Acronyms are simply abbreviations created from the first letter of each word in a phrase or series of words. A multitude of official police based acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations are used by Central Police and East Midlands Constabulary in official radio communication throughout the series.
Police Units[]
- AC-12: Anti Corruption Unit 12
- AC-3: Anti Corruption Unit 3
- AC-9: Anti Corruption Unit 9
- TO-20: Tactical Operations Unit 20
- TO-9: Tactical Operations Unit 9
- CID: Criminal Investigation Department
- MPU: Missing Persons Unit
- MVC: Major Violent Crime
- MIT: Murder Investigation Team
- FFU: Financial Forensic Unit
- ARU: Armed Response Unit
Ranks and Titles[]
- CC: Chief Constable
- DCC: Deputy Chief Constable
- ACC: Assistant Chief Constable
- DCS: Detective Chief Superintendent
- CS: Chief Superintendent
- DSU: Detective Superintendent
- DCI: Detective Chief Inspector
- CI: Chief Inspector
- DI: Detective Inspector
- PS: Police Sergeant
- DS: Detective Sergeant
- DC: Detective Constable
- PC: Police Constable
- PCSO: Police Community Support Officer
- UCO: Undercover Officer
- COM: Covert Operations Manager
- SIO: Senior Investigating Officer
- OIC: Officer In Charge
- OFC: Operational Firearms Commander
- SFC: Strategic Firearms Commander
- TFC: Tactical Firearms Commander
- AFO: Authorised Firearms Officer
- FI: Forensic Investigator
- FC: Forensic Coordinator
- SOCO: Scene Of Crime Officer
- PCC: Police & Crime Commissioner
- OMO: Offender Management Officer
- HCP: Health Care Professional
Operational[]
- OCG: Organised Crime Group
- DIR: Digital Interview Recording
- ARV: Armed Response Vehicle
- GSW: Gunshot Wound
- MoPI: Management of Police Information
- ANPR: Automatic Number Plate Recognition
- CHIS: Covert Human Intelligence Source
- PACE: Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984)
- RIPA: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000)
- GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation (2018)
- PNC: Police National Computer
Organisations[]
- FARS: Fire and Rescue Service
- NABIS: National Ballistics Intelligence Service
- ACPO: Association of Chief Police Officers
- NPCC: National Police Chiefs Council
- IPCC: Independent Police Complaints Commission
- IOPC: Independent Office for Police Conduct
- CPS: Crown Prosecution Service