| Abbreviation/Terms |
Definitions |
| ACC |
Assistant Chief Constable |
| ACE |
Assessment, Case Management and Evaluation |
| ACPO |
Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland |
| APIL |
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers |
| ASBO |
Anti-Social Behaviour Order |
| ASORMC |
Area Sex Offender Risk Management Committee |
| BIS |
Business Information System |
| CA |
Compensation Agency |
| CADD |
Campaign Against Drink Driving |
| CAJ |
Committee on the Administration of Justice |
| CARE |
Child Abuse & Rape Enquiry |
| CC |
Chief Constable |
| CICAP |
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Department (in Police) |
| CJA |
Criminal Justice Agencies |
| CJB |
Criminal Justice Board |
| CJI |
Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland |
| CJO |
Criminal Justice Organisation |
| CJR |
Criminal Justice Review |
| CJS |
Criminal Justice System |
| CJU |
Criminal Justice Unit (in Police) |
| CLT |
Community Liaison Team |
| CMS |
Case Management System |
| CoSo |
Coalition on Sexual Orientation |
| CPO |
Case Processing Office |
| CPS |
Crown Prosecution Service |
| CRJI |
Community Restorative Justice Ireland |
| CSI |
Crime Scene Investigator |
| CSM |
Crime Scene Manager |
| CSP |
Community Safety Partnerships |
| CSPP |
Community Safety and Policing Partnership |
| CSU |
Community Safety Unit |
| DAG |
Delay Action Group |
| DCU |
District Command Unit ( in Police) |
| DEL |
Department for Employment and Learning |
| DFP |
Department of Finance and Personnel |
| DHSSPS |
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety |
| DJ |
District Judge (This term has been replaced the term Resident Magistrate) |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DoJ |
Department of Justice |
| DPP |
District Policing Partnership |
| DPPB |
District Policing Partnership Board |
| DRM |
Designated Risk Manager |
| DSD |
Department for Social Development |
| DWP |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| EFQM |
European Foundation for Quality Management |
| EU |
European Union |
| FLO |
Family Liaison Officer (in Police) |
| FoI |
Freedom of Information |
| FPN |
Fixed Penalty Notice |
| FPT |
File Preparation Team |
| FRISC |
Fraud Referral Investigation Score Card |
| FSNI |
Forensic Science Northern Ireland |
| FSS |
Forensic Science Service |
| GB |
Great Britain |
| HMCPSI |
His Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate |
| HMIC |
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary |
| HO |
Home Office |
| ICIS |
Integrated Crime Information System |
| ICOS |
Integrated Court Operations System |
| IIB |
Internal Investigations Branch |
| IO |
Investigating Officer |
| IPCC |
Independent Police Complaints Commission |
| IS |
Information System |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| JEGS |
Job Evaluation and Grading Support |
| JNCC |
Joint Negotiating and Consultative Committee |
| JOC |
Justice Oversight Commissioner |
| LAN |
Local Authority Networks |
| LCJ |
Lord Chief Justice |
| MAPPP |
Multi Agency Public Protection Panel |
| MASRAM |
Multi Agency Procedures for the Assessment and Management of Sex Offenders |
| MIT |
Major Investigation Team |
| MLO |
Minority Liaison Officer |
| MOD |
Ministry of Defence |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAO |
National Audit Office |
| NCHS |
National Call Handling Standards |
| NCRS |
National Crime Recording Standards |
| NDPB |
Non Departmental Public Body |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NI |
Northern Ireland |
| NIA |
Northern Ireland Alternatives |
| NIAO |
Northern Ireland Audit Office |
| NICCY |
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People |
| NICEM |
Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities |
| NICTS |
Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service |
| NIHE |
Northern Ireland Housing Executive |
| NIM |
National Intelligence Model |
| NIO |
Northern Ireland Office |
| NIPB |
Northern Ireland Policing Board |
| NIPS |
Northern Ireland Prison Service |
| NIPSA |
Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance |
| NISOSMC |
Northern Ireland Sex Offender Strategic Management Committee |
| NISRA |
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |
| NOMS |
National Offender Management Service |
| NVQ |
National Vocational Qualification |
| ODPP |
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions |
| OFMDFM |
Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister |
| OFU |
Organised Fraud Unit |
| OGC |
Office of Government Commerce |
| OPONI |
The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland |
| PACE |
Police and Criminal Evidence |
| PBNI |
Probation Board for Northern Ireland |
| PDO |
Partnership Development Officers |
| PE |
Preliminary Enquiry |
| PI |
Preliminary Investigation |
| PINS |
Professionalism in Security |
| PIP |
Professionalising Investigation Programme |
| PPP |
Public Private Partnerships |
| PPS |
Public Prosecution Service |
| PSA |
Public Service Agreement |
| PSNI |
Police Service of Northern Ireland |
| PYO |
Persistent Young Offender |
| QUB |
Queen's University of Belfast |
| RFI |
Request for Further Information |
| RIOH |
Recording Incidents of Hate |
| RM |
Resident Magistrate (This term has been replaced by the term District Judge) |
| RM 2000 |
Risk Matrix 2000 - as assessment method to determine offenders' risk level |
| RMS |
Records Management System |
| RoI |
Republic of Ireland |
| ROSHO |
Risk of Sexual Harm Order |
| RPA |
Review of Public Administration |
| RUC |
Royal Ulster Constabulary |
| S75 |
Section 75 (of the Northern Ireland Act 1998) |
| SCR |
Serious Case Review |
| SIO |
Senior Investigating Officer (PSNI) |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SMART |
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound |
| SMT |
Senior Management Team |
| SOO |
Sex Offender Order |
| SOPO |
Sexual Offences Prevention Order |
| SOTP |
Sex Offender Treatment Programme |
| SPD |
State Pathologist's Department |
| SSA |
Social Security Agency |
| SSI |
Social Services Inspectorate |
| SSR |
Specific Sentence Report |
| TSG |
Police Tactical Support Group |
| TSR |
Trial Status Report |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UKAS |
United Kingdom Accreditation Service |
| VCMM |
Volume Crime Management Model |
| VCS |
Voluntary and Community Sector |
| VCU |
Volume Crime Unit |
| VCU |
Voluntary and Community Unit |
| ViSOR |
Violent and Sex Offender Register |
| VSNI |
Victim Support Northern Ireland |
| YCS |
Youth Conference Service |
| YDO |
Youth Diversionary Officer |
| YJA |
Youth Justice Agency |
| YWS |
Young Witness Service (supplied by NSPCC) |