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A
A&E Accident and Emergency
AA Automobile Association
AAIB Air Accident Investigation Branch
(Government)
ABC Acceptable Behaviour Contract (Community
Safety)
ABEG Achieving Best Evidence
Guidelines
ABH Actual Bodily Harm
ABI Association of British Insurers
ABI MIAFTR (Online database of motor vehicle
insurance claims)
ACC Assistant Chief Constable
AC Attendance Centre
ACO Attendance Centre Order
ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder
APO Action Plan Order
ASBOs Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder
ACPC Area Child Protection Committee
ACPO Association of Chief Police
Officers
ACPORP Association of Chief Police Officers
Road Policing Committee
ACUs Area Command Units
ADAS Agricultural Development and Advisory
Service
ADR European Agreement concerning the
international carriage of Dangerous goods by Road
AEAC Atomic Energy Authority
Constabulary
AFO Authorised Firearms Officer
AFR Automatic Fingerprint Recognition
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome
AIS(M) Military Aeronautical Information
Service
AIU Accident Investigation Unit
ALO Architect Liaison Officer (Community
Safety)
ANPR Automatic Number Plate
Recognition/Reader
AoJ Administration of Justice
APA Association of Police Authorities
APC Adult Protection Committee
APS Acting Police Sergeant or Accelerated
Promotion Scheme
ARCC Aeronautical Rescue Co-ordination
Centre
ART Aggression Replacement Training
Programme
ARV Armed Response Vehicle
ASBO Anti-Social Behavioural Order
(Community Safety)
ASNT Area Searched No Trace
ASP (Police baton)
ASRO Addressing Substance Related Offending
Programme
ASSET Assessment tool used by the Youth Offending
Team to identify the needs of offenders (Community Safety)
ASU Air Support Unit or Admin Support
Unit
ASW Approved Social Worker
ATM Area Training Manager
ATO Area Training Officer
AVLS Automatic Vehicle Location Systems
(Tracker)
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B
BAPCO British Association of Public
Safety Communication Officers
BASICS British Association of Immediate Care
Schemes
BAWP British Association of Women
Police
BCS British Crime Survey
BCU Basic Command Unit
BEM British Empire Medal
BESD Behavioural, Emotional and Social
Difficulties
BS Bail Support
BSO Bail Supervision Order
BLEVE Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapour
Explosion
BMA British Medical Association
BPA Black Police Association (Community
Safety)
BST British Summer Time
BT British Telecom
BTP British Transport Police
BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator
BVRLA British Vehicle Rental and Leasing
Association
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C
CA Children Act
CADAS Community Alcohol & Drugs Advisory
Service
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
CAD Communities Against Drugs A government
funding stream for Community Safety Partnership and DAT's
(Community Safety)
CCAG Chief Constables Advisory Group
CAMHS Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Services
CAP Community and Police Groups
CBE Commander of the (Order of the) British
Empire
CBO Community Beat Officer
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and
Nuclear
CBT Compulsory Basic Training (relates to
motorcycle and moped tests)
CBT Case Building Team
CBU Case Building Unit
CC Chief Constable
CCAT Child Care Assessment Team
CCP Chief Crown Prosecutor
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CD Conditional Discharge
CD to P Complainant declines to
prosecute
CDO Civilian Detention Officer
CDRP Crime and Disorder Reduction
Partnership (Community Safety)
CEPO County Emergency Planning Officer
CHEMSAFE Chemical industry Scheme for
Assistance in Freight Emergencies
CHIS Covert Human Intelligence Source
CIA Crime Intelligence Analyst / Chemical
Industries Association
CICA Criminal Injuries Compensation
Authorities
CICB Criminal Injuries Compensation
Board
CID Criminal Investigation Department
CIREA Centre for Information, Reflection and
Exchange on Asylum - EU working group - designed to aid exchange of
information on conditions in asylum seekers' countries of
origin
CIU Collision Investigation Unit
CJA Criminal Justice Act
CJS Criminal Justice System
CJS (within Constabulary) Criminal Justice
Services
CJU Criminal Justice Unit
CJX Criminal Justice Network see also
PNN2
CLI Call Line Identification
CMH Case Management Hearing
CMHT Community Mental Health Team
CNEN County Non Emergency Number - 0845 456
4567
COMAH Control of Major Accident
Hazards
Community Plan (A long term plan produced by
each District Authority to ensure the social, economic and
environmental well being of a community (Community Safety))
Community Safety (A partnership forum under
Sects 5 and 6 of Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Community
Safety))
Comsaf (Community Safety)
Connexions A new guidance service for 13-19
year olds (Community Safety)
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to
Health regulations CPA Crime Pattern Analysis or Child Protection
Agency
CPBW Community Penalty Breach Warrant
CPDA Crime Prevention Design Advisor (Same
as ALO) (Community Safety)
CPIA Criminal Procedure and Investigations
Act 1996
CPIU Child Protection Investigation
Unit
CPO Community Punishment Order
CPRO Community Punishment and Rehabilitation
Orders
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (Community Safety)
CPU Child Protection Unit
CRB Crime Reporting Bureau
CRE Commission for Racial Equality
CRIS Caravan Registration and Identification
Scheme
CRO Criminal Records Office / Cave Rescue
Organisation / Community Rehabilitation Orders / Community Resource
Officer
CROP Covert Rural Observation Point
CRU Crime Reporting Unit
CRUSE (Voluntary organisation for the
counselling of the bereaved)
CS (Incapacitating Spray)
CSA Child Sexual Abuse
CSG-CR County Strategic Group (Crime
Reduction)
CSO Community Support Officer / Community
Service Order
CSP Community Safety Partnership
CTO Central Ticket Office
CTLS Custody Time Limits - The statutory
time limit for keeping a defendant in custody awaiting trial. May
be extended by the court in certain circumstances
CTS Counter Terrorist Search
CTU Counter Terrorism Unit
CVRS Contract Vehicle Recovery Scheme
CVS Council for Voluntary Services
(Community Safety)
CYP Children and Young Persons
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D
DAFS Department of Agriculture and
Fisheries for Scotland
DARG Drug and Alcohol Reference Group
(Community Safety)
DAAT Drug and Alcohol Action Team
DCC Deputy Chief Constable
DCI Detective Chief Inspector
DCFS Department for Children, Families and
Schools
DCMS The Department for Culture, Media and
Sport (Government)
DCW Designated Caseworker - A senior
caseworker who is trained to present straightforward cases on pleas
of guilty, or to prove them where the defendant does not attend the
magistrates’ court
DCV Direct Communication with Victims - A
new procedure whereby CPS consults directly with victims of crime
and provides them with information about the progress of their
case
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (Government)
DEO Divisional Enquiry Officer
DETR Department of the Environment Transport
and the Regions
DFES Department For Education and Skills
(Government)
DI Detective Inspector
DCI Detective Chief Inspector
DID Drink Impaired Drivers Programme
DIP Drug Interventions Programme
DISC Diversity Incorporating Safer
Communities
DLO Disability Liaison Officer
DNA Dioxyribonucleic Acid
DOB Date of Birth
DP Detained Person
DPAS Drug Prevention Advisory Service
(Community Safety)
DPP Director of Public Prosecutions
DRS Driver Rectification Scheme
DS Detective Superintendent / Detective
Sergeant
DSS Department of Social Security
DTC Detention and Training Centre
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DTLR Transport Local Government
Regions
DTTO Drug Treatment and Testing Order. A
community sentence aimed at tackling drug misuse linked to
offending (Community Safety)
DTO Drug Treatment Order / Detention
Training Order
DUMV Damage to Unattended Motor
Vehicle
DVLA Driving Vehicle Licensing
Authority
DVLC Driver and Vehicle Licensing
Centre
DYO Deter Young Offenders
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E
EAH Early Administrative Hearing
EC European Commission
ECHR European Convention on Human
Rights
ECU European Currency Unit now the Euro
(€)
EDDAS East Dorset Drugs Advisory
Service
EEA European Economic Area
EEC European Economic Community
EFH Early First Hearing - Under Narey one of
the two classes into which all summary and either way cases are
divided. EFHs are for straightforward cases where a guilty plea is
anticipated
EFPN Endorseable Fixed Penalty Notice
EFQM European Foundation of Quality
Management
E-Gov E Government the government project to unify and create
unified information systems throughout public service
EGT Evidence Gathering Team
EHO Environmental Health Officer
ELO Explosives Liaison Officer
EO Equal Opportunities
EOD Explosives Ordnance Disposal
EPO Emergency Protection Order
ERB Emergency Response Belt (Used to safely
restrain violent prisoners)
ERDF European Rural Development Fund
(Objective 2) (Community Safety)
ESF European Social Fund (Objective 3
Training/skills and life long learning) (Community Safety)
ETA Expected Time of Arrival
ETE Education Training and Employment
EWO Education welfare Officer
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F
F/T Full-time
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations
FBO Football Banning Order
FBOA Football Banning Order Authority
FBU Fire Brigades Union
FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Government)
FCR Force Control Room
FEO Firearms Enquiry Officer
FFENQ Foreign Force Enquiry
FIB Force Intelligence Bureau was Force
Identification Bureau
FIO Field Intelligence Officer or Football
Intelligence Officer
FIR Force Information Room
FIU Force Intelligence Unit or Football
Intelligence Unit
FLO Family Liaison Officer (Fatal Road
Traffic Collisions) or Football Liaison Officer
FoV Focus on Violence Programme for Men and
Women
FORM Force Occurence Recording Bureau
FPN Fixed Penalty Notice
FPRI Fine Payment Rate Indicator
FPT Fixed Penalty Ticket
FPU Family Protection Unit
FSS Forensic Science Service
FSSL Forensic Science Service
Laboratory
FTA Warrant Failure To Appear Bench
Warrant
FTE Full Time Employed
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G
GAIN Government Agency Intelligence
Network
GBH Grievous Bodily Harm
GLO Gay Liaison Officer
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GO East Government Office
East
GOYH Government Office Yorkshire and Humber
(Community Safety)
GP General Practitioner
GPA Gay Police Association
GPR Guilty Plea Rate
GSE Global Security Environment
GTA Government Technical Adviser
GU Genito-Urinary (clinic)
GSM (Mobile phone standard in Europe)
GYS Great Yorkshire Show
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H
HAZCHEM HAZardous CHEMicals (Marking
Scheme)
HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle
HMCE Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
HMCG Her Majesty's Coast Guard
HMCS Her Majesty's Court Services
HMIC Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
Constabulary
HMICA Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Court
Administration
HMP Her Majesty's Prison HMSO Her Majesty's
Stationary Office
HO Home Office
HOLAB Home Office Laboratory form
HOLMES/ HOLMES II Home
Office Large and Major Enquiry System (Computer system for major
incidents)
HOPD Home Office Prison Department
HORT/1 Home Office Road Traffic Form 1
HQ Headquarters
HR Human Resources
HSC Health and Safety Commission
HSE Health and Safety Executive
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I
ICPO International Criminal Police
Organisation
ICRP International Commission on
Radiological Protection
ICVA Independent Custody Visitors
Association
ID Identification
IDEA Improvement and Development Agency (for
Local Government)
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IGC Intergovernmental Consultations -
Country of Origin Information Working Group - designed to aid
exchange of information on conditions in asylum seekers' countries
of origin
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous
Goods
IND Immigration and Nationality Directorate Index
of Multiple Deprivation A government scoring mechanism to identify
the most socially deprived wards in the county (Community
Safety)
IO Investigating Officer
IOM Integrated Offender Management
IP Injured Party (Crime and RTA)
IPA International Police Association
IPLDP Initial Police Learning and
Development Programme
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IPTF International Police Task Force
IPU International Police Unit
IRR Ionising Radiation Regulations
IS Information Systems IT Information
Technology
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J
JSEODC Joint Service Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Report Centre
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K
KPI Key Performance Indicator
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L
LAA Local Area Agreement
LAGLO Lesbian and Gay Liaison Officer
LGPA Lesbian and Gay Police
Association
LAP Local Area Policing
LAPG Local Adult Protection Groups
LCJB Local Criminal Justice Board
LCPC Local area Child Protection
Committee
LEA Local Education Authority
LGA Local Government Association -
originated the Local PSAs concept
LGC Laboratory of the Government
Chemist
LGV Light Goods Vehicle
LIO Local Intelligence Office(r)
Libra Link A means of conveying data
electronically from the Police to the Courts Service
LSC Legal Services Commission
LSE Local Security Environment
LSP Local Strategic Partnership. District
wide top level partnership to ensure joined up service delivery.
They produce the Community Plan (Community Safety)
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M
M Of G Manual of guidance
MACC Military Aid to the Civil
Community
MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food
MAIB Marine Accident Investigation
Branch
Mainstreaming A term used to show the
implementation of Sect 17 Crime and Disorder Act (Community
Safety)
MAPPA Multi-Agency Public Protection
Arrangements
MAPPP Multi Agency Public Protection
Panel
MAST Mutual Aid Support Team
MATO Military Air Traffic Operations
MBE Member of the (Order of the) British
Empire
MCA Maritime & Coastguard Agency
MDP (MoDP) Ministry of Defence Police
MESMAC A Sexual Health Organisation working
with Gay and Bisexual men
MFH Missing From Home
MIBK Methyl Iso-butyl Ketone
MID Motor Insurance Database
MISPER Missing Person
MO Modus Operandi
MOD Ministry of Defence
MODACE Management of Disaster and Civil
Emergency
MOE Method of Entry - trained officers and
method of gaining entry to houses etc
MORI Social Research Institute
MOT Ministry of Transport test
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Member of Parliament
MRCC Maritime Rescue Co-ordination
Centre
MRSC Marine Rescue Sub-Centre
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N
NACOSS National Approval Council for
Security Systems
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 Seekers Service
(Community Safety)
NATO North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation
NBM National Briefing Model
NCEC National Chemical Emergency
Centre
NCF National Crime Faculty
NCF National Competency Framework
NCIS National Criminal Intelligence
Service
NCOF National Crime and operations
Faculty
NCS National Crime Squad
N-DAP Norfolk Drug & Alcohol
Partnership
NETCU National Extremism Tactical
Co-ordination Unit
NFA No Further Action
NFIU National Football Intelligence
Unit
NFU National Farmers Union
NHS National Health Service
NI National Insurance
NIHHS Notification of Installations Handling
Hazardous Substances National Intelligence Model
NIP Notice of Intended Prosecution
NIREP Nuclear Industry Road Emergency
Plan
NIS National Identification Service
NMIS National Management Information
Systems
NNREC Norwich & Norfolk Race Equality
Council
NOMS National Offender Management
Scheme
NSPIS National Strategy for Police
Information Systems
NSISG No Secrets Interagency Steering
Group
NRPB National Radiological Protection
Board
NSCCC (the Royal Navy's casualty reporting
system)
NSNR National Strategy for Neighbourhood
Renewal (Community Safety)
NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children
NTSS No Trace Suspect Stolen (PNC)
NVASEC National Voluntary Aid Societies'
Emergency Committee
NVC Non Verbal Communication
NVQ National Vocational Qualification
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O
O & A Observation & Attendance
Centre
OBTJ Offences Brought to Justice
OCC Operations Command Center - Police
HQ
OCJR Office Criminal Justice Reform
OFG Operational Firearms Group
OFT Office of Fair Trading
OGC Office of Government Commerce
OIC Officer in Case or Officer in
Charge
OJEC Official Journal of the European
Communities
OPL Over Prescribed Limit (Drink
Driving)
OPSR Office of Public Services Reform
OS Ordnance Survey
OSC Office of the Surveillance
Commissioners
OSCE Organisation for Security and
Co-operation in Europe
OSO Operational Support Officer
OSPRE Objective Structured Performance
Related Examination
OTD Other Than Dwelling i.e. Burglary
O.T.D.
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P
P/T Part-time
PAA Police Athletic Association
PACC Police Authority Community
Consultation
PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act
1984
PACT Partnership Against Crime
Taskforce
PAG Police Advisory Group
PAVA A synthetic pepper spray
PAYE Pay as You Earn
PC Police Constable / Personal
Computer
PCA Police Complaints Authority
PCSO Police Community Safety Officer
PCTs Primary Care Trusts formed 1/4/02 to
replace old Health Authority (Community Safety)
PCV Passenger Carrying Vehicle
PCV Passenger Carrying Vehicle
PDA Personal Digital Assistant (Handheld
Computer)
PDF Partnership Development Fund. A government
fund to assist the development of partnerships (Community Safety)
Or Personal Descriptive Form
P & D Prevent and Deter
PDP Professional Development Profile
PDR Personal Development Review
PEACE Prepare/planning, Engage &
explain, Account, Closure, Evaluation
PFR Police Federation Regulations 1969
PID Project Initiation Document (Human
Rights Audit 2000-2001)
PII Public Interest Immunity
PIMS Police Informant Management
System
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIO Public Information Office or Principle
Investigating Officer
PIR Police Initial Recruitment or Passive
Infra-Red
PITO Police IT Organisation
PM Post Mortem
PMAS Police Mutual Assurance Society
PMB Police Monitoring Board
PMDU The Prime Minister's Delivery Unit - to
strengthen the capacity of Whitehall to deliver the Government's
key objectives the Prime Minister has established a Delivery Unit
based in the Cabinet Office. The role of the Unit is to ensure that
the Gov. achieves its priority objectives during this Parliament
across the key areas of public service, which includes crime.
PNB Police Negotiating Board/Pay and
Conditions Working Group or Pocket Note Book
PNC Police National Computer
PNCB Police National Computer Bureau
PNCD Police National Computer Database
PND Penalty Notice of Disorder
PNLD Police National Legal Database
PNN2 Criminal Justice Network See Also
CJX
PODS Policing on Doorsteps
POE Point of Entry
POLSA Police Search Advisor
POP Problem Oriented Policing or Partnership
(Community Safety)
POs Persistent Offenders / Probation
Officers / Principal Officers
POTAC Public Order Tactical Advisor
PPAF Police Performance Accountability
Framework
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPMO Program & Project Management Office
- now Programs Unit
PPOs Prolific and other Priority
Offenders
PPT Prisoner Processing Team
PRCU Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
PRIME Problem Solving in Multi-agency
Environments
PRISM Programme Reducing Individual
Substance Misuse
PRU Pupil Referral Unit also know as Early
Learning Centre
PS Police Sergeant
PSA Public Service Agreement. A government
initiative where rewards are given to local authorities if they
deliver against agreed challenging targets (Community Safety) -
Under local PSAs authorities sign up to demanding targets to
further improve outcomes beyond what has already been planned, in
return for up-front investment in services, substantial reward
grants for meeting targets, and the opportunity to negotiate
administrative freedoms and flexibilities with the Government.
Targets for performance indicators are set across a wide range of
services eg. crime prevention.
PSDB Police Scientific Development
Branch
PSSO Police Skills and Standards
Organisation
PSU Police Support Unit
PSV Public Service Vehicle
PTC Police Training Centre
PTI Physical Training Instructor
PTR Pre Trial Review
PSO Place of Safety Order
PSR Pre Sentence Report
PTS Post-traumatic Stress
PYO Persistent Young Offender. A 10-17 year
old sentenced in court on 3 or more occasions within a 3 year
period (Community Safety)
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QA Quality Assurance
QGM Queen's Gallantry Medal
QPM Queens Police Medal or Quality and
Performance Management
QUEST Query Using Extended Search
Techniques
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RAC Royal Automobile Club
RAF Royal Air Force
RAG Report Red Amber Green Report (Where Red
= Problematic, Amber = Risk of becoming a problem and Green =
Meeting Targets)
RAYNET Radio Amateurs' Emergency
Network
RDA Regional Development Agency (Community
Safety)
RDS Rural Development Service
REC Racial Equality
Councils DREC Dorset Race Equality
Council
Regional Assembly The regional seat of
government (Community Safety)
Restorative Justice Work with victims and
offenders aimed at offenders understanding the consequences of
their crime (Community Safety)
REVCOM Radio Emergency Volunteer
Communication
RID ( International regulations concerning the
carriage of dangerous goods by rail)
RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
RIMNET ( Radioactive monitoring network
system)
RIO Rail Incident Officer
RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers
Act
RISC Rental Industry Secure Customer
RIU The Regulatory Impact Unit Scrutiny Team
- part of the Cabinet Office's Modernising Government agenda to
help spread best practice on good policy and regulation
RJ Restorative Justice
RK Registered Keeper (PNC Checks etc)
RODS Referral Order Division Scheme
ROSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents
ROTI Record of Taped Interview
ROVI Record of Video Interview
RP Reporting Person (Incidents, Crime, RTCs
etc)
RPG Road Policing Group
RSI Roadside Interview or Repetitive Strain
Injury
RSO Registered Sex Offender
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds
RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty of Animals
RTC Road Traffic Collision
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SARC Sexual Assault Referral
Centres
SARDA Search and Rescue Dog
Association
SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite
System
SAYE Save as You Earn
SB Special Branch
SC Special Constable
SCAN Scientific Content Analysis (highlight
deceptions within written statements)
SCAS Serious Crime Analysis Section (of the
NCOF)
SCC Senior Command Course
SCI Safer Communities Initiative. A fund to
replace the crime reduction fund administered by the Home Office
(Community Safety)
SDVCs Specialist Domestic Violence
Courts
Section 115 Crime & Disorder Act Section
that allows the exchange of information between partnership
agencies to help reduce crime (Community Safety)
Section 17 Crime & Disorder Act Section
requires all local authorities including police authorities to
consider crime and disorder reduction when exercising their duties
(Community Safety)
Secured by Design An award for developers
which build to guidelines to reduce the opportunity for crime
(Community Safety)
Secured Car Parks A 1 year certificate for
car parks with effective measures to create a safe (Community
Safety)
SEG (Ministry of Defence police) Special
Escort Group
SIG Social Inclusion Group
SEU Social Exclusion Unit - set up to help
improve Government action to reduce social exclusion by producing
joined-up solutions to complex issues for which no single Gov.
Dept. has responsibility, or which falls between the
responsibilities of several depts. (Teenage Pregnancy Unit in the
Dept. of Health, the Rough Sleepers Unit in DTLR, the Children and
Young Peoples Unit in DfES and the Neighbourhood Unit in
DTLR)
SGLR Senior Government Liaison
Representative
SID Source Input Document
SIESO Society of Industrial Emergency
Services Officers
SIO Senior Investigating Officer -usually a
DCI or DS SIPS Standard Instructions and Plans
SIS Social Information Systems (commissioned
by Youth Justice Board to get info, held by police on children
under the age of criminal responsibility)
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLP Self-Loading Pistol
SMART Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant, Time-framed
SNEN Single Non Emergency Number (national
proposed scheme)
SNT Safer Neighbourhoods Team
SO Supervision Order
SOC Scenes of Crime
SOCO Scenes Of Crime Officer
SOLAP Student Officer Learning and
Assessment Portfolio
SPOC Single Point Of Contact (new
forms)
SPP Special Priority Payment
SRB Single Regeneration Budget. A government
fund (Community Safety)
SRR Search and Rescue Region
SSAIB Security Systems and Alarm Inspections
Board
SSSJ Simple Speedy Summary Justice
Stn Station
SW Social Worker
SWA Social Work Assistant
SYOPS Guidance & Instructions for
Information Security
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TC Traffic Constable
TCG Tasking and Coordinating Group
TDA Take and Drive Away (vehicle)
TER The National Plant and Equipment
Register
TETRA Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TFT Tactical Firearms Team
TFU Tactical Firearms Unit
TIC Taken into Consideration
TIG Trials Issues Group
Toolkits Crime Reduction website showing best
practice on a number of issues www.crimereduction.gov.uk (Community
Safety)
ToR Terms of Reference
TPAC Tactical Pursuit and Containment
TPU Tactical Planning Unit
TS Traffic Sergeant
TSU Technical Support Unit
TUMV Theft from Unattended Motor
Vehicle
TWLA Taken Without Lawful Authority (i.e.
vehicle)
TWOC Taken Without Owners Consent (i.e.
vehicle)
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UDT Unarmed Defensive Tactic
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UK United Kingdom
UKCA United Kingdom Central Authority
UKPIA United Kingdom Petroleum Industry
Association
UN United Nations
UNISON (Civilian workers' trades
union)
USI Unlawful Sexual Intercourse
UV Ultra Violet
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VAD Vehicle Audit Document
VAS Voluntary Aid Societies
VASCAR Visual Average Speed Computer And
Recorder
VAT Value Added Tax
VaWS Victims and Witnesses Services
VDR Vehicle Defect Rectification
VDRS Vehicle Defect Rectification
Scheme
VEL Vehicle Excise License
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS Video Home System
VIP Very Important Person
VIPER Video Identification Parade Electronic
Recording
VODS Vehicle On-line Descriptive
Search
VRF Volunteer Reserve Forces
VSS Victim Support Scheme
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W
WAVES Witness and Victims Experience
Survey
WCU Witness Care Unit
WDA Waste Disposal Authority
WOFF (Woffed) Write Off
WRVS Women's Royal Voluntary Service
WYSiWYG What You See is What You Get - a
term used within I.T. to describe a program or application that
writes computer code through a simple interface.
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YACAB Youth Action Combating Anti-Social
Behaviour
YADAS Young Persons Alcohol and Drugs
Advisory Service
YAO Youth Action Officer
YCAP Youth Crime Action Plan
YIP Youth Inclusion Programmes
YISP Youth Inclusion and Support Panel
YJB Youth Justice Board
YJP Youth Justice Panel
YJS Youth Justice Services
YMCA Young Mens Christian Association
YOI Young Offender Institution
YOIS Young Offender Information System (the
YOT’s Database)
YOT Youth Offending Team (Community
Safety)
VS Victim Support - agency helping victims
of crime
YWCA Young Women's Christian
Association
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