 This section has been included to assist you interpreting the abbreviations and acronyms that you are likely to come across in our Publication Scheme. Not all of the below can be found in the classes of information, but may also relate to the wider policing arena.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | | | A | |
| | | | | AA | Automobile Association or Activity Analysis or Alcoholics Anonymous | | AAIB | Air Accident Investigation Branch | | ABC | Activity Based Costing or Acceptable Behaviour Contract | | ABH | Actual Bodily Harm | | ABI | Association of British Insurers | | AC | Alternating Current | | ACD | Application For Communications Data (RIPA) or Automatic Call Distribution (FCR) | | ACCOLC | ACCess Over-Load Control | | ACC(O) | Assistant Chief Constable ( Operations) | | ACE CARD | Approach from rear, Caution signs & cones, Examine the scene, Casualties, Ambulance etc, Remove obstructions, Detailed investigation ( RTC actions mnemonic) | | ACIST | ACPO Change and Implementation Support Team | | ACPC | Area Child Protection Committee (obsolete - now LSCB) | | ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers | | ACS | Access Control System | | ACU | Area Crime Unit | | ACW | Anti-ClockWise | | ADAS | Agricultural Development and Advisory Service | | ADP | Automatic Data Processing | | ADR | European Agreement concerning the international carriage of Dangerous goods by Road | | ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | | ADS | Accredited Document Set | | ADVOKATE | Amount of time, Distance, Visibility, Obstructions, Known, Any reason to remember, Time lapsed, Errors (Mnemonic for eyewitness accuracy - 'Turnbull ruling') | | A&E | Accident and Emergency | | AEA | Approved Enforcement Agency | | AEAC | Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary | | AFO | Authorised Firearms Officer | | AFP | Association of Forensic Physicians | | AFR | Automatic Fingerprint Recognition | | AGR | Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor | | AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome | | AIS(M) | Military Aeronautical Information Service | | AIU | Accident Investigation Unit | | AJD | Administration of Justice Department (now Criminal Justice Department) | | AK | Avtomat Kalashnikova (Russian assault rifle - AK47 | | ALDU | Area Learning and Development Unit | | ALF | Animal Liberation Front | | ALMO | Arms Length Management Organisation (outsourcing - Manages housing for a local authority) | | AMEC | Alcohol Misuse and Enforcement Campaign | | AMST | Area Management Support Team (Neighbourhood Watch) | | AN | Ammonium Nitrate (NH4NO3) | | ANPR | Automatic Number Plate Recognition | | APA | Association of Police Authorities | | APACS | Assessment of Police And Community Safety or Association for Payment Clearing Services | | APS | Acting Police Sergeant | | APSG | Accelerated Promotion Scheme for Graduates | | APT&CS | Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Staff | | AQ | Al Quaeda | | ARA | Area Research Assistant | | ARC | Alarm Receiving Centre | | ARCC | Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination Centre | | ARE | Animal Rights Extremism | | ARM | Animal Rights Militia | | ARV | Armed Response Vehicle | | A/S | Arrest/Summons | | ASB | Anti-Social Behaviour | | ASBO | Anti-Social Behaviour Order | | ASBU | Anti-Social Behaviour Unit | | ASNT | Area Searched, No Trace | | ASP | (Police baton) | | ASU | Air Support Unit or Admin Support Unit | | ASW | Approved Social Worker | | ATC | Air Traffic Control | | ATS | Automated Traffic Signal | | ATT | Area Tactical Team | | AV | Anti-Virus | | AVCIS | ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service | | AVLS | Automatic Vehicle Location System |
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| | | | | B&H | Blood & Honour (Extreme Right Wing organisation) | | BA | Burglar Alarm / British Airways | | BAPCO | British Association of Public Safety Communication Officers | | BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation | | BC | Basic Check | | BCS | British Crime Survey | | BCU | Basic Command Unit | | BEM | British Empire Medal | | BLEVE | Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapour Explosion | | BME | Black and Minority Ethnic | | BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Ltd | | BNP | British National Party | | BOMB ALERT | Building, Occupiers, Method of search, Back off, Accurate info, Locate suspects, Evacuate, Rendezvous point, Tape off area | | BOP | Breach Of the Peace | | BPA | Black Police Association | | BST | British Summer Time | | BT | British Telecom | | BTP | British Transport Police | | BVPI | Best Value Performance Indicator | | BVR | Best Value Review |
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| | | | | CAA | Civil Aviation Authority | | CAB | Central Accident Bureau | | CAFCASS | Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service | | CAIU | Child Abuse Investigation Unit | | CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services | | CAN | Council on Addiction for Northamptonshire | | CASPAR | Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Partnership | | CAT | Community Action Team | | CAU | Central Analysts Unit | | CBE | Commander of the (Order of the) British Empire | | CBO | Community Beat Officer | | CBRN | Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear | | CCC | Command and Control Centre or Campaign for Climate Change (Environmentalist Group) | | CCCJS | Co-ordinated Computerisation of the Criminal Justice System | | CCD | Corporate Communications Department | | CCIR | Chief Constable's Incident Report | | CCMF | Criminal Case Management Framkwork | | CCRC | Criminal Cases Review Commission | | CCR | Computerised Crime Recording | | CCTV | Closed Circuit Television | | CCU | Computer Crime Unit | | CCW | Counter-ClockWise | | CD | Compact Disc | | CDO | Civilian Detention Officer | | CDRP | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (now Community Safety Partnership (CSP)) | | CDU | Crime and Disorder Unit | | CDRPs | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships | | CEO | Court Enforcement Officer | | CEOP | Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre | | CEPO | County Emergency Planning Officer | | CGT | Criminal Geographic Targeting | | CHEMSAFE | CHEMical industry Scheme for Assistance in Freight Emergencies | | CHIS | Covert Human Intelligence Source | | CIA | Community Impact Assessment or Chemical Industries Association or Central Intelligence Agency (USA) | | CICA | Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (since 1996) | | CICAP | Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel | | CICB | Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (until 1996) | | CID | Crime Investigation Department | | CIDA | Concerted Interagency Drugs Action Group | | CIG | Crime Investigation Group | | CIMAH | Control of Industrial Major Accident | | CIPD | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | | CIS | Crime Investigation System | | CIT | Collision Investigation Team | | CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) | | CIU | Crime Investigation Unit | | CJA | Criminal Justice Act | | CJC | Criminal Justice Centre | | CJD | Criminal Justice Department | | CJPOA | Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 | | CJS | Criminal Justice System | | CJSSS | Criminal Justice: Simple, Speedy, Summary (Magistrates Streamlining Project) | | CJU | Criminal Justice Unit | | CJX | Criminal Justice Extranet Network see also PNN2 | | CLI | Call Line Identification | | CMS | Casefile Management System or Common Minimum Standard or Content Management System | | CMT | Crime Management Team | | CMU | Crime Management Unit | | CNCD | Consignment Note and Customs Declaration | | COG | Chief Officer Group | | COI | Central Office of Information | | COMAH | Control of Major Accident Hazards | | ComPaSS | Community Profiling And Problem Solving | | COSHH | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations | | COTES | Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 | | CPA | Crime Pattern Analysis or Child Protection Agency | | CPIA | Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 | | CPNI | Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure | | CPO | Crime Prevention Officer or Community Punishment Order | | CPP | Community Policing and Partnerships | | CPR | Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation | | CPRO | Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order | | CPS | Crown Prosecution Service | | CPT | Corporate Performance Team | | CPU | Child Protection Unit (now CAIU) or Central Processing Unit (Computer Processor) | | CRA | Compulsory Retirement Age | | CRB | Criminal Records Bureau | | CRASBO | Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Order (on conviction) | | CRE | Commission for Racial Equality | | CRFP | Council for Registration of Forensic Practitioners | | CRI / CRIs | Central Research Incident (HOLMES) or Crime Related Incident(s) | | CRIB | Crime Recording and Investigation Bureau | | CRISP | Cross-Regional Information Sharing Project | | CRO | Criminal Records Office or Community Rehabilitation Order | | CROP | Covert Rural Observation Point | | CRTP | Competency Related Threshold Payment | | CRUSE | (Voluntary organisation for the counselling of the bereaved) | | CS | (Incapacitating Spray) | | CSCI | Commission for Social Care Inspection | | CSCR | Control Room Incident Recording (obsolete - Vantage replaced CSCR in 2004) | | CSM | Crime Scene Manager | | CSP | Communications Service Providers and Community Safety Partnership | | CSPS | Campbell Square Police Station | | CSR | Confidential Source Register or Comprehensive Spending Review (Home Office) or Corporate Social Responsibility | | CST | Community Safety Team | | CSU | Crime Support Unit | | CTAIL | Child Trafficking Advice and Information Line | | CTC | Counter Terrorist Check | | CTSA | Counter Terrorism Security Adviser | | CTU | Countywide Traveller Unit | | CTO | Central Ticket Office | | CTS | Counter Terrorist Search | | CVRS | Contract Vehicle Recovery Scheme | | CW | ClockWise or Collyweston | | CYP | Children and Young Persons |
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| | | | | DAF | Data Acquisition Facility OR Daily Activity File (PNC) | | DAFS | Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland | | DC | Detective Constable or Direct Current | | DC SAID | Description, Custody number, Signature of witness, Address, Identity mark, Date/time (Exhibits mnemonic) | | DCA | Department for Constitutional Affairs | | DCB | Delayed Charge Bail | | DCC | Deputy Chief Constable | | DCI | Detective Chief Inspector | | D & D | Drunk & Disorderly | | DDI | Direct Dial Inward | | DEA | Data Exchange Agreement | | DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | | DEMVO | Directory of Ethnic Minorities and Vulnerable Organisations (Op Gradient) | | DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions | | DfES | Department for Education and Skills | | DI | Detective Inspector | | DIC | Drunk in Charge or Driver Improvement Course | | DIO | Drugs Intelligence Officer or Divisional Intelligence Officer | | DIP | Drugs Intervention Programme | | DIU | Divisional Intelligence Unit | | DMU | Demand Management Unit | | DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid | | DNP | Detection - No Prosecution | | DOB | Date of Birth | | DoF | Director of Finance | | DP | Detained Person or Detained Property | | DPG | Departmental Performance Group | | DPMU | Dangerous Persons Management Unit (formerly PPU) | | DPP | Director of Public Prosecutions | | DR ABC | Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation (1st Aid mnemonic) | | DRE | Dynamic Reasoning Engine | | DRS | Disclosure Record Sheet or Driver Rectification Scheme (obsolete - see NDIS) | | DSA | Display Screen Assessor | | DSE | Display Screen Equipment | | DSG | Data Standards Group | | DSI | Department for Service Improvement (formerly Corporate Development) | | DSO | Detective Support Officer | | DSS | Department of Social Security | | DSU | Dedicated Source Unit | | DTC | District Training Centre now PTC | | DTLR | Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions | | DTU | Driver Training Unit | | DV | Domestic Violence or Developed Vetting or Deo Volente (God Willing) | | DVI | Disaster Victim Identification | | DVLA | Driving Vehicle Licensing Authority | | DVLC | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre |
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| | | | | EAH | Early Administrative Hearing | | EBU | European Broadcasting Union | | EC | European Community | | ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights | | ECLIPSE | Evidence, Consider, Linked, Intelligence, Property, Suspect, Eyewitness (Crime recording mnemonic) | | ECP | Enhanced Community Punishment order | | ECU | Economic Crime Unit | | EDC | Enquiry Desk Clerk | | EDO | Enquiry Desk Officer | | EDR | Enquiry Desk Receptionist | | EEA | European Economic Area | | EEC | European Economic Community | | EEP | Experienced, Evidenced, Potential (Community Tension) | | EFPN | Endorsable Fixed Penalty Notice | | EG | Evidence Gathering | | EGT | Evidence Gathering Team | | EHO | Environmental Health Officer | | ELBOWS | Erasures, Leaves torn out, Blank spaces, Overwriting, Writing between lines, and Statements to be written in direct english/speech (Misuse of Pocketbook mnemonic) | | ELVIS | End of Life Vehicle Impound Scheme | | EMASU | East Midlands Air Support Unit | | EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction | | EMCTIU | East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit | | EMDS | Electronic Messaging Delivery Service | | EMSOU | East Midlands Special Operations Unit | | EO | Equal Opportunities | | EOD | Explosives Ordnance Disposal | | EOSMG | Equality of Service Monitoring Group | | EOTH | Easton on the Hill | | EPF | Extended Police Family or Ensuring Positive Futures (HIV Employability) | | EPIC | Emergency Procedures Information Centre | | ERL | Emergency Reference Level | | ESE | Electronic Security Environment | | ESLA | Electro Static Lifting Apparatus (Footprint Records) | | ETA | Expected Time of Arrival | | ETD | Emergency Travel Document | | EVA | Environmental Visual Audit (Neighbourhood Policing) | | EX | Exhibit |
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| | | | | F4J | Fathers For Justice (Fathers Rights Group) | | FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigations | | FBO | Football Banning Order | | FBOA | Football Banning Order Authority | | FCC | Force Communications Centre | | FCI | Forensic Collision Investigator | | FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | | FCP | Forward Control Point | | FCR | Force Control Room | | FEO | Firearms Enquiry Officer | | FHD | Force HelpDesk | | FHQ | Force Headquarters | | FI | Forensic Investigations | | FI | Forensic Investigators - Level 1, 2 and 3 | | FIB | Force Intelligence Bureau | | FIC | Firearms Incident Commander | | FIM | Firearms Incident Manager | | FIMS | Financial Information Management System | | FIO | Field Intelligence Officer | | FIR | Force Information Room | | FIS | Force Intelligence System | | FISVM | Force Information Security & Vetting Manager | | FIU | Force Intelligence Unit | | FLAC | Faith, Language And Culture (NCTT) database | | FLAT | Front Line Analytical Tool (Project) | | FLO | Football Liaison Officer or Family Liaison Officer | | FLOWERS | Fuel, Lights, Oil, Water, Electrics, Rubber, Safety Equipment (vehicle check list mnemonic) | | FME | Force Medical Examiner | | FMG | Facilities Management Group | | FMT | Forensic Management Team | | FNCT | Foreign National Crime Team | | FOA | First Officer Attending | | FOI | Freedom of Information | | FOS | First on Scene | | FP | Found Property | | FPE | Firearms and Protective Equipment | | FPN | Fixed Penalty Notice | | FPIP | Force Performance Improvement Plan | | FPP | Force Policy and Procedure | | FPR | Focus Performance Review OR Force Performance Review OR Forensic Processes Review | | FPT | Fingerprint | | FSM | Firearms Scene Manager | | FSO | Force Standing Order | | FSPU | Forensic Science and Pathology Unit (NPIA) | | FSS | Forensic Science Service | | FSU | Firearms Support Unit | | FSSL | Forensic Science Service Laboratory | | F/T | Full-time | | FTA Warrant | Failure To Appear Bench Warrants | | FTD | Fit To Detain |
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| | | | | GBH | Grievous Bodily Harm | | GP | General Practitioner | | GMT | Greenwich Mean Time | | GOEM | Government Office for the East Midlands | | GSE | Global Security Environment | | GSL | Global Solutions Ltd (prisoner transport) | | GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications (originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) (Mobile phone standard in Europe) | | GTA | Government Technical Adviser | | GU | Genito-Urinary (clinic) |
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| | | | | H2H | House to House | | HA | Highways Agency | | HATO / HATOS | Highways Agency Traffic Officer(s) | | HAZCHEM | HAZardous CHEMicals | | HCCU | High Crime Causing User | | HET | House Entry Team | | HGV | Heavy Goods Vehicle | | HMCE | Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise | | HMCI | Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector | | HMCPSI | Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | | HMCS | Her Majesty's Court Service | | HME | Home Made Explosives | | HMFSI | Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate | | HMG | Higher Grade or Her Majesty’s Government | | HMIC | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabularies | | HMICA | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Court Administration | | HMIP | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation OR Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons | | HMP | Her Majesty’s Prison | | HMSO | Her Majesty’s Stationary Office | | HO | Home Office | | HOC | Home Office Circular | | HOLAB | Home Office Laboratory form | | HOLMES/ HOLMES II | Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (Computer system for major incidents) | | HOPD | Home Office Prison Department | | HOPF | Home Office Police Force | | HORT 1 / HORT 2 | Home Office Road Traffic Form (1) / Production of Documents form | | HOSDB | Home Office Scientific Development Branch | | HPDS | High Potential Development Scheme | | HR | Human Resources | | HRBP | Human Resources Business Partner | | HQ | Headquarters | | HSE | Health and Safety Executive | | HSG | Handling Stolen Goods | | HTCU | High Tech Crime Unit |
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| | | | | IAG | Independent Advisory Group | | IBIS | Integrated Business and Information System | | ICIDP | Initial Crime Investigators Development Programme | | ICP | Incident Control Point | | ICCP | Incident Control and Change Programme | | ICCS | Integrated Communication Control System | | ICPO | International Criminal Police Organisation | | ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection | | ICT | Information, Communications and Technology | | ICU | Image Capture Unit | | ID | Identification | | IDENT | Identifiable Fingerprints | | IDLP | Initial Development and Learning Programme (obsolete - see IPLDP) | | IED | Improvised Explosive Device | | IEU | Incident Enquiry Unit | | IIMARCH (previously IIRMAC) | Information, Intention, Method, Administration, Risk assessment, Communication & Human rights (Operational Order mnemonic) | | IIO | Initial Investigating Officer | | ILET | International Liaison and Enquiry Team | | ILIT | Intelligence Led Integrity Test | | IMC | Incident Management Centre (now known as Force Control Room) | | IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods | | IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity (mobile phone serial number) | | IMPACT | Intelligence Management Prioritisation Analysis Co-ordination and Tasking | | IMS | Informant Management System | | IND | Immigration and Nationality Directorate | | INI | Interim Nominal Index / IMPACT Nominal Index | | IO | Investigating Officer | | IP | Injured Party | | IPA | International Police Association | | IPAK | Improving Performance by Applying Knowledge | | IPCC | Independent Police Complaints Commission or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | | IPG | Improving Performance Group | | IPLDP | Initial Police Learning and Development Programme | | IPMS | Integrated Performance Management System | | IPTF | International Police Task Force | | IPU | International Police Unit | | IR | Infra-Red (Heat rays) | | IRR | Ionising Radiation Regulations | | IRT | Incident Resolution Team | | IRURS | Information Records - Use Retention and Storage (Project) | | IRV | Incident Resolution Vehicle | | ISD | Information Services Department (previously ICT Services) | | ISO | Information Security Officer OR Investigatory Support Officer | | ISS | Intelligence Support Services now PNC | | ISS4PS | Information Systems Strategy for the Police Service | | IT | Information Technology | | ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library | | ITV | Independent Television | | IWF | Internet Watch Foundation |
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| | | | | JAG | Joint Action Group | | JBB | Joint Branch Board | | JCC | Joint Central Committee | | JNCC | Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee | | JOPI | Joint Operational Instructions | | JPM | Joint Performance Monitoring | | JSEODC | Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Report Centre |
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| | | | | KIN | Key Individual Networks (Neighbourhood Policing) | | KSI | Killed or Seriously Injured |
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| | | | | LAA | Local Area Agreement | | LATCC | London Air Traffic Control Centre | | LAW | Light Anti-Tank Weapon or Light Anti-Armour Weapon | | LCJB | Local Criminal Justice Board | | LDA | Local Diversity Advisor | | LEA | Local Education Authority | | LEC | Local Emergency Centre | | LGC | Laboratory of the Government Chemist | | LGPS | Local Government Pension Scheme | | LGV | Light Goods Vehicle | | LIO | Local Intelligence Officer | | LIP | Local Identified Priorities | | LISTEN | Listen, Inspire confidence, Support with information, Take ownership, Explain, Notify (Surrey Customer service mnemonic) | | LMC | Lorry Mounted Crane | | LPIF | Local Performance Improvement Framework | | LPP | Local Policing Plan | | LSCB | Local Safeguarding Children Board | | LSE | Local Security Environment | | LU | London Underground | | LWAC | List of Witnesses to Attend Court | | LZ | Leisure Zone |
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| | | | | MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - now a new government office see DEFRA | | MAIB | Marine Accident Investigation Branch | | MAMOU | Multi-Agency Memorandum of Understanding | | MANPADS | Man-Portable Air-Defence System (SAM) | | MAPPA | Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements | | MAPPOM | Multi-agency Prolific and Priority Offender Meeting | | MAPPP | Multi Agency Public Protection Panel | | MARAC | Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference | | MAST | Mutual Aid Support Team | | MATO | Military Air Traffic Operations | | MBE | Member of the (Order of the) British Empire | | MCA | Maritime & Coastguard Agency | | MCC | Methodical, Careful, Considerate | | MCIPS | Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply | | MCIT | Major Crime Investigation Team | | MCT | Major Crime Team | | MDA | Misuse of Drugs Act | | MDP | Ministry of Defence Police | | MET | The Metropolitan Police | | MFG | Managing Finance Group | | MIAFTR | Motor Insurers Anti Fraud and Theft Register | | MIBK | Methyl Iso-butyl Ketone | | MID | Motor Insurance Database | | MIDAS | Murder Investigation Data Analysis System | | MIO | Management Information Office | | MIR | Major Incident Room | | MIRSAP | Major Incident Room Standard Admin Procedures | | MISPER | Missing Person | | MIST | Major Incident Support Team | | MIT | Major Incident Team or Major Investigations Team | | MKG | Managing Knowledge Group | | MKSM | Milton Keynes South Midland (sub-regional strategy) | | MLH | Multiple License Holders | | MO | Modus Operandi | | MOD | Ministry of Defence | | MODACE | Management of Disaster and Civil Emergency | | MOG | Manual Of Guidance (policies) | | MOPI | Management of Police Information | | MOT | Ministry of Transport test | | MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | | MOWP | Making Off Without Payment | | MP | Member of Parliament | | MPG | Management Performance Group | | MPS | Mobile Police Station or Metropolitan Police Service | | MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet (Health & Safety - Hazardous Materials) | | MSF | Most-Similar Forces (HMIC performance statistics) | | MSG | Managing Staff Group | | mSv | Millisievert (radiation measurement: 1 thousandth of a sievert) | | MSX | Message Switch |
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| | | | | NAABC | Northamptonshire Action Against Business Crime | | NaBIS | National Ballistics Intelligence Service | | NACRO | National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders | | NACTSO | National Counter Terrorism Security Office | | NAFIS | National Automatic Fingerprint Identification System | | NAI | Non-Accidental Injury | | NAIR | National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity | | NAOPV | National Association Of Prision Visitors | | NARPO | National Association of Retired Police Officers | | NASS | National Asylum Support Service | | NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | | NB | Northamptonshire North | | NBC | Northampton Borough Council | | NCC | Northamptonshire County Council | | NCCBRN | National Co-ordinator Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear | | NCDE | National Coordinator For Domestic Extremism | | NCEC | National Chemical Emergency Centre | | NCF | National Crime Faculty | | NCIS | National Criminal Intelligence Service | | NCP | National Charging Protocol | | NCPE | National Centre for Policing Excellence (changing to NPIA) | | NCRS | National Crime Recording Standard | | NCS | National Crime Squad | | NCSC | National Care Standards Commission (NHS : obsolete - now CSCI) | | NCTT | National Community Tensions Team | | NDAS | Northamptonshire Drug and Alcohol Service | | NDET | National Domestic Extremism Team | | NDFU | National Document Fraud Unit (UKPS) | | NDIS | National Driver Improvement Scheme (formerly DRS) | | NDNAD | National DNA Database | | NDTMS | National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NHS) | | NEBR | Nuclear Emergency Briefing Room | | NES | National Enforcement Service | | NETCU | National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit | | NF | National Front (Extreme Right Wing organisation) | | NFA | No Further Action or No Fixed Abode | | NFIU | National Football Intelligence Unit | | NFLMS | National Firearms Licensing Management System | | NGH | Northampton General Hospital | | NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation | | NHS | National Health Service | | NI | National Insurance | | NIB | National Identification Bureau | | NIHHS | Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances | | NIM | National Intelligence Model | | NIP | Notice of Intended Prosecution | | NIPN | National Internet Protocol (IP) Network - partof PITO's CJX | | NIREP | Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Plan | | NISCC | National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (pronounced "nicey") | | NMAT | National Mutual Aid Telephony System | | NMC | Northampton Magistrates Court | | NMIS | National Management Information System | | NMPH | National Missing Persons Helpline | | NMPCU | National Mobile Phone Crime Unit | | NOMS | National Offender Management Service | | NorDAF (NDAF) | Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Forum | | NPD | National Probation Directorate Victim Network | | NPIA | National Policing Improvement Agency | | NPM | Northamptonshire Policing Model | | NPOIU | National Public Order Intelligence Unit | | NPPS | New Police Pension Scheme | | NPPT | Neighbourhood Policing Programme Team | | NRPB | National Radiological Protection Board | | NSAC | National Security Advice Centre (MI5) | | NSCAS | National Senior Career Advisory Service (NPIA) | | NSIR | National Standard for Incident Recording | | NSLEC | National Specialist Law Enforcement Centre | | NSLLD | National Stolen Lorry Load Desk (obsolete - now TruckPol) | | NSPCC | National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | | NSPIS | National Strategy Police Information System | | NSY | New Scotland Yard | | NTU | Network Termination Unit | | NVC | Non Verbal Communication |
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| | | | | OBTJ | Offences Brought To Justice | | OCJR | Office of Criminal Justice Reform | | OCR | Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (exam board) or Optical Character Recognition | | OCU | Organised Crime Unit (formerly Crime and Community, Level Two Team) | | ODPM | Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (is now Communities and Local Government) | | OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education | | OGC | Office of Government Commerce | | OIC | Officer in Charge or Officer in the Case | | OIOC | Officer In Overall Command | | OJEC | Official Journal of the European Communities | | OLIDA | Operation Log Involving Deployment of AFOs | | OP | Operational Policing | | OPG | Operational Performance Group | | OPSI | Office of Public Sector Information | | OPU | Operational Performance Unit | | OR ATT | Officers' Report ATTached | | OS | Ordinance Survey | | OSC | Office of the Surveillance Commissioners | | OSCE | Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe | | OTD | Other Than Dwelling | | OTU | Operations Tactical Unit | | O/T | Overtime |
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| | | | | PA | Public Address (system) | | PAA | Police Athletic Association | | PACC | Police Authority Community Consultation | | PACE | Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 | | PALP | Positive Action Leadership Programme | | PALS | Police And Local Schools OR Patient Advice and Liaison Service (NHS) | | PAR-Q | Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire | | PAT | Problem Analysis Triangle | | PAVA | Incapacity spray (also known as PARVA) | | PAYE | Pay as You Earn | | PAYP | Positive Activities for Young People | | PA | Police Authority | | PC | Police Constable or Personal Computer PC Politically Correct | | PCA | Pre-Charge Advice / Police Complaints Authority - now called Independent Police Complaints Commission | | PCSD | Police and Crime Standards Directorate formerly Police and Crime Standards Unit contains Police Standards Unit | | PCSO | Police Community Support Officer | | PCSU | Police and Crime Standards Unit (obsolete) - now Police and Crime Standards Directorate contains Police Standards Unit | | PCT | Priority Crime Team and Primary Care Trust (NHS) | | PCV | Passenger Carrying Vehicle | | PDF | Personal Descriptive Form or Portable Document Format (a type of computer file) | | PDF OBT | PDF OBTained | | PDO | Potentially Dangerous Offender | | PDP | Probationer Development Portfolio | | PDR | Personal Development Review | | PDU | Professional Development Unit | | PEACE | Prepare/planning, Engage & explain, Account, Closure, Evaluation (Investigative Interviewing mnemonic) | | PED | Police Elimination Database (DNA) | | PEG | Police Efficiency Group (Home Office) | | PER | Prisoner Escort Record | | PESTEL(G)O | Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal, (Geographical,) Organisational (mnemonic to identify problem neghbourhoods) | | PFR | Police Federation Regulations | | PFX | (Police radio) | | PHH | (Brand name on fuel cards) | | PHQ | Police Headquarters | | PHRU | Police Human Resource Unit (NPIA) | | PICT | Police Information Communication and Technology (NPIA) | | PII | Public Interest Immunity | | PIM | Post-Incident Manager | | PIN | Personal Identification Number | | PIO | Public Information Office or Principle Investigating Officer or Prison(er) Intelligence Officer | | PIP | Performance Improvement Plan or Post Incident Procedure or Professionalising the Investigation Programme or (Home Office) Professionalising the Investigation Process | | PIR | Police Initial Recruitment | | PITO | Police Information Technology Organisation | | PIU | Prisoner Investigation Unit | | PM | Post Mortem | | PMAS | Police Mutual Assurance Society | | PMB | Programme Management Board | | PMF | Performance Management Framework | | PMS | Police Management System | | PMS2 | Prisoner Management System | | PNAC | Police National Assessment Centre (NPIA) | | PNB | Police Negotiating Board or Pocket Note Book | | PNC | Police National Computer | | PNLD | Police National Legal Database | | PNMP | Police National Mobilisation Plan | | PNN2 | Criminal Justice Network See Also CJX | | PO | Persistent Offender | | POA | Public Order Act or Power Of Arrest | | POCA | Protection of Children Act 1978 or Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 | | POLAC | POLice ACcident | | POLFIG | POLice Forum for Income Generation | | POLIT | Paedophile On Line Investigation Team (NCS) | | POLNET | (Pre-Windows IT network) | | POLSA | Police Search Advisor | | POM | Purchase Order Management (Aptos finance software) | | POP | Problem-Oriented Policing | | POT | Public Order Training or Prevention of Terrorism | | POVA | Protection of Vulnerable Adults | | PPA | Policing Priority Area or Professionalising Performance Through Assessment (Diversity training) or Police Performance Assessment | | PPAF | Police Performance Assessment Framework | | PPE | Personal Protective Equipment | | PPO | Prolific (and other) Priority Offender | | PPOD | Policing Policy and Operations Directorate (NPIA) | | PPS | Police Pension Scheme | | PPU | Public Protection Unit (obsolete - now DPMU) | | PR24 | (police baton) | | PRRD | Police Reform and Resources Directorate (NPIA) | | PRU | Police Reform Unit (NPIA) | | PSA | Policing Standards Authority | | PSAEW | Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales | | PSC | Protective Services Command | | PSD | Professional Standards Department | | PSDB | Police Scientific Development Branch | | PSHE | Personal, Social and Health Education | | PSNI | Police Service of Northern Ireland | | PST | Police Search Team | | PSU | Police Support Unit (internal use) or Police Standards Unit (part of PCSD, part of HMIC) | | PSV | Public Service Vehicle | | P/T | Part-time | | PTC | Police Training Centre | | PTI | Physical Training Instructor | | PTIURN | Police Trial Issue Unique Reference Number (NSPIS case number = custody number) | | PTS / PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress (Disorder) | | PTW | Part-Time Working | | PU | Process Unit | | PVI | Police Vehicle Incident | | PVCRS | Police Vehicle Collision Reduction Strategy | | PWR | Police Work on Railways or Pressurised Water Reactor | | PYO | Persistent Young Offender or Pick Your Own |
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| | | | | QGM | Queen’s Gallantry Medal | | QPM | Queen’s Police Medal or Quality and Performance Management | | QUEST | Query Using Extended Search Techniques (PNC search) |
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| | | | | RAC | Royal Automobile Club | | RAF | Royal Air Force | | RCU | Road Crime Unit | | RDS | Rural Development Service | | REC | Racial Equality Council | | RFID | Radio Frequency IDentification (electronic tags that can be sensed from a distance) | | RI | Re-Interview | | RIC | Remand In Custody | | RID | (International regulations concerning the carriage
of dangerous goods by rail) | | RIDDOR | Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations | | RIMNET | Radioactive Incident Monitoring NETwork (DEFRA) | | RIO | Rail Incident Officer | | RIPA | Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act | | RJ | Restorative Justice | | RO | Recovery Operator | | ROI | Record Of Interview | | ROSH | Risk of Serious Harm | | ROSPA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents | | ROTI | Record of Taped Interview | | ROVI | Record of Video Interview | | RPG | Rocket Propelled Grenade or Role-Playing Game | | RPU | Road Policing Unit | | RSA | Royal Society of Arts or Republic of South Africa | | RSI | Roadside Interview or Repetitive Strain Injury | | RSO | Registered Sex Offender or Road Safety Officer | | RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | | RSPCA | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals | | RT | Radio Transmission (frequency) | | RTC | Road Traffic Collision (formerly RTA - Accident) | | RTRA | Road Traffic Regulations Act | | RVP | Rendezvous Point |
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| | | | | SA | Specialist Advisor | | SAD CHALET | Survey, Assess, Disseminate : Casualties, Hazards, Access, Location, Emergency Services, Type of Incident (Major Incidents reporting mnemonic) | | SAL | Standard Acknowledgement Letter | | SAM | Surface to Air Missile | | SAMM | Support After Murder and Manslaughter | | SAR | Suspicious Activity Reports | | SARC | Sexual Assault Referral Centre | | SAYE | Save as You Earn | | SB | Special Branch | | SC | Security Check | | SCAS | Serious Crime Analysis Section | | SCC | Senior Command Course (now Strategic Command Course) | | SCENE | Seal area, Control, Emergency services, Notify, Evacuate (Major Incident mnemonic) | | SCP | Safety Camera Partnership | | SCRT | Specialist Crime Response Team | | SCT | Safety Camera Team or Safer Community Team | | SD | Sanctioned Detection | | SEC | Site Emergency Controller | | SEG | (Ministry of Defence police) Special Escort Group | | SEO | Station Enquiry Officer | | SGLR | Senior Government Liaison Representative | | SHA | Standard Housing allowance | | SHAC | Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty | | SID | Source Input Document | | SIM | Subscriber Identity Module (Mobile phone card) | | SIO | Senior Investigating Officer | | SIP / SIPB | Strategic Improvement Programme (Board) | | SLA | Service Level Agreement | | SLDP | Senior Leadership Development Programme | | SLUA | Street Level Up Approach (Drugs) | | SLP | Self-Loading Pistol | | SMART | Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic, Time Bound (Targets mnemonic) | | SMDS | Switched Multi-Megabit Data Device | | SMF | Senior Management Forum | | SNAPS | Specific Non-judgemental Actionable Positive Soonest (Supervisor Feedback mnemonic) | | SNEN | Single Non Emergency Number (03000 111 222) | | SO | Standing Orders (now Manual of Guidance) | | SOC | Scenes of Crime | | SOCA | Serious Organised Crime Agency | | SOCAP | Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 | | SOLAP | Student Officer Learning & Assessment Portfolio | | SOCO | Scenes of Crime Officer - now Forensic Investigator | | SOER | Scottish Office Emergency Room | | SOP | Standard Operating Procedure | | SP | Seized Property | | SPEAK | ...for the Animals | | SPECSS | Separation, Pregnancy, Escalation, Cultural, Stalking, Sexual Assault (Child Abuse mnemonic) | | SPINE | Statutory, Proportional, Intereference, Necessary, Evidence (Human Rights mnemonic) | | SPO | Statutory Publications Office (part of DCA) | | SPOC | Single Point of Contact | | SRO | Senior Responsible Officer | | SRP | Standard Response and Pursuit (Driver Training Standard) | | SSD | Scientific Support Department | | SSI | Social Services Inspectorate (obsolete - now CSCI) | | SSL | Secure Socket Layer | | SSSI | Site of Special Scientific Interest (Nature conservation) | | SSU | Scientific Support Unit (now Scientific Support Department) | | ST OBT | STatement OBTained | | STT | Specials Tactical Team | | Sv | Sievert (radiation measurement) | | SVE | Stolen Vehicle Examiner | | SWP | Socialist Workers Party | | SYOPs | System Operating Procedures (Guidance & Instructions for Information Security |
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| | | | | TADA | Taking And Driving Away (of Vehicle) | | TAPP | Tracking the Availability, Price and Purity (of Drugs) | | TAR | Traffic Accident Records | | TCG | Tasking and Coordinating Group | | TCR | Traffic Collision Records a.k.a. TAR | | TETRA | TErrestrial TRunked RAdio - referred to within this Force as Airwave | | TFMV | Theft From Motor Vehicle | | TFST | Take Further STatement | | TI | Trace and Interview | | TIC | Taken Into Consideration | | TIG | Trials Issues Group | | TIE | Trace, Implicate or Eliminate | | TISPOL | Traffic Information Systems for the Police | | TMO | Tenant Management Organisation | | TMS | Transport Management System | | TOMV | Taking Of Motor Vehicle | | TOPPs | Transfer of Parking Powers scheme | | TOPS | Total Operations Processing System | | TRA | Transitional Rent Allowance | | Triple SI | Site of Special Scientific Interest (Nature conservation) or SSSI | | TST | Take Statement | | TSU | Technical Support Unit | | TTCG | Tactical Tasking and Coordinating Group | | TU | Trial Units | | TWOC | Taken Without Consent |
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| | | | | UCAP | United Courts Administration Programme | | UCBO | Urgent Court Business Officer | | UCO | UnderCover Officer | | UDT | Unarmed Defensive Tactics | | UHF | Ultra High Frequency | | UIE | User Input Evaluation | | UK | United Kingdom | | UKBA | United Kingdom Borders Agency | | UKCA | United Kingdom Central Authority | | UKHTC | United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre | | UKIS | United Kingdom Immigration services | | UKPIA | United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association | | UKPS | United Kingdom Passport Service | | UN | United Nations | | UPP | Unsatisfactory Performance Procedure | | UPSA | Unified Police Security Architecture (PITO - NPIA) | | URN | Unique Reference Number | | uSv | Microsievert (radiation measurement: 1 millionth of a sievert) | | UV | Ultra-Violet |
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| | | | | VAD | Vehicle Audit Document | | VAP | Victims Advisory Panel or Violence Against the Person | | VASCAR | Visual Average Speed Camera And Recorder | | VAT | Value Added Tax | | VBIED | Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device | | VCE | Vapour Cloud Explosion | | VCoP | Victims Code of Practise | | VCU | Volume Crime Unit | | VDR / VDRS | Vehicle Defect Rectification (Scheme) | | VDU | Visual Display Unit (obsolete - now DSE) | | VE | Vehicle Examiner | | VEL | Vehicle Excise Licence | | VERA | Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 | | VGT | Virtual Global Taskforce | | VFMSG | Virtual Global Taskforce | | VHF | Very High Frequency | | VHS | Video Home System | | VIN | Vehicle Identification Number | | VIP | Very Important Person | | VIPER | Video Identification Parade Electronic Recognition | | ViSOR | Violent Offender & Sex Offender Register | | VLI | Vulnerable Localities Index | | VODS | Vehicle On-line Descriptive Search | | VOSA | Vehicle and Operator Services Agency | | VPFPO | Vehicle Procedures and Fixed Penalty Office ? (old CTO system) | | VPS | Victim Personal Statment | | VRF | Volunteer Reserve Forces | | VSS | Victim Support Scheme |
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| | | | | WAVE | Witness And Victim Experience | | WB | Northamptonshire West | | WCU | Witness Care Units | | WDA | Waste Disposal Authority | | WFSP / WFSPU | Workforce & Succession Planning Unit (HR) | | WP | Word Processor | | WRULD | Work Related Upper Limb Disorder | | WRVS | Women’s Royal Volunteer Service | | WSDP | Workforce and Succession Planning Department |
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| | | | XHIBIT | eXchanging Hearing Information By Information Technology | | | | | | Y | |
| | | | | YCO | Youth Case Officer | | YJB | Youth Justice Board | | YJP | Youth Justice Process | | YOI | Young Offender Institution | | YOT | Youth Offending Team | | YRD | Youth Restorative Disposal | | YTD | Year To Date |
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