A1 Station code for Chester Police Station
A2 Station code for Ellesmere Port Police
Station
A3 Station code for Congleton and Vale Royal
Division
AA Automobile Association
ABH Actual Bodily Harm
ABI Association of British Insurers
ACC Assistant Chief Constable
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
ACR Automated Crime Recording
ACS Access Control System
ADAS Agricultural Development and Advisory
Service
ADP Automatic Data Processing
ADR European Agreement concerning the
international carriage of Dangerous goods by Road
ADS Accredited Document Set
A&E Accident and Emergency
AEA Approved Enforcement Agency
AEAC Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary
AFO Authorised Firearms Officer
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 Unit)
ALO Architectural Liaison Officer
ALTARIS (Command and control room system. Took
over from HORIS)
ANPR Automatic Number Plate Reader
APS Acting Police Sergeant or Accelerated
Promotion Scheme
APSG Accelerated Promotion Scheme for
Graduates
ARC Alarm Receiving Centre
ARCC Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination
Centre
ARV Armed Response Vehicle
A/S Arrest/Summons
ASBO Anti-Social Behaviour Order
ASP (Police baton)
ASU Air Support Unit, Admin Support Unit or
Area Support Unit
ASW Approved Social Worker
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATRO Area Training and Recruitment Officer
ATS Automated Traffic Signal
AV Anti-Virus
B1/B4 Station Code for Halton Division (Runcorn
and Widnes)
B2/B3 Station Code for Warrington Division
BA British Airways
BAPCO British Association of Public Safety
Communication Officers
BAPS Business and Property Services
BASICS British Association of Immediate Care
Schemes
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BC Basic Check
BCU Basic Command Unit
BEM British Empire Medal
BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapour
Explosion
BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Ltd.
BOTIAD Burglary in Building other than
Dwelling
BPA British Pipeline Agency or Black Police
Association
BST British Summer Time
BT British Telecom
BTP British Transport Police
BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator
BVRLA British Vehicle Rental and Leasing
Association
C1 Station Code for Macclesfield Police
Station
C2 Station Code for Wilmslow Police Station
C3 Station Code for Crewe Police Station
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAM Community Action Meeting
CBE Commander of the (Order of the) British
Empire
CCC Central Command Complex or Cheshire County
Council
CCRB Centralised Crime Recording Bureau
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CCU Computer Crime Unit
CD Compact Disc
CDO Civilian Detention Officer
CDRCP Crime & Disorder Reduction
Partnership
CDU Corporate Development Unit
CEFIC European Chemical Industry
Association
CEO Court Enforcement Officer
CESC Central Emergency Support Centre
CESG Communication-Electronics Security
Group
CGT Criminal Geographic Targeting
CHEMSAF CHEMical industry Scheme for Assistance
in Freight Emergencies
CHC Call Handling Centre (central Unit to
manage operational calls)
CHIS Covert Human Intelligence Source
CI Chief Inspector
CIA Chemical Industries Association
CICB Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
CID Criminal Intelligence Department
CIMAH Control of Industrial Major Accident
CIS Criminal Investigation System
CIU Crash Investigation Unit
CJA Criminal Justice Act
CJU Criminal Justice Unit
CJX Criminal Justice Network see also PNN2
CLI Call Line Identification
CMB Call Management Bureau (where calls to
police are taken)
CMD Case Management Department
CMU Crime Management Unit
CNCD Consignment Note and Customs
Declaration
COMAH Control of Major Accident Hazards
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
regulations
CPA Crime Pattern Analysis or Child Protection
Agency
CPIA Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act
1996
CPO Crime Prevention Officer
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CPT Child Protection Team
CRB Crime Reporting Bureau
CRE Commission for Racial Equality
CRI Central Research Incident
CRPU Central Roads Policing Unit
CRO Criminal Records Office
CROP Covert Rural Observation Point
CRR Community and Race Relations
CRUSE Voluntary organisation for the
counselling of the bereaved
CS Incapacitating Spray
CSI Crime Scene Investigator
CSP Communications Service Providers
CSO Community Support Officer
CSU Crime Service Unit
CTO Central Ticket Office
CTS Counter Terrorist Search
CVRS Contract Vehicle Recovery Scheme
CYP Children and Young Persons
DAF Data Acquisition Facility
DAFS Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
for Scotland
DAT Drug Action Team
DCC Deputy Chief Constable
DCI Detective Chief Inspector
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs
DETR Department of the Environment, Transport
and Regions
DHQ Division Headquarters
DI Detective Inspector
DIC Drunk in Charge
DMU Demand Management Unit
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOB Date of Birth
DP Detained Person
DPP Director of Public Prosecutions
DRS Driver Rectification Scheme
DSA Display Screen Assessor
DSS Department of Social Security
DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government
and the Regions
DV Developed Vetting
DVI Disaster Victim Identification
DVLA Driving Vehicle Licensing Authority
DVLC Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre
EBU European Broadcasting Union
EC European Community
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
ECU European Currency Unit now the Euro or
Economic Crime Unit
EEA European Economic Area
EEC European Economic Community
EG Evidence Gathering
EGT Evidence Gathering Team
EHO Environmental Health Officer
EMDS Electronic Messaging Delivery Service
EO Equal Opportunities
ETA Expected Time of Arrival
ETD Emergency Travel Document
EVA Environmental Visual Audit
EX Exhibit
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations
FBO Football Banning Order
FBOA Football Banning Order Authority
FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office
FEO Firearms Enquiry Officer
FIB Force Intelligence Bureau
FIO Field Intelligence Officer
FIU Force Intelligence Unit or Football
Intelligence Unit
FLC Family Liaison Co-ordinator
FLO Football Liaison Officer or Family Liaison
Officer
FME Forensic Medical Examiner
FMIT Force Major Investigation Team
FMU File Management Unit
FOI Freedom of Information
FP Found Property
FPN Fixed Penalty Notice
FPT Fingerprint
FSM Firearms Scene Manager
FSS Forensic Science Service
FSSL Forensic Science Service Laboratory
FSU Force Support Unit
F/T Full-time
FWTO Force Weapons Training Officer
GBH Grievous Bodily Harm
GP General Practitioner
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GSE Global Security Environment
GSM Mobile phone standard in Europe
HA Highways Agency
HAZCHEM HAZardous CHEMicals
HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle
HMCE Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
HMCG Her Majesty's Coast Guard
HMG Her Majesty's Government
HMIC Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
Constabularies
HMP Her Majesty's Prison
HMSO Her Majesty's Stationary Office
HO Home Office
HOLAB Home Office Laboratory form
HOLMES/HOLMES II Computer system for major
incidents
HOPD Home Office Prison Department
HOPF Home Office Police Force
HQ Headquarters
HSC Health and Safety Commission
HSE Health and Safety Executive
HSU Hampshire Surveillance Unit
ICPO International Criminal Police
Organisation
ICRP International Commission on Radiological
Protection
ICT Information, Communications and
Technology
ICVA Independent Custody Visitors
Association
ID Identification
IED Improvised Explosive Device
ILB Inflatable Life Boat
ILET International Liaison and Enquiry Team
IMD Information Management Department
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods
IND Immigration and Nationality Directorate
IO Investigating Officer
IPA International Police Association
IPLDP Initial Police Learning Development
Programme
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IPTF International Police Task Force
IPU International Police Unit
IRR Ionising Radiation Regulations
ISO Information Security Officer
IT Information Technology
ITV Independent Television
JAG Joint Action Group (DRUGS)
JBB Joint Branch Board
JCC Joint Central Committee
JNCC Joint Negotiating and Consultative
Committee
LAGLO Lesbian and Gay Liaison Officer
LAGPA Lesbian and Gay Police Association
LATCC London Air Traffic Control Centre
LEA Local Education Authority
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgendered
LGC Laboratory of the Government Chemist
LGV Light Goods Vehicle
LIO Local Intelligence Officer
LMC Lorry Mounted Crane
LU London Underground
MACC Military Aid to the Civil Community
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food
MAIB Marine Accident Investigation Branch
MBE Member of the (Order of the) British
Empire
MCA Maritime & Coastguard Agency
MCU Major Crime Unit
MDP Ministry of Defence Police
MIBK Methyl Iso-butyl Ketone
MID Motor Insurance Database
MIR Major Incident Room
MIRSAP Major Incident Room Standard Admin
Procedures
MISPER Missing Person
MO Modus Operandi
MOD Ministry of Defence
MOT Ministry of Transport test
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament
MRT Mountain Rescue Team
mSv Millisievert (radiation measurement: 1
thousandth of a sievert)
NACRO National Association for the Care and
Resettlement of Offenders
NAFIS National Automatic Fingerprint
Identification System
NAI Non-Accidental Injury
NAIR National Arrangements for Incidents
involving Radioactivity
NASS National Asylum Support Service
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCEC National Chemical Emergency Centre
NCF National Crime Faculty
NCIS National Criminal Intelligence Service
NCS National Crime Squad
NFA No Further Action
NFIU National Football Intelligence Unit
NHS National Health Service
NI National Insurance
NIHHS Notification of Installations Handling
Hazardous Substances
NIM National Intelligence Model
NIS National Identification Service
NPT Neighbourhood Policing Team
NPU Neighbourhood Policing Unit
NSCCC Royal Navy's casualty reporting
system
NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children
NSY New Scotland Yard
NVASEC National Voluntary Aid Societies'
Emergency Committee
NVC Non Verbal Communication
OCU Operational Command Unit (see also BCU)
OGC Office of Government Commerce
OIC Officer in Charge or Officer in the
Case
OHSD Occupational Health and Safety
Department
OJEC Official Journal of the European
Communities
OS Ordinance Survey
OSC Office of the Surveillance Commissioners or
Off-site Support Centre
OSCE Organisation for Security and Co-operation
in Europe
OSM Operational Supervision Model
OTD Other Than Dwelling
PA Public Address (system)
PAA Police Athletic Association
PACC Police Authority Community
Consultation
PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
PAD Participation and Delivery
PAYE Pay as You Earn
PC Police Constable
PCA Police Complaints Authority
PCV Passenger Carrying Vehicle
PDF Personal Descriptive Form
PDP Professional Development Profile
PDR Personal Development Review
PDTD Professional Development & Training
Department
PDU Professional Development Unit
PER Prisoner Escort Record
PFI Private Finance Initiative
PFR Police Federation Regulations 1969
PII Public Interest Immunity
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIO Public Information Office
PITO Police Information Technology
Organisation
PM Post Mortem
PMAS Police Mutual Assurance Society
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PMS Police Management System
PMS Prisoner Management System
PNB Police Negotiating Board or Pocket Note
Book
PNC Police National Computer
PNCB PNC Bureau (department who maintain and
manage PNC within the Force )
PNN2 Criminal Justice Network See Also CJX
POLSA Police Search Advisor
PPT Pro-active Policing Team
PPU Public Protection Unit
PSD Professional Standards Department
PSU Police Support Unit
PSV Public Service Vehicle
P/T Part-time
PTI Physical Training Instructor
PTS Post-traumatic Stress
PVC Police Vehicle Collision
PWR Pressurised Water Reactor
QGM Queen's Gallantry Medal
QPM Queen's Police Medal or Quality and
Performance Management
RAC Royal Automobile Club
RAF Royal Air Force
RAYNET Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network
RDC Resource Deployment Centre
REC Racial Equality Councils
RI Re-Interview
RID International regulations concerning the
carriage of dangerous goods by rail
RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
RISC Rental Industry Secure Customer
RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institute
ROSH Risk of Serious Harm
ROSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents
ROTI Record of Taped Interview
ROVI Record of Video Interview
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
RTC Road Traffic Collision
RTRA Road Traffic Regulations Act
RV Rendezvous Point
SA Specialist Advisor
SAR Search and Rescue
SARDA Search and Rescue Dog Association
SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite System
SAYE Save as You Earn
SB Special Branch
SC Security Check
SCC Senior Command Course
SEG (Ministry of Defence police) Special Escort
Group
SHU Source Handling Unit
SID Source Input Document
SIESO Society of Industrial Emergency Services
Officers
SIM (Mobile phone card)
SIO Senior Investigating Officer
SIU Specialist Investigation Unit
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLP Self-Loading Pistol
SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant, Time-framed
SMS Short Message System/Service (Text
message)
SO Standing Orders or Senior Officer (pay
scales)
SOC Scenes of Crime
SOCO Scenes of Crime Officer
SP Seized Property
SPDM (calibrated digital speed readout)
SPOC Single Point of Contact
SSD Social Services Department
SSMS Scientific Support Management System
SSP System Security Policy
SSU Scientific Support Unit
Sv Sievert (radiation measurement)
SVS Stolen Vehicle Squad
SYOPS Guidance & Instructions for
Information Security
TCG Tasking and Coordinating Group
TI Trace and Interview
TIC Taken into Consideration
TIE Trace, Implicate or Eliminate
TPT Targeted Patrol Team
TST Take Statement
TU Temporarily Unoccupied
TWOC Taken Without Consent
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UK United Kingdom
UKCA United Kingdom Central Authority
UKPIA United Kingdom Petroleum Industry
Association
UN United Nations
UNISON Civilian workers' union
uSv Microsievert (radiation measurement: 1
millionth of a sievert)
UV Ultra-Violet
VASCAR Visual Average Speed Camera And
Recorder
VAT Value Added Tax
VDR Vehicle Defect Rectification
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS Video Home System
VIP Very Important Person
VMU Vehicle Maintenance Unit
VODS Vehicle On-line Descriptive Search (on
PNC)
VPSS Victim Personal Statement Scheme
VPS Victim Personal Statement
VSS Victim Support Scheme
WDA Waste Disposal Authority
WMS2 Warrant Management System
WRVS Women's Royal Volunteer Service
YOT Youth Offending Team