Glossary
Definitions of acronyms and terms used on the HMIC website and reports
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABC | Activity-Based Costing |
| ACC | Assistant Chief Constable |
| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers |
| ALI | Adult Learning Inspectorate |
| ANPR | Automatic Number Plate Recognition |
| APA | Association of Police Authorities |
| ARV | Armed Response Vehicle |
| ASB | Anti-Social Behaviour |
| ASBO | Anti-Social Behaviour Order |
| ASU | Administrative Support Unit |
| Balanced (Business) Scorecard | A measurement based strategic management system which provides a method of aligning business activities to the strategy, and monitoring performance of strategic goals over time. A Kaplan R.S., & Norton P.,The Balanced Scorecard (Harvard University Press) 1992 |
| BAWP | British Association of Women Police |
| BCS | British Crime Survey |
| BCU | Basic or Borough Command Unit (Also Known As OCU or Operational Command Unit) |
| BME | black and minority ethnic |
| BPA | Black Police Association |
| BTP | British Transport Police |
| BVPI | Best Value Performance Indicator |
| BVR | Best Value Review |
| CBOs | Community Beat Officers |
| CBT | Computer Based Training |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc with content accessible on a computer |
| CDRP | Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership |
| CENTREX | Formerly the CPTDA |
| CFF | The Crime Fighting Fund |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| CIPD | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
| CJD | criminal justice department |
| CJNTO | Community Justice National Training Organisation |
| CJS | Criminal Justice System |
| COMPASS | A national information technology system for tracking, managing and recording caseload information |
| CPD | Continuous Professional Development |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service |
| CPTDA | Central Police Training and Development Authority (Centrex) |
| CPU | Central Planning Unit |
| CRE | Commission for Racial Equality |
| CRR | Community and Race Relations |
| CSG | Community Safety Group |
| CSOs | Community Support Officers |
| CTP | Costed Training Plan |
| DCC | Deputy Chief Constable |
| DEM | Diversity Excellence Model |
| DEOMI | Defense Equal Opportunities Management Institute |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOIT | Development and Organisational Improvement Team |
| DV | Domestic violence |
| EDU | Equality and Diversity Unit |
| EFQM | European Framework for Quality Management |
| EO | Equal Opportunities |
| EOC | Equal Opportunities Commission |
| EOTC | Equal Opportunities Training Centre |
| FAQs | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FCU | File Checking Unit |
| FMEA | Facility for Management, Effectiveness and Achievement |
| GMP | Greater Manchester Police |
| GPA | Gay Police Association |
| HAC | Home Affairs Committee |
| HMIC | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary |
| HOC | Home Office Circular |
| HORT/1 | Home Office Road Transport/1 |
| HR | Human Resources |
| IAG | Independent Advisory Group |
| IES | Institute for Employment Studies |
| IiP | Investors in People |
| ILEX | Institute of Legal Executives |
| IODA | Individual and Organisational Development and Assessment Ltd |
| IS / IT | Information Systems / Information Technology |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KUSAB | Knowledge, Understanding, Skills, Attitudes, Behaviour |
| LBSOSS | Leadership below Senior Officer and Support Staff |
| LCJB | local criminal justice board |
| LECD | Landelijk Expertise Centrum Diversiteit (National Expertise Centre for Diversity) (Netherlands) |
| Level 2 Criminality | Criminal activity that takes place on a cross-boundary basis |
| LSG | Lawrence Steering Group |
| LSOP | Landeliik Selectie- en Opleidingsinstitut (Police National Selection and Training Institute) (Netherlands) |
| MAPPA | Multi-Agency Police Protection Arrangements |
| MCIU | Major Crime Investigation Unit |
| METL’s | Minimum Effective Training Levels |
| MPS | Metropolitan Police Service |
| MSF | Most Similar Force(s) |
| MV | Motor Vehicle |
| NACP | National Association of Chaplains to the Police |
| NAFIS | National Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
| NBPA | National Black Police Association |
| NCALT | National Centre for Applied Learning Technologies |
| NCF | National Competency Framework |
| NCIS | National Criminal Intelligence Service |
| NCPE | National Centre for Policing Excellence |
| NCRS | National Crime Recording Standard |
| NCS | National Crime Squad |
| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body |
| NES | National Evaluation Strategy |
| NIM | National Intelligence Model |
| NL | Netherlands |
| NMIS | National Management Information System |
| NOS | National Occupational Standards |
| NPIA | National Policing Improvement Agency |
| NPP | National Policing Plan |
| NPT | National Police Training (now CENTREX) |
| NPTC | National Police Training Centre (now CENTREX) |
| NSPIS | National Strategy for Police Information Systems |
| NSPLPS | National Strategy to Promote Learning in the Police Service |
| NTO | National Training Organisation |
| NTO | National Training Organisation |
| NVQ | National Vocational Qualification |
| OCU | See "BCU" |
| OFSTED | Office for Standards in Education |
| OSPRE | Objective Structured Performance Related Examination |
| PA | Police Authority |
| PACE | Police and Criminal Evidence Act |
| PCSO | Police Community Support Officer |
| PDP | Professional Development Portfolio |
| PDR | Personal Development Review |
| PDTN | Police Diversity Trainers Network |
| PEACE | Investigative Interviewing Training (Prepare and Plan, Engage, Account, Challenge, Explain) |
| PITO PLP |
Police Information Technology Organisation Personal Leadership Programme |
| PLPU | Police Leadership and Powers Unit |
| PMBA | Personal Management Business Area |
| PMC | Personnel Management Committee |
| PNB | Police Negotiating Board |
| PNC | Police National Computer |
| POCA | Proceeds of Crime Act 2004 |
| POELTSG | Prison Officer Entry Level Training Steering Group |
| PPAF | Policing Performance Assessment Framework |
| PPAF | Police Performance Assessment Framework |
| PRU | Police Resources Unit |
| PSAs | Public Service Agreements |
| PSNI | Police Service of Northern Ireland |
| PSSO | Police Standards and Skills Organisation |
| PSU | Police Standards Unit |
| PTAG | Probationer Training Advisory Group |
| PTC | Police Training Council |
| PTCWP | Police Training Council Working Party Report |
| PTDB | Police Training Development Board |
| PTISG | Police Training Implementation Steering Group |
| PTMG | Probationer Training Management Group |
| PTP | Probationer Constable Training Programme |
| PYO | Persistent Young Offender |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| R/CR BA | Race and Community Relations Business Area |
| REC | Race Equality Council |
| RES | Race Equality Scheme |
| RR(A)A | Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 |
| RTA | Road Traffic Accident |
| RTC | Road Traffic Collision |
| RUC | Royal Ulster Constabulary (became the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001) |
| Sanction Detections | Offences that are detected by way of charge, summons, caution, fixed penalty for disorder or offences admitted on a signed ‘taken into consideration’ schedule |
| SARA | Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment |
| SARI | Support Against Racist Incidents |
| SCC | Strategic Command Course |
| SGC | Specific Grading Criteria |
| SLA | Service Level Agreement |
| SOCA | Serious Organised Crime Agency |
| SPI(s) | Statutory performance indicators (SPIs) are used to monitor key aspects of police performance and form a critical component of performance assessments. SPIs are set each year following consultation with partners in line with powers under the Local Government Act 1999. SPIs are also known as ‘best value performance indicators’ |
| SPP | Special Priority Payments |
| SSU | Specialist Support Unit |
| TDO | Training Development Officer |
| TDP | Trainer Development Programme |
| TFL | Transport for London |
| TIC | An offence taken into consideration by a court when sentencing for another offence |
| TSO | The Stationery Office |
| UDT | Unarmed Defensive Tactics |
| UEA | University of East Anglia |
| UWE | University of West of England |
| Volume Crime | Not a technical term but normally refers to high incidence vehicle crime, burglary and in some areas robbery |
