilson can be reached at [email protected]