GLOSSARY OF TERMS

March 2008

These are some of the abbreviations used by the Police, that you may come across in your role as an Independent Advisor.

A
ACC Assistant Chief Constable
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
AFO Authorised Firearms Officer
ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition
APA Association of Police Authorities
ARV Armed Response Vehicle
ASBO Anti-Social Behaviour Order
AVLS Automated Vehicle Location System
B
BCU Basic Command Unit
Bridewell Police Station (usually with cells)
C
C&C Command and Control
CBM Community Beat Manager
CBO Community Beat Officer
CC Chief Constable
Ch. Supt Chief Superintendent
CI Chief Inspector
CID Criminal Investigations Department
CJB Criminal Justice Board
C&PS Complaints & Professional Standards
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CRSBO Criminal Related Anti-Social Behaviour Order
CRO Criminal Records Office
CRR Community & Race Relations
CSI Crime Scene Investigator
CSU Criminal Support Unit
CTU Counter Terrorism Unit
D
D&D Drunk and Disorderly
D&I Drunk and Incapable
DAAT Drug and Alcohol Action Team
DC Detective Constable
DCC Deputy Chief Constable
DI Detective Inspector
DOHR Director of Human Resources
DP Detained Person
DS Detective Sergeant
DV Domestic Violence
DVI Disaster Victim Identification
E
EFQM European Foundation for Quality Management
EGT Evidence Gathering Team
EOD Explosives Ordnance Disposal
F
FCR Force Control Room
FLO Family Liaison Officer
FTA Fail To Appear
FTS Fail To Stop
H
H2H House to House
HMIC Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary
HO Home Office
HOLMES Home Office Large Major Enquiry System
HR Human Resources
I
Insp Inspector
ITAP Independent Training Advisory Panel
L
LALO Local Authority Liaison Officer
M
MAPPA Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements
MAPPP Multi Agency Public Protection Panel
MAPS Multi Agency Problem Solving
MFH Missing from Home
MIRSAP Major Incident Room Standard Administrative Procedure
MODACE Management of Disaster and Civil Emergency
N
NAFIS National Automatic Fingerprint Identification System
NASS National Asylum Support Service
NCRS National Crime Recording Standards
NFA No Fixed Abode/No Further Action
NIM National Intelligence Model
NOK Next of Kin
NP (NHP) Neighbourhood Policing
NPIA National Policing Improvement Agency
NPO Neighbourhood Police Officer
NSIR National Standards for Incident Recording
NVC Non Verbal Communication
O
OIC Officer in Charge
P
PACE The Police and Criminal Evidence Act
PACT Police and Communities Together
PC Police Constable
PCSO Police Community Support Officer
PDR Professional Development Review
PEA Public Enquiry Assistant
PI Participating Informant / Performance Indicator
PII Public Interest Immunity
PNC Police National Computer
POLSA Police Search Advisor
POP Police Oriented Policing
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPU Public Protection Units
PR Personal Radio
PSD Professional Standards Department
PSU Police Support Unit
PYO Persistent Young Offender
Q
QC Quality Counts
R
RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
ROTI Record of Taped Interview
RPG Road Policing Group
RTC Road Traffic Collision
RVP Rendezvous Point
S
SB Special Branch
SDT Staff Development Team
Sgt Sergeant
SIO Senior Investigating Officer
SMT Senior Management Team
SMV Stolen Motor Vehicle
SOCO Scenes of Crime Officer
SOCU Serious and Organised Crime Unit
SPOC Single Point of Contact
T
T&CG Tasking & Co-ordination Group
TUMV Theft from Unattended Motor Vehicle
Y
YOT Youth Offending Team

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