AADS - Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service (Australia)
AAPS - Asian Association of Police Studies
ABCI - Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence --
They are also known as the Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (BCI).
ACC - Australian Crime Commission
A-CFSEU - Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (Canada)
ACO - Anti-Corruption Organization (India)
ACOTA - African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance
ACPC - Area Child Protection Committee (U.K.)
ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
ACPORP - Association of Chief Police Officers Road Policing Committee (U.K.)
ACPOS - Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
ADCU - Alcohol and Drug Coordination Unit (Australia)
AFI - Agencia Federal de Investigacion (Mexico)
AFP - Armed Forces of the Philippines, or Australian Federal Police
AFP-IDG - Australian Federal Police - International Deployment Group
AIPM - Australian Institute of Police Management
AMEA - Alberta Municipal Enforcement Association (Canada)
AMPS - Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
AnCar - Anti-Carnapping Unit (Philippines)
ANCOR - Australian National Child Offender Registry
ANP - Afghan National Police (Afghanistan)
APA - Association of Police Authorities (U.K.)
APD - Abbotsford Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
Amherst Police Department (Nova Scotia, Canada)
APF - Armed Police Force
APS - Altona Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
Anishinabek Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Australian Protective Service
ARPD - Annapolis Royal Police Department (Nova Scotia, Canada)
ARTAMI - Alberta Relationship Threat Assessment and Management Initiative (Canada)
ASC - Avon and Somerset Constabulary (U.K.)
ASF - Arson Strike Force (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
ASPA - Avon and Somerset Police Authority (U.K.)
ASPS - Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (U.K.)
ASU - Air Support Unit
ATS - Anti-Terrorism Squad
ATTF - Auto Theft Task Force
AUDHRI - Action Unit for Domestic, Homophobic and Racist Incident --
Later known as the Domestic Violence and Hate Crime Unit. (U.K.)
BAT - Burglary Action Taskforce (Australia)
BAWP - British Association of Women Police (U.K.)
BCACP - British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police (Canada)
BCCPA - British Columbia Crime Prevention Association (Canada)
BCI - Bureau of Criminal Intelligence --
They are also known as the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI).
BCI - Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCIGTF - British Columbia Integrated Gang Task Force (Canada)
BCPP - British Columbia Provincial Police (Canada)
BCS - British Crime Survey (U.K.)
BCSS - British Columbia Sheriff Services (Canada)
BCU - Basic Command Unit
BDU - Bomb Disposal Unit
BEAR - Break, Enter, Auto Theft and Robbery (Canada)
BEU - Biker Enforcement Unit (Canada)
BHP - Belfast Harbour Police (Northern Ireland)
BI - Bureau of Immigration
BIAC - Belfast International Airport Constabulary (Northern Ireland)
BID - Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (Philippines)
BIS - Biometric Identification System
BIU - Borough Intelligence Unit (U.K.)
BLDTF - Ballyfermot Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
Ballymun Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
Bray Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
BMP - Birmingham Market Police (U.K.)
BOC - Bureau of Customs
BOCU - Borough Operational Command Unit (U.K.)
BPA - Black Police Association (U.K.)
BPS - Barrie Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Belleville Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Brandon Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
Brantford Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Bridgewater Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Brockville Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
BRTF - Bank Robbery Task Force
BSF - Border Security Force
BTP - British Transport Police -- They are the
national police force for U.K. railways providing
policing services to rail operators, their staff and
passengers throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
BTPS - Blood Tribe Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
CACP - Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
CACPP - Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program
CAI - Child Abuse Investigations
CAIU - Child Abuse Investigations Unit
CAT - Community Action Team
CATAIR - Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists
CATSA - Canadian Air Transport Security Authority
CAU - Counter Assault Unit (Singapore)
CBACTAF - City of Bogo Anti-Crime Task Force (Philippines)
CBCF - Cross Border Crime Forum -- A joint
Canada/U.S. effort to tackle cross-border crime.
CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation (India)
CBRP - Cape Breton Regional Police (Nova Scotia, Canada)
CBSA - Canada Border Services Agency
CC - Cheshire Constabulary (U.K.)
CCAICE - Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (Canada)
CCB - Commercial Crime Bureau (Hong Kong)
CCC - Corruption and Crime Commission (Australia)
CCD - Commercial Crime Division
CCIU - Computer Crime Investigation Unit (Australia)
CCJA - Canadian Criminal Justice Association (Canada)
CCLDTF - Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
CCPS - Cornwall Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
CCU - Crowd Control Unit
CDIB - Customs Drug Investigation Bureau (Hong Kong)
CDTF - Clondalkin Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (U.K.)
CERT - Containment and Emergency Response Team (Canada)
CERVO - Control of the Exportation and Receiving of Stolen Vehicles Overseas (Canada)
CETS - Child Exploitation Tracking System
CFSEU - Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (Canada)
CGTF - Crime Gangs Task Force (Australia)
CHS - Criminal History System (U.K.)
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
CIB - Criminal Investigation Bureau -- They are
also referred to as the National Police Administration/Criminal
Investigation Bureau (NPA/CIB). (Taiwan)
CICB - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
CID - Criminal Investigation Department
CIDG - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group --
CIDG-NCR is another acronym used to identify the
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group - National
Capital Region (Philippines)
CIO - Central Intelligence Organisation
CISA - Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta (Canada)
CISBC/YT - Criminal Intelligence Service British Columbia and Yukon Territory (Canada)
CISC - Criminal Intelligence Service Canada
CISF - Central Industrial Security Force (India)
CISM - Criminal Intelligence Service Manitoba (Canada)
CISNB - Criminal Intelligence Service New Brunswick (Canada)
CISNL - Criminal Intelligence Service Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
CISNS - Criminal Intelligence Service Nova Scotia (Canada)
CISO - Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (Canada)
CISPEI - Criminal Intelligence Service Prince Edward Island (Canada)
CISQ - Criminal Intelligence Service Quebec (Canada)
CISS - Criminal Intelligence Service Saskatchewan (Canada)
CIU - Confidential Intelligence Unit (U.K.)
CivPol - Civilian Police
CJNTO - Community Justice National Training Organisation (U.K.)
CJS - Criminal Justice System
CJSNI - Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland
CKPS - Chatham-Kent Police Service (Canada)
CLDTF - Cork Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
CMET - Coordinated Marijuana Enforcement Team (Canada)
CMPG - Central Motorway Police Group --
A regional U.K. law enforcement service.
CMU - Crime Management Unit
CNC - Civil Nuclear Constabulary (U.K.)
CNPA - Civil Nuclear Police Authority (U.K.)
COP - Child Online Protection Initiative
COP - Citizens on Patrol
COPFS - Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (U.K.)
CPA - Canadian Police Association
CPD - Charlottetown Police Department (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
CPI - Corruption Prevention and Investigation (Australia)
CPIC - Canadian Police Information Centre (Canada)
CPIU - Child Protection Investigation Unit
CPMF - Central Para-Military Force (India)
CPNI - Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure (U.K.)
CPOSA - Chief Police Officers Staff Association (U.K.)
CPPO - Cebu Provincial Police Office (Philippines)
CPPS - Corman Park Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
CPPU - Child Protection Policy Unit (Hong Kong)
CPRPS - Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service
CPRU - Crime Prevention and Reduction Unit (Gibraltar)
CPS - Calgary Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
Child Protection Squad (Australia)
Cobourg Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Crown Prosecution Service (U.K.)
CPT - Cyber Predator Team (Australia)
CPTDA - Central Police Training and Development Authority (U.K.)
CPU - Community Policing Unit
CRC - Crime Reduction Centre (U.K.)
CRCSG - Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group (U.K.)
CRISP - Cross Regional Information Sharing Project (U.K.)
CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force (India)
CRU - Community Relations Unit
Crime Reduction Unit (Canada)
CSC - Correctional Service of Canada
CSO - Community Safety Officer
Community Support Officer
CSP - Central Scotland Police (Scotland)
CSPS - Central Saanich Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)
CTC - Counter Terrorism Command (U.K.)
CTU - Counter Terrorism Unit -- Later known as
the Vancouver Integrated National Security Enforcement
Team (Vancouver INSET) (Canada)
CVO - Chief Vigilance Officer (India)
CWB - Central Warrant Bureau (Australia)
DAAT - Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
DART - Direct Action Response Team (Canada)
DARU - Drugs and Alcohol Research Unit (U.K.)
DASCS - Drugs and Serious Crime Squad (U.K.)
DBTF - Domestic Burglary Task Force (U.K.)
DC - Derbyshire Constabulary (U.K.)
Detective Constable (U.K.)
Durham Constabulary (U.K.)
DCC - Deputy Chief Constable (U.K.)
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (U.K.)
DCPA - Devon and Cornwall Police Authority (U.K.)
DDAAT - Derbyshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
DDB - Dangerous Drugs Board (Philippines)
DEM - Department of Emergency Management
DEU - Drug Enforcement Unit
DFS - Department of Forensic Science
DGC - Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary (Scotland)
DI - Detective Inspector (U.K.)
DIMIA - Department of Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
DIP - Drug Intervention Programme
DNEDTF - Dublin North East Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
DOPS - Dakota Ojibway Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
DPD - Delta Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
DPF - Defence Police Federation (U.K.)
DPP - Director of Public Prosecutions (U.K.)
District Policing Partnerships (U.K.)
Dyfed Powys Police (U.K.)
DPU - Dignitary Protection Unit (Australia)
DRG - District Response Group (Australia)
DRPS - Deep River Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Durham Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
DRR - Drug Rehabilitation Requirement
DSG - District Support Group
DSU - Dog Support Unit (U.K.)
Drug Squad Unit (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)
D12LDTF - Dublin 12 Local Drug Task Force (Ireland)
DVDRC - Ontario Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (Canada)
DVHCU - Domestic Violence and Hate Crime Unit --
Formerly known as the Action Unit for Domestic,
Homophobic and Racist Incident. (U.K.)
EART - Elder Abuse Response Team (Ontario, Canada)
ECRDTF - East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
ECS - Electronic Crime Section (Australia)
EDU - European Drugs Unit
EIIB - Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (Philippines)
EMES - Emergency and Major Events Section (Australia)
EOU - Emergency Operations Unit (Australia)
EOW - Economic Offences Wing (India)
EP - Essex Police (U.K.)
EPS - Edmonton Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
Espanola Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Estevan Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
ERT - Emergency Response Team
ETF - Emergency Task Force
Europol - European Police Office
FAST - Free and Secure Trade -- The Free and Secure
Trade program is a joint initiative between the
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs
and Border Protection that is designed to expedite
legitimate trade across the Canada-U.S. border.
FATF - Financial Action Task Force
FCIU - Family Crime Investigations Unit (U.K.)
Financial Crimes Investigations Unit
FCLDTF - Finglas/Cabra Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
FCS - Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (South Africa)
FCV - Football Command Vehicle (U.K.)
FEADS - Fiscalia Especializada Para la Atencion de Delitos Contra la Salud --
Formerly an anti-narcotics division of Mexico's
Office of the Attorney General. (Mexico)
FEO - Firearms Enquiry Officer (U.K.)
FESAGSS - Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guards Supervision Section (Philippines)
FFEB - Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau (Hong Kong)
FINTRAC - Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
FIS - Forensic Identification Section (Canada)
Fraud Investigation Services (Australia)
FIT - Forward Intelligence Team (U.K.)
FIU - Forensic Identification Unit (Canada)
FMPU - Force Military Police Unit (Cyprus)
FNCPA - First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (Canada)
FNP - First Nations Police (Ontario, Canada)
FPF - Fredericton Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)
FPU - Family Protection Unit
FRU - Force Response Unit (Australia)
FSS - Forensic Science Service (U.K.)
FSU - Force Search Unit (Hong Kong)
GALPEN - Gay And Lesbian Police Employee Network (Australia)
GATA - Global Antiterrorism Training Assistance
GC - Gloucestershire Constabulary (U.K.)
GDC - General District Courts
GFPF - Grand Falls Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)
GIO - Gang Intelligence Officer
GIS - General Investigation Section
GMP - Greater Manchester Police (U.K.)
GMPA - Greater Manchester Police Authority (U.K.)
GPA - Gay Police Association --
They were formerly known as the Lesbian and Gay Police Association (U.K.)
GPS - Gananoque Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Guelph Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
GRP - Government Railway Police (India)
GSDU - Gold Stealing Detection Unit (Australia)
GSPS - Greater Sudbury Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
GVTAPS - Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)
HATT - Halifax Auto Theft Team (Canada)
HC - Hampshire Constabulary (U.K.)
Hertfordshire Constabulary (U.K.)
HEAT - Help Eliminate Auto Theft (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
HHC - Hampstead Heath Constabulary (U.K.)
HKAPF - Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (Hong Kong)
HKJDRS - Hong Kong Juvenile Delinquency Research Society
HKPF - Hong Kong Police Force --
They are also known simply as the Hong Kong Police (HKP).
HMIC - Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (U.K.)
HOSDB - Home Office Scientific Development Branch --
Formerly known as the Police Scientific Development Branch. (U.K.)
HP - Humberside Police (U.K.)
HPA - Hampshire Police Authority (U.K.)
Hertfordshire Police Authority (U.K.)
HPC - Haringey Parks Constabulary (U.K.)
HPS - Hamilton Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Hanover Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
HRP - Halifax Regional Police (Nova Scotia, Canada)
HRPS - Halton Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
HSCC - Homicide and Serious Crime Command (U.K.)
HTCU - High Tech Crime Unit
IAU - Internal Affairs Unit
IBET - Integrated Border Enforcement Team (Canada)
ICARS - Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (Canada)
ICBA - International Conference on Biometric Authentication
ICE - Identifying Child Exploitation (Canada)
ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (U.S.A.)
ICITAP - International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program
ICPO - International Criminal Police Organization --
Better known as INTERPOL.
IDAAT - Islington Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
IEG - Intelligence Experts Group on Domestic Security (Canada)
IGTF - Integrated Gang Task Force (Canada)
IHIT - Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (Canada)
IIB - Internal Investigation Branch
IIU - Internal Investigations Unit
IMCRT - Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team (Canada)
IMPACT - Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (Canada)
IND - Immigration and Nationality Directorate (U.K.)
INEOA - International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association
INL - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
INSET - Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (Canada)
INTERPOL - International Criminal Police Organization --
INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization.
IPA - International Police Association
IPCC - Independent Police Complaints Commission --
They were formerly known as the Police Complaints Authority. (U.K.)
IPG - Independent Patrol Group (Australia)
IPOC - Integrated Proceeds of Crime Unit (Canada)
IPS - Indian Police Service (India)
IPTF - International Police Task Force
IRSU - Integrated Road Safety Unit (British Columbia, Canada)
ISPOT - Integrated Sexual Predator Observation Team (British Columbia, Canada)
ISU - Integrated Security Unit
ITAI - Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (U.K.)
ITBP - Indo-Tibetan Border Police (India)
JBIT - Joint Border Interdiction Team (Canada)
JJT - Juvenile Justice Team (Australia)
JJU - Juvenile Justice Unit
K-IRSU - Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit (Canada)
KMP - Kanesatake Mohawk Police (Canada)
KPA - Kent Police Authority (U.K.)
KPS - Kenora Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Kentville Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Kingston Police Service (Canada)
KRPF - Kativik Regional Police Force (Nunavik, Canada)
LAGPA - Lesbian and Gay Police Association --
Later known as the Gay Police Association (U.K.)
LBP - Lothian and Borders Police (Scotland)
LC - Lancashire Constabulary (U.K.)
Leicestershire Constabulary (U.K.)
LCSG - Limerick City Sub Group -- A sub-group
of the Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force, founded
to address drug problems in Limerick City. (Ireland)
LCU - Linked Crime Unit
LDAAT - Lancashire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
Lincolnshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
LDTF - Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
LEAD - Law Enforcement Aboriginal Diversity Network (Canada)
LEWG - Law Enforcement Working Group
LIU - Local Intelligence Unit
LMDPDS - Lower Mainland District Police Dog Service (British Columbia, Canada)
LNP - Liberia National Police
LP - Lincolnshire Police (U.K.)
LPA - Lancashire Police Authority (U.K.)
Leicestershire Police Authority (U.K.)
Lincolnshire Police Authority (U.K.)
Local Policing Area (U.K.)
LPDSU - Local Performance and Delivery Support Unit (U.K.)
LPS - Lacombe Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
LaSalle Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Leamington Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
London Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
LRPS - Lethbridge Regional Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
LSLRPS - Lesser Slave Lake Regional Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
LTO - Land Transportation Office (Philippines)
MAG - Magistrate system
MATF - Multi-Agency Task Force
MCIT - Major Crime Investigation Team (U.K.)
MCPO - Mandaue City Police Office (Philippines)
MCS - Major Crime Section
MDAAT - Merton Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
MDP - Ministry of Defence Police (U.K.)
MDT - Mobile Deployment Team
MENAFATF - Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force
MEOCS - Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (Australia)
MET - Mobile Enforcement Team
MFIG - Major Fraud Investigation Group (Australia)
MHIIU - Medicine Hat Integrated Intelligence Unit (Alberta, Canada)
MHPS - Medicine Hat Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
MIAA-APD - Manila International Airport Authority - Airport Police Department (Philippines)
MIERT - Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team (Canada)
MIG - Major Incident Group (Australia)
MIT - Major Investigation Task Force (Jamaica)
Murder Investigation Team (U.K.)
MJIB - Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (Taiwan)
MJPS - Moose Jaw Police Service (Canada)
MOD - Ministry of Defence (U.K.)
MOLO - Military Observer Liaison Officer
MP - Merseyside Police (U.K.)
MPA - Merseyside Police Authority (U.K.)
Metropolitan Police Authority (U.K.)
MPAO - Mounted Police Association of Ontario (Canada)
MPF - Miramichi Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)
MPPAC - Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada
MPS - Midland Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
MPU - Marine Police Unit (U.K.)
MRDTF - Midland Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
MSSTF - Markham Safe Streets Task Force (Canada)
MTPS - Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (Canada)
MWRDTF - Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
NACAHT - National Action Committee on Anti-Hijacking and Anti-Terrorism (Philippines)
NaCTSO - National Counter Terrorism Security Office (U.K.)
NAPOLCOM - National Police Commission (Philippines)
NAPS - Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
NASAS - Noongar Alcohol and Substance Abuse Service (Australia)
NBI - National Bureau of Investigation
NBPA - National Black Police Association (U.K.)
NBPS - North Bay Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
NC - Norfolk Constabulary (U.K.)
NCASA - Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)
NCB - Narcotics Control Bureau (India)
NCC - Newham Community Constabulary -- They were formerly
known as the Newham Parks Constabulary. (U.K.)
NCECC - National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (Canada)
NCIS - National Criminal Intelligence Service (U.K.)
NCPE - National Centre for Policing Excellence (U.K.)
NCRPO - National Capital Region Police Office (Philippines)
NCRSG - National Crime Recording Steering Group (U.K.)
NCS - National Crime Squad (U.K.)
NDAAT - Nottinghamshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
NDET - National Domestic Extremism Team (U.K.)
NDRDTF - North Dublin City and County Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
NDRF - National Disaster Response Force (India)
NDST - National Drugs Strategy Team (Ireland)
NDTMS - National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (U.K.)
NEASU - North East Air Support Unit (U.K.)
NERDTF - North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
NETCU - National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (U.K.)
NHTCTC - National High Tech Crime Training Centre (U.K.)
NHTCU - National High-Tech Crime Unit (U.K.)
NIA - National Investigation Agency (India)
NICA - National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Philippines)
NICDTF - North Inner City Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
NID - National Investigation Department (Nepal)
NIITF - National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force (Australia)
NISCC - National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (U.K.)
NP - Neighbourhood Policing (U.K.)
Nepal Police
Northumbria Police (U.K.)
Nottinghamshire Police (U.K.)
NPA - National Police Academy
National Police Administration (Taiwan)
Norfolk Police Authority (U.K.)
Northamptonshire Police Authority (U.K.)
Northumbria Police Authority (U.K.)
Nottinghamshire Police Authority (U.K.)
NPD - Nelson Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
NPOIU - National Public Order Intelligence Unit (U.K.)
NPPT - Neighbourhood Policing Programme Team (U.K.)
NPS - Nagaland Police Service (India)
National Protection Service (Philippines)
NRPS - Niagara Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
NSCI - National Security Criminal Investigations (Canada)
NSPIS - National Strategy for Police Information Systems (U.K.)
NSWP - New South Wales Police (Australia)
NSY - New Scotland Yard (U.K.)
NTP - Northern Territory Police (Australia)
NWA - Neighbourhood Watch Association (U.K.)
NWCASA - North West Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)
NWCU - National Wildlife Crime Unit (U.K.)
NWEST - National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (Canada)
NWMP - North-West Mounted Police (Canada)
NWMPG - North West Motorway Police Group (U.K.)
NWP - North Wales Police (U.K.)
NWPA - North Wales Police Authority (U.K.)
NWPS - New Westminster Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)
NWRDTF - North Western Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
NYP - North Yorkshire Police (U.K.)
NYPA - North Yorkshire Police Authority (U.K.)
OACP - Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (Canada)
OAPSB - Ontario Association of Police Service Boards (Canada)
OBPD - Oak Bay Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
OCABC - Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (Canada)
OCCPS - Ontario Civilian Commission of Police Services (Canada)
OCD - Organised Crime Division
OCI - Organised Crime Investigation
OCIU - Organised Crime Investigation Unit
OCPS - Oxford Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
OCS - Organised Crime Squad
OCTA - Organised Crime Threat Assessment (U.K.)
OCTB - Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (Hong Kong)
OCTF - Organised Crime Task Force (U.K.)
OCU - Operational Command Unit (U.K.)
OHIA - Ontario Homicide Investigators Association (Canada)
OIB - Offender Information Bureau (Australia)
OICD - Organised and International Crime Directorate (U.K.)
OISP - Office of Investigative Standards and Practices (Canada)
OPI - Office of Police Integrity (Australia)
OPP - Ontario Provincial Police (Canada)
OPPA - Ontario Provincial Police Association (Canada)
OPS - Orangeville Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
OPS - Ottawa Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSPS - Owen Sound Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
OSTTU - Operational Safety and Tactics Training Unit (Australia)
OVC - Office for Victims of Crime
PAC - Provincial Armed Constabulary (India)
PACE - Police and Criminal Evidence Act (U.K.)
PACER - Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (Philippines)
PAIDSOT - Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operating Team
PAO - Police Association of Ontario (Canada)
PAOCTF - Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (Philippines)
PAPS - Prince Albert Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
PASTF - Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force (Philippines)
PATT - Provincial Auto Theft Team (Ontario, Canada)
PAW - Police Authorities of Wales (U.K.)
PCeU - Police Central e-crime Unit (U.K.)
PCG - Philippine Coast Guard (Philippines)
P-CRU - Property Crime Reduction Unit (British Columbia, Canada)
PCSO - Police Community Support Officer (U.K.)
PCTC - Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (Philippines)
PDEA - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (Philippines)
PDS - Police Dog Services (Canada)
PDU - Police Dog Unit (Hong Kong)
Police Dog Unit -- Later known as the Police K-9 Unit. (Singapore)
PF - Policia Federal -- Formerly known as the
Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP). (Mexico)
PHPS - Port Hope Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
PICTTS - Police Information Communication Technology Training Services (U.K.)
PIB - Provincial Intelligence Branch (Philippines)
PISA - Policia Internacional Sonora y Arizona (U.S.A. / Mexico)
PISI - Police Internal Security Intelligence Unit
PITO - Police Information Technology Organisation (U.K.)
PJDF - Policia Judicial del Distrito Federal (Mexico)
PLCPS - Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
PLPU - Police Leadership and Powers Unit (U.K.)
PMAS - Police Mutual Assurance Society (U.K.)
PMPD - Port Moody Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
PNC - Police National Computer (U.K.)
PNP - Philippine National Police (Philippines)
PNP-TEG - Philippine National Police - Traffic Enforcement Group (Philippines)
POIU - Public Order Intelligence Unit (U.K.)
POP - Problem Orientated Policing
POST - Peace Officer Standards and Training
PPA - Philippine Ports Authority (Philippines)
PPO - Persistent Prolific Offender
PPS - Pembroke Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Perth Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
PRCU - Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
PRO - Police Regional Office (Philippines)
PROS - Police Reporting and Occurrence System (Canada)
PRP - Peel Regional Police (Ontario, Canada)
PRU - Police Rail Unit (Australia)
PSAEW - Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales (U.K.)
PSDB - Police Scientific Development Branch --
Later known as the Home Office Scientific Development Branch. (U.K.)
PSEPC - Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
PSIG - Protective Security Intelligence Group (Australia)
PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland
PSU - Police Standards Unit (U.K.)
Police Support Unit (U.K.)
PTSP - Provincial Traffic Safety Program (Canada)
PWEU - Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (Ontario, Canada)
PYO - Persistent Young Offender
QALEC - Quality Assurance in Law Enforcement Committee (Canada)
QCPD - Quezon City Police District (Philippines)
QCPD-AnCar - Quezon City Police District - Anti-Carnapping Unit (Philippines)
QCPD-CIDU - Quezon City Police District - Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (Philippines)
QCPD-EOD - Quezon City Police District - Explosives and Ordnance Division (Philippines)
QPP - Quebec Provincial Police (Canada)
QPS - Queensland Police Service (Australia)
QRT - Quick Response Team
RATS - Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
Run After The Smugglers (Philippines)
RCIT - Royal Commission Investigation Team (Australia)
RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- The federal, national,
and paramilitary police force of Canada.
RCMPSS - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service (Canada)
RCU - Regional Crime Unit
Road Crime Unit
RDPD - Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department (U.K.)
RDTF - Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
RGP - Royal Gibraltar Police (Gibraltar)
RHSG - Regional Headquarters Support Group (Philippines)
RIC - Royal Irish Constabulary (Northern Ireland)
RNC - Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
RNRSC - Regional Niagara Road Safety Committee (Canada)
RNWMP - Royal Northwest Mounted Police (Canada)
RoB - Restrictions on Bail
ROG - Regional Operations Group
ROPE - Repeat Offender Program Enforcement (Ontario, Canada)
RPC - Royal Parks Constabulary (U.K.)
RPDSS - Regional Pawn Data Sharing System
RPF - Railway Police Force (India)
RPOA - Retired Police Officers' Association
RPP - Redbridge Parks Police (U.K.)
RPS - Rajasthan Police Service (India)
Regina Police Service (Canada)
RPU - Road Policing Unit (U.K.)
RRPF - Rothesay Regional Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)
RSAU - Regional Special Action Unit (Philippines)
RUC - Royal Ulster Constabulary (Northern Ireland)
SAIGET - Southern Alberta Integrated Gang Enforcement Team (Canada)
SAPOL - South Australia Police
SAPS - South African Police Service
SAPS STF - South African Police Service Special Task Force
SARC - Sexual Assault Referral Centre
SAS - Sexual Assault Squad
SASBU - Southwark Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (U.K.)
SASS - Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (Canada)
SAU - Sexual Assault Unit
SC - Suffolk Constabulary (U.K.)
SCAS - Serious Crime Analysis Section (U.K.)
SCBCTAPS - South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service (Canada)
SCD - Specialist Crime Directorate (U.K.)
SCDEA - Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
-- SCDEA works to prevent and detect serious and organised
crime as it affects Scotland at a national and international
level.
SCEU - Street Crime Enforcement Unit (Nova Scotia, Canada)
SCPS - Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SCRO - Scottish Criminal Record Office (U.K.)
SCU - Street Crime Unit
SDAAT - Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
Surrey Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
SECASA - South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)
SEG - Special Escort Group (Ministry of Defence Police) (U.K.)
SERDTF - South East Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
SFIPT - South Fraser Integrated Probe Team (British Columbia, Canada)
SFO - Serious Fraud Office (U.K.)
SFPO - Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers (Canada)
SFPS - Smiths Falls Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SFS - Scottish Fingerprint Service
SICLDTF - South Inner City Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
SID - Specialist Investigation Department (U.K.)
State Intelligence Division (Australia)
SIEDO - Subprocuraduria de Investigacion Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada --
A federal law enforcement division of Mexico's
Office of the Attorney General. (Mexico)
SIS - State Intelligence Services
SIU - Special Investigations Unit
SJPF - St. John Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)
SNP - Six Nations Police (Ontario, Canada)
SOCA - Serious Organised Crime Agency (U.K.)
Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit
SOCG - Serious and Organised Crime Group (U.K.)
SOCO - Scenes of Crime Office
Scene Of Crime Officer (U.K.)
SP - Staffordshire Police (U.K.)
Surrey Police (U.K.)
Sussex Police (U.K.)
SPA - Surrey Police Authority (U.K.)
Sussex Police Authority (U.K.)
SPC - Special Police Constable
SPD - Saanich Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
SPEAR - School / Police Emergency Action Response (Canada)
Singapore Prison Emergency Action Response
SPF - Singapore Police Force
SPG - State Protection Group (Australia)
SPIS - Scottish Police Information System
SPOC - Single Point of Contact
SPS - Sarnia Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Saskatoon Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Scottish Prisons Service (U.K.)
Shelburne Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Springhill Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Stratford Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SRDTF - Southern Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
SSI - State Security Investigations
SSMPS - Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SSP - Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (Mexico)
SSPS - Saugeen Shores Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
South Simcoe Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SSU - State Security Unit (Australia)
STF - Special Task Force
STP - Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police (British Columbia, Canada)
STPS - St. Thomas Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
SWCASA - South Western Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)
SWPA - South Wales Police Authority (U.K.)
SWRDTF - South Western Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
SYP - South Yorkshire Police (U.K.)
SYPA - South Yorkshire Police Authority (U.K.)
TAG - Tactical Aid Group (U.K.)
TAU - Threat Assessment Unit
TBPS - Thunder Bay Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
TDTF - Tallaght Drugs Task Force --
TLDTF is another acronym occasionally used to
identify the Tallaght Local Drugs Task Force. (Ireland)
TEG - Traffic Enforcement Group
TFT - Tactical Firearms Team (U.K.)
TFU - Tactical Firearms Unit (U.K.)
TIB - Telecommunications Interception Branch (Australia)
Telephone Investigation Bureau (U.K.)
TIG - Tactical Investigation Group (Australia)
TMU - Traffic Management Unit
TOCU - Transport Operational Command Unit (U.K.)
TOG - Traffic Operations Group (Australia)
TOPS - Traffic and Operations Support (Australia)
TP CMU - Territorial Policing Crime Management Unit (U.K.)
TPS - Taber Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
Timmins Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Truro Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
TPT - Targeted Policing Team (U.K.)
TPU - Terrorism Protection Unit (U.K.)
TRG - Tactical Response Group (Australia)
TRU - Tactical Response Unit
TSCTP - Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership
TSG - Territorial Support Group (U.K.)
TTC Special Constable Services - Toronto Transit Commission Special Constable Services (Ontario, Canada)
T3PS - Treaty Three Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
TVP - Thames Valley Police (U.K.)
TVGPA - Thames Valley Gay Police Association (U.K.)
UKBA - United Kingdom Border Agency -- They
are responsible for securing the borders and
controlling migration in the U.K.
UKCA - United Kingdom Central Authority
UMOPAR - Unidad Movil de Patrullaje Rural (Bolivia)
UNFICYP - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNPol - United Nations Police
UPP - Uttar Pradesh Police (India)
UPPISBF - Uttar Pradesh Police Inter-State Border Force (India)
UTPS - University of Toronto Campus Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
VBP - Victoria Beach Police (Manitoba, Canada)
VGT - Virtual Global Taskforce -- A collaborative
alliance involving law enforcement agencies from around
the world working together to combat online child sex
exploitation and make the Internet a safer place.
VICOT - Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team (British Columbia, Canada)
ViTAB - Video-based Threat Assessment and Biometrics (U.K.)
VOSA - Vehicle Operator Service Agency (U.K.)
VPD - Vancouver Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
Victoria Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
V2010 ISU - Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit --
Security unit for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. (Canada)
WAPol - Western Australia Police
WAPS - Western Australia Police Service
WECTU - Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (U.K.)
WGPS - West Grey Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
WMC - West Mercia Constabulary (U.K.)
WMP - West Midlands Police (U.K.)
WMPA - West Mercia Police Authority (U.K.)
West Midlands Police Authority (U.K.)
WMSCS - West Midlands Serious Crime Squad (U.K.)
WNPS - West Nipissing Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
WP - Warwickshire Police (U.K.)
WPP - Wandsworth Parks Police (U.K.)
WPS - Wawa Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Weyburn Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
Windsor Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Wingham Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
Winnipeg Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
WPU - Witness Protection Unit (Hong Kong)
WRDTF - Western Region Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
WRPS - Waterloo Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
WSDAAT - West Sussex Drug and Alcohol Action Team (U.K.)
WVPD - West Vancouver Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
WYP - West Yorkshire Police (U.K.)
WYPA - West Yorkshire Police Authority (U.K.)
YOI - Young Offenders' Institution (U.K.)
YOT - Youth Offending Team (U.K.)
YRPS - York Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
YRT - York Region Transit/Viva Special Constable Services (Ontario, Canada)
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