Criminal Justice Jargon Buster
Have you ever been confused over all the criminal justice jargon and would like to know what all the initials and acronyms mean?
Here is your A-Z, jargon-busting guide to the CJS in Suffolk.
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
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
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
ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition/Reader
APA Association of Police Authorities
APS Acting Police Sergeant
ASBO Anti-Social Behavioural Order (Community Safety)
ASP (Police baton)
ATM Area Training Manager
ATO Area Training Officer
AVLS Automatic Vehicle Location Systems (Tracker)
B
BAWP British Association of Women Police
BCS British Crime Survey
BCU Basic Command Unit
BPA Black Police Association (Community Safety)
BTP British Transport Police
BVPI Best Value Performance Indicator
C
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CD to P Complainant declines to prosecute
CDRP Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (Community Safety)
CHIS Covert Human Intelligence Source
CIA Crime Intelligence Analyst
CICA Criminal Injuries Compensation Authorities
CICB Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
CID Criminal Investigation Department
CIU Collision Investigation Unit
CJA Criminal Justice Act
CJU Criminal Justice Unit
COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations CPBW Community Penalty Breach Warrant
CPIA Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
CPO Community Punishment Orders
CPRO Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Orders
CPS Crown Prosecution Service
CPU Child Protection Unit
CRE Commission for Racial Equality
CSO Community Support Officer
CSP Community Safety Partnership
CTO Central Ticket Office
CYP Children and Young Persons
D
DAT Drug Action Team (Community Safety)
DCC Deputy Chief Constable
DCI Detective Chief Inspector
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Government)
DFES Department For Education and Skills (Government)
DI Detective Inspector
DP Detained Person
DPP Director of Public Prosecutions
DRS Driver Rectification Scheme
DS Detective Superintendent / Detective Sergeant
DVLA Driving Vehicle Licensing Authority
E
EC European Commission
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
EO Equal Opportunities
F
F/T Full-time
FCR Force Control Room
FEO Firearms Enquiry Officer
FLO Family Liaison Officer (Fatal Road Traffic Collisions)
FPN Fixed Penalty Notice
FPT Fixed Penalty Ticket
FSS Forensic Science Service
FSSL Forensic Science Service Laboratory
FTA Warrant Failure To Appear Bench Warrant
FTE Full Time Employed
G
GBH Grievous Bodily Harm
GPA Gay Police Association
GPR Guilty Plea Rate
H
HMCE Her Majesty's Customs and Excise
HMCG Her Majesty's Coast Guard HMCS Her Majesty's Courts Service
HMP Her Majesty's Prison
HO Home Office
HQ Headquarters
HR Human Resources
HSE Health and Safety Executive
I
ID Identification
IO Investigating Officer
IP Injured Party (Crime and RTA)
IPA International Police Association
IPTF International Police Task Force
IS Information Systems IT Information Technology
J
JSEODC Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal Report Centre
L
LAGPA Lesbian and Gay Police Association
LCJB Local Criminal Justice Board
LEA Local Education Authority
LSP Local Strategic Partnership
M
MAPPA Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
MAPPP Multi Agency Public Protection Panel
MOD Ministry of Defence
N
NCIS National Criminal Intelligence Service
NFA No Further Action
NSPCC National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children NSPIS National * Police Information Systems
O
OBTJ Offences Brought to Justice
OCJR Office Criminal Justice Reform
OGC Office of Government Commerce
OIC Officer in Case or Officer in Charge
P
P/T Part-time
PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
PAG Police Advisory Group
PID Project Initiation Document (Human Rights Audit 2000-2001)
POs Persistent Offenders
PPOs Prolific and other Priority Offenders
PPT Prisoner Processing Team
PSA Public Service Agreement.
PYO Persistent Young Offender. A 10-17 year old sentenced in court on 3 or more occasions within a 3 year period (Community Safety)
Q
QA Quality Assurance
R
RJ Restorative Justice
RSO Registered Sex Offender
RSPCA Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
RTC Road Traffic Collision
S
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)
SOC Scenes of Crime
SOCO Scenes Of Crime Officer
T
TC Traffic Constable
TIC Taken into Consideration
U
V
VSS Victim Support Scheme VS Victim Support - agency helping victims of crime
W
WAVES Witness and Victims Experience Survey
Y
YOT Youth Offending Team (Community Safety)
YWCA Young Womens Christian Association