Below you will find an alphabetical listing of acronyms used to identify a wide variety of various police and law enforcement task forces, as well as other groups working to make communities safer in the United States.

While certain "insider" acronyms are used and recognized almost exclusively within law enforcement, others have gained wider acceptance and entered the vernacular of the general public.

NOTE: Not all of the groups listed below are still active, while others may have taken on new monikers. Be aware that some of these abbreviations and acronyms may have completely different meanings in different locales. If no location is offered for a group or organization, this usually means it exists in several locations across the United States.


Be sure and visit our other acronym collections:
U.S. Gang acronyms
Unusual and Creative Acronyms
International Law Enforcement abbreviations and acronyms
Abbreviations and acronyms used by U.S. Law Enforcement Personnel

AATA - Arizona Automobile Theft Authority

ACDTF - Adams County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Allen County Drug Task Force (Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, etc.)
Armstrong County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)

ACE Task Force - Agencies for Combined Enforcement Task Force (Greene County, Ohio)

ACE Team - Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team

ACET - All Crimes Enforcement Team (Northwest Colorado) -- They were formerly known as the Greater Routt and Moffat Narcotics Enforcement Team.

ACNTF - Alameda County Narcotics Task Force (California)

ACRATT - Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force (California)

ACTF - Animal Cruelty Task Force, or Auto Crimes Task Force

ADDU - Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit (Georgia)

ADITF - Arizona Drug Intelligence Task Force

ADTF - Adirondack Drug Task Force
Altamaha Drug Task Force (Southeastern Georgia)
Anti-Drug Task Force
Appalachian Drug Task Force (Georgia)

AFTF - Alaska Fugitive Task Force

AGE - Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement

AGTF - Anti-Gang Task Force, Anti-Graffiti Task Force, and Aurora Gang Task Force (Colorado)

AHEC - Arizona HIDTA Executive Committee

AIS - Accident Investigation Squad (New York)

ALERT - America's Law Enforcement Retiree Team

AMC - Air Mobility Command

AOD Task Force - Alcohol and Other Drug Task Force

ASaLT - Allied State and Local Task Force (California)

ASATF - Adult Sexual Assault Task Force

ASF - Arson Strike Force (Klamath County, Oregon)

ASU - Air Support Unit

ATF - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or Arson Task Force

ATTF - Anti-Terrorism Task Force
Auto Theft Task Force

BADCATS - Burglary Auto Detail Commercial Auto Theft Section (California)

BAG - Border Alliance Group (Arizona)

BANDIT - Boise Area Narcotics and Drug Interdiction Task Force (Idaho)

BAT - Bicycle Apprehension Team, or Burglar Apprehension Team

BATF - Blackhawk Area Task Force (Illinois)

BATTLE - Beat Auto Theft Through Law Enforcement -- Also known as the DuPage County Auto Theft Task Force (Illinois)

BAU - Behavioral Analysis Unit (FBI)

BAYANET - Bay Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (Michigan)

BCA - Bureau of Criminal Apprehension -- Also known as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (MBCA).

BCDSF - Buchanan County Drug Strike Force (Missouri)

BCDTF - Baldwin County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
Barbour / Bullock County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
Bedford County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Berkshire County Drug Task Force (Massachusetts)
Blair County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Boulder County Drug Task Force (Colorado)
Brown County Drug Task Force (Wisconsin)
Bullitt County Drug Task Force (Kentucky)

BCI - Bureau of Criminal Investigation

BCTF - Border Corruption Task Force (San Diego, California)

BCU - Basic Command Unit

BCVGTF - Bucks County Violent Gang Task Force (Pennsylvania)

BDTF - Bootheel Drug Task Force (Pemiscot County, Missouri)

BDU - Bomb Disposal Unit

BENT - Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team (Oregon)

BEST - Border Enforcement Security Task Force

BFU - Bunco Forgery Unit (Huntington Beach, California)

BII - Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence (California)

BIT - Border Interdiction Team (California)
Borough Intelligence Team (New York)

BLSF - Blue Lightning Strike Force

BMFEA - Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (California)

BNE - Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement (California)

BNET - Blythe Narcotics Enforcement Team (Blythe, California)

BRDTF - Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force (Minnesota)

BRTF - Bank Robbery Task Force

BSSSTF - Big Sky Safe Streets Task Force (Montana)

BSTTF - Blackfeet Safe Trails Task Force (Montana)

BWDTF - Boundary Waters Drug Task Force (Northeast Minnesota)

CACU - Crimes Against Children Unit

CAI - Child Abuse Investigations

CAIT - Child Abuse Investigation Team

Cal-MMET - California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team

CAMP - Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (California)

CANE - Combined Agencies for Narcotics Enforcement (Montgomery County, Ohio)

CAP - Crimes Against Persons Unit

CARD - Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Teams (FBI)

CARFTF - Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force

Cargo CATs - Cargo Criminal Apprehension Team (California)

CART - Child Abduction Response Team

CAT - Community Action Team, Counter Assault Team, or Criminal Apprehension Team

CAT Team - Combined Anti-drug Task Force (Louisiana)

CATCH - Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team -- They are also known as CATCH-ID. (California)

CATCH 22 - 22nd Judicial District Drug Task Force (Colorado)

CATPA - Colorado Auto Theft Prevention Authority

CATS - Central Auto Theft Section

CATU - Computer Analysis and Technology Unit

CBAG - California Border Alliance Group

CBP - Customs and Border Protection

CBTF - Caddo/Bossier Drug Task Force (Shreveport, Louisiana)

CCCNET - Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

CCDTF - Calhoun County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
Cambria County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Cape Cod Drug Task Force (Massachusetts)
Caroline County Drug Task Force (Maryland)
Carter County Drug Task Force (Kentucky)
Centre County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Clay County Drug Task Force (Missouri)
Columbiana County Drug Task Force (Ohio)
Cortland County Drug Task Force (New York)
Cowley County Drug Task Force (Kansas)
Crawford County Drug Task Force (Kansas)
Cumberland County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)

CCDU - Clermont County Drug Unit -- Also known as the Clermont County Drug Task Force. (Ohio)

CCGTF - Clark County Gang Task Force (Nevada)

CCSIU - City-County Special Investigations Unit (Billings, Montana)

CCTF - Computer Crime Task Force, or Cyber Crime Task Force

CCU - Career Criminal Unit, Crowd Control Unit, and Cyber Crime Unit

CDSSTF - Capital District Safe Streets Task Force (Albany, New York)

CDTF - Counter-Drug Task Force

CDVTF - Covington Domestic Violence Task Force (Washington)

CECAT - Community Effort to Combat Auto Theft (California)

CECTF - Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force (Illinois)

CenTF - Center for Task Force Training

CERT - Community Emergency Response Team, Computer Emergency Readiness Team, and Computer Emergency Response Team

CFHIDTA - Central Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

CGHG - Criminal Gang Homicide Group (Los Angeles, California)

CGCDTF - Calhoun-Gordon County Drug Task Force (Georiga)

CGIS - Coast Guard Investigative Service

CHARGE - Combined Harrisonburg and Rockingham Gang Enforcement Unit (Virginia)

CHART - Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (Maryland)
Critical Highway Accident Response Team (Kansas)

CHIEF - Combined Hotel Interdiction Enforcement Team

CIB - Criminal Investigation Bureau

CICU - Central Illinois Cybercrime Unit
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Coronary Intensive Care Unit

CID - Central Investigations Division, Criminal Investigation Department, Criminal Investigation Division

CIEG - Central Illinois Enforcement Group

CIOG - Critical Incident Operations Group

CIRG - Critical Incident Response Group

CIRT - Computer Incident Response Team, or Critical Incident Response Team

CIT - Crisis Intervention Team

CITF - Criminal Investigation Task Force (Department of Defense)

CIU - Crime Interdiction Unit
Criminal Impact Unit (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Criminal Investigation Unit

CLE - Criminal Law Enforcement

CLEAN - Community and Law Enforcement Against Narcotics

CLEO - Criminal Law Enforcement Online

CLEP - Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Program

CLET - Clandestine Lab Enforcement Team

CLEU - Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Unit

CMANS - Cherokee Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (Georgia)

CMDTF - Central Montana Drug Task Force

CMECTF - Charlotte Metro Electronic Crimes Task Force (North Carolina)

CMET - Central Michigan Enforcement Team

CMU - Crisis Management Unit

CMVCTF - Central Maine Violent Crime Task Force

CNA - Counter Narcotics Alliance (Arizona)

CNET - Coastal Narcotics Enforcement Team (Mississippi)
Community Narcotics Enforcement Team Drug Task Force

CNG CDTF - California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force

CNS - Counter Narcotics Squad

CNT - Crisis Negotiations Team

CNTF - County Narcotics Task Force

CNU - Crisis Negotiation Unit

COCTF - Colorado Organized Crime Task Force

CODE - Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force -- CODE TF is another acronym that also refers to the Central Ohio Drug Enforcement Task Force.

CODE - Central Oregon Drug Enforcement

COMET - Combined Ozarks Multi-Jurisdictional Enforcement Team (Missouri)
County of Macomb Enforcement Team (Michigan)

COMMET - County of Mendocino Marijuana Eradication Team (California)

COMNET - Community Oriented Multiple Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team

COP - Citizens On Patrol -- C.O.P. members are trained to act as extra eyes and ears for local police departments. These private citizens are volunteers that actively assist law enforcement in their communities.

COP Team - Community Outreach Program Team (California)

CPAT - Cooperative Police Assistance Team

CP/CSE - Child Pornography/Child Sexual Exploitation Investigations

CRASH - Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (Los Angeles, California)

CRCPTF - California Rural Crime Prevention Task Force
Capital Region Cyber Predator Task Force (Albany, New York)

CRDTF - Cache/Rich Drug Task Force (Utah)

CRT - Crisis Response Team

CRU - Community Relations Unit, Crime Reduction Unit, and Crime Response Unit

CSFTF - Crescent Star Fugitive Task Force (Louisiana)

CSOM - Center for Sex Offender Management

CSSU - Crime Scene Search Unit

CT Watch - Counterterrorism Watch (FBI)

CTCIB - Counter-Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence Bureau (Los Angeles, California)

CTIP - Cargo Theft Interdiction Program (California)

CTRP - Child Trafficking Resource Project

CTTF - Cargo Theft Task Force

CVC HIDTA - Central Valley California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

CVGTF - Coachella Valley Gang Task Force (California)

CVMET - Central Valley Marijuana Enforcement Team (California)

CVNTF - Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force (California)

CYGS - Community Youth Gang Services

DAG - Drug and Gang Unit

DANET - District Attorney's Narcotic Enforcement Team (Pennsylvania)

DARE - Drug Abuse Resistance Education

DART - Direct Action Response Team
Drug Abatement Response Team
Drug Abuse Reduction Task Force (Ohio)
Drug Activity Response Team

DCART - Dauphin County Accident Reconstruction Team (Pennsylvania)

DCDTF - Dakota County Drug Task Force (Minnesota)

DCE/SP - Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DEA)

DCMTF - Douglas County Meth Task Force (Georgia)

DCNGTF - Dane County Narcotics and Gang Task Force (Wisconsin)

DEJVCFTF - Delaware Joint Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force

Delta RATT - Delta Regional Auto Theft Task Force -- They're also known as the Delta Regional Auto Theft Team. (San Joaquin County, California)

DEU - Drug Enforcement Unit

DFAT - Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team (Michigan)

DFS - Department of Forensic Science

DHS - Department of Homeland Security

DINT - Douglas Interagency Narcotic Team (Oregon)

DJJ - Department of Juvenile Justice

DMCTF - Detroit Major Crimes Task Force (Michigan)

DOJCERT - Department of Justice Computer Emergency Response Team

DPU - Dignitary Protection Unit, or Directed Patrol Unit

DRANO - Downriver Area Narcotics Organization (Michigan)

DRATT - Downriver Auto Theft Team (Michigan)

DSCA - Defense Security Cooperation Agency

DSTF - Domestic Security Task Force

DTF - Drug Task Force

DVGTF - Detroit Violent Gang Task Force (Michigan)

DVTF - Domestic Violence Task Force

EACP - Essex County Anti-Crime Partnership (New Jersey)

EAGLE - Erie Area Gang Law Enforcement Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Export and Anti-proliferation Global Law Enforcement Task Force

EATF - Elder Abuse Task Force

EAU - Elder Abuse Unit

ECAP - Endangered Child Alert Program

ECDTF - East Central Drug Task Force (Georgia, and Missouri)
Essex County Drug Task Force (Massachusetts, and New York)

ECGTF - East County Gang Task Force
Elm Creek Gang Task Force (Nebraska)

ECPAT - End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes

ECPDTF - Eastern Colorado Plains Drug Task Force

ECTF - Electronic Crimes Task Force -- They're also known by the acronym USSS ECTF. (U.S. Secret Service)

ECU - Economic Crimes Unit
Evidence Control Unit
Exploited Child Unit (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

EDGE - Enhanced Drug and Gang Enforcement (Arizona)

EDMI - Eastern District Meth Initiative (Texas)

EMGET - East Metro Gang Enforcement Team (Oregon)

EMVCTF - Eastern Maine Violent Crime Task Force

ENTF - Eastside Narcotics Task Force (Washington)

EOCU - Eurasian Organized Crime Unit

EOU - Emergency Operations Unit

EPIC - El Paso Intelligence Center (Texas)

ERT - Evidence Response Team (FBI)

ETF - Emergency Task Force

FANG - Flint Area Narcotics Group (Michigan)

FAST - Field Action Specialty Team

FAST - Foothill Air Support Team (San Gabriel Valley, California)

FAST - Free and Secure Trade -- The F.A.S.T. program is a joint initiative between the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that is designed to expedite legitimate trade across the Canada-U.S. border. It is similar to the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) on the U.S.-Mexico border.

FAST - Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team

FATF - Financial Action Task Force

FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCDTF - Franklin County Drug Task Force (Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, etc.)

FCTF - Financial Crimes Task Force

FDLE - Florida Department of Law Enforcement

FEAR - Foreign Export and Recovery Task Force (California)

FHMCU - Fairfield-Hocking Major Crimes Unit (Ohio)

FIG - Field Intelligence Group

FinCEN - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FIRST - Financial Institution Robbery Support Team
Forensic Intervention Response and Support Team
Forensic Investigative Response and Support Team

FIRT - Fatal Incident Review Team (Delaware)

FIST - Fugitive Investigative Strike Team (Nevada)

FIT - Financial Investigation Team (DEA)

FITE - Fraud and Identity Theft Enforcement Team

FIU - Firearms Investigation Unit, Force Investigation Unit, Forensic Identification Unit, and Forensic Investigation Unit

FLAG - Fugitive Location and Apprehension Group (Colorado)

FMTF - Fresno Methamphetamine Task Force (California)

FOP - Fraternal Order of Police

FPS - Federal Protective Service (ICE)

FRTF - Front Range Task Force (Colorado)

FSET - Foothill Special Enforcement Team (California)

FTF - Fugitive Task Force

FTTTF - Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force

FVSAI - Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute

FWU - Felony Warrant Unit

GANET - Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team

GangTECC - National Gang Targeting, Enforcement and Coordination Center

GBNET - Glynn Brunswick Narcotics Enforcement Team (Georgia)

GCNTF - Gila County Narcotics Task Force (Arizona)

GCRFTF - Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force

GCSP - Gang Crime Suppression Program

GCTF - Gulf Coast Task Force

GCVOTF - Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force

GDTF - Gang and Drug Task Force

GDVTF - Goldendale Domestic Violence Task Force (Washington)

GET - Gang Enforcement Team

GHOST - Gang and Habitual Offender Strike Team (Florida)
Graffiti Habitual Offenders Suppression Team (Los Angeles, California)

GHSTF - Georgia Homeland Security Task Force

GIITEM - Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (Arizona)

GIT - Gang Impact Team

GIU - Gang Intelligence Unit (Chicago, Illinois)
Gun Investigation Unit (New York)

GLRFTF - Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force

GLTF - Grand Lake Task Force (Ohio)

GMTF - Governor's Methamphetamine Task Force

GNESA - Georgia Network to End Sexual Assault

GNET - Gang/Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

GPAG - Gang Prevention Action Group

GPSSTF - Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force (Pennsylvania)

GRAD - Gang Renouncement and Disassociation

GRADE - Gang Resistance and Drug Education (Florida)

GRAMNET - Greater Routt and Moffat Narcotics Enforcement Team (Northwest Colorado) -- Also known as the All Crimes Enforcement Team.

GRANET - Greater Rochester Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (New York)

GRATS - Gang-Related Active Trafficker Suppression

GREAT - Gang Reporting, Evaluation and Tracking, Gang Resistance Education And Training

GRIP - Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (Orange County, California)
Gang Resistance Is Paramount

GRIPE - Gang Reduction through Intervention, Prevention, and Education

GRIT - Gary Response Investigative Team (Gary, Indiana)

GROC - Gang-Rock County Task Force (Wisconsin)

GRP - Gang Reduction Program

GRU - Gang Reduction Unit

GRYD - Gang Reduction and Youth Development (Los Angeles, California)

GSET - Gang Suppression Enforcement Team (California)

GSU - Gang Suppression Unit

GTF - Gang Task Force, or Graffiti Task Force

GVFT - Gang Violence Task Force

GVRP - Gang Violence Reduction Project

GVSP - Gang Violence Suppression Program (California)

GVSU - Gang Violence Suppression Unit

GVTF - Gun Violence Task Force

HCDTF - Hamilton County Drug Task Force (Florida, Indiana, Ohio, etc.)
Humboldt County Drug Task Force (California)

HCSSTF - Houston Coastal Safe Streets Task Force (Texas)

HEAT - Help Eliminate Auto Theft
Fresno Help Eliminate Auto Theft Task Force (California)
Hotspot Enforcement Action Team (Oregon)
Hudson Enforcement Assistance Team (New York)

HEMP - Help Eliminate Marijuana Planting (Michigan)

HFTF - Hawaii Fugitive Task Force

HHTCU - Hawaii High Technology Crime Unit

HICACTF - Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

HIDTA - High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HIFCA - High Intensity Financial Crimes Area

HIP - Heroin Impact Program (California)

HISC - Houston Intelligence Support Center (Texas)

HITS Center - HIDTA Intelligence and Technical Support Center

HMERT - Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team

HMLI - Houston Money Laundering Initiative (Texas)

HMRT - Hazardous Material Response Team

HMRU - Hazardous Material Response Unit

HNT - Hostage Negotiation Team

HNU - Hostage Negotiations Unit

HPDTF - Haralson-Paulding Drug Task Force (Georgia)

HRT - Hostage Rescue Team

HSOC - Homeland Security Operations Center

HSTC - Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center

HTCU - High Tech Crime Unit

HTF - Heroin Task Force, or Homicide Task Force

HTTF - Human Trafficking Task Force

HUNT - Huron Undercover Narcotics Team (Michigan)

IA - Internal Affairs

IBET - Integrated Border Enforcement Team

IBIT - Integrated Border Intelligence Team

ICAC - Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

ICAT - Intelligence Collection and Analysis Team

ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement

ICI - Institute of Criminal Investigation

ICNTF - Imperial County Narcotic Task Force (California)

ICPO - International Criminal Police Organization -- Better known as INTERPOL.

IGET - Interagency Gang Enforcement Team

IGTF - Interagency Gang Task Force, or Inter-governmental Task Force on Drugs

IIETF - IAFIS Interface Evaluation Task Force (IAFIS = Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System)

IIMPACT - Illegal Immigration Prevention and Apprehension Co-op Team (Arizona)

IITF - Innocent Images Task Force

ILEMP - Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project

INCA - Inland Crackdown Allied Task Force (Southern California)

INCH - Inland Narcotics Clearinghouse (California)

INET - Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team

INET - Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team (Inyo County, California)

INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service -- Later known as the USCIS.

INSA - Intelligence and National Security Alliance

INTERPOL - International Criminal Police Organization -- INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization.

IOCCRA - Investigation on Organized Crime and Criminal Related Activities

IRASS - Illinois Regional Air Support Service

IRNET - Inland Regional Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

IRS-CI - Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation

ISC - Investigative Support Center

ISDC - Investigative Support and Deconfliction Center

ISU - Investigative Services Unit

ITMO - Interstate Theft / Major Offenders Task Force

ITTF - Identity Theft Task Force, or Illinois Terrorism Task Force

JACNET - Jackson County Narcotics Enforcement Team (Oregon)

JCDTF - Jasper County Drug Task Force (Missouri)
Jefferson County Drug Task Force
Johnson County Drug Task Force

JCNTF - Jackson County Narcotics Task Force, or Joint Counter Narco-Terrorism Task Force

JFTF - Joint Fugitive Task Force

JIATF - Joint Interagency Task Force

JIST - Joint Incident Shooting Team

JITF-CT - Joint Intelligence Task Force-Combating Terrorism

JJGIU - Joint Juvenile Gang Intervention Unit (Austin, Texas)

JNET - Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team (Michigan)

JOINT - Josephine Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon)

JTTF - Joint Terrorism Task Force

JUDGE - Jurisdictions Unified for Drug and Gang Enforcement (California)

JUSTICE - Joint Urban Strike Team Increasing Community Efforts

JWPTF - Jailhouse Witness Protection Task Force

KAMEG - Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (Illinois)

KANET - Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team (Michigan)

KANSU - Kennedy Airport Narcotics Smuggling Unit

KCAT - Kane County Auto Theft Task Force -- Later known as the Kane-Cook Auto Theft Task Force. (Illinois)

KCDVTF - Kitsap County Domestic Violence Task Force (Washington)

KCITF - Kansas City Interdiction Task Force

KCNTF - Kings County Narcotics Task Force -- They're more commonly known by the acronym NTF. (California)

K-VET - Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team

LA CLEAR - Los Angeles Community Law Enforcement and Recovery and Gang Reduction Programs (California)

LA-HIDTA - Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

LA IMPACT - Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (California)

LA RTTAC - Los Angeles Regional Terrorist Threat Assessment Center (California)

LADTF - Lakes Area Drug Task Force (Minnesota)

LAECTF - Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force -- They're also known by the acronym LAXECTF. (California)

LAJDIG - Los Angeles Joint Drug Intelligence Group (California)

LANEG - Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group (Missouri)

LANET - Lakes Area Narcotic Enforcement Team (Michigan)

LAWNET - Livingston And Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team (Michigan)

LCCTF - Lake County Combined Task Force (Indiana)

LCDTF - Lake County Drug Task Force (Illinois, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee, etc.)
Larimer County Drug Task Force (Colorado)
Lauderdale County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
Lawrence County Drug Task Force (Alabama, and Ohio)
Lea County Drug Task Force (New Mexico)
Lorain County Drug Task Force (Ohio)
Lycoming County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)

LCMEG - Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (Illinois)

LCNA - Lake County Narcotics Agency (Ohio)

LCNU - Lafayette County Narcotics Unit (Missouri)

LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Pushers

LEGIT - Law Enforcement Gang Interdiction Task Force (Georgia)

LEIC - Law Enforcement Innovation Center (Tennessee)

LEIU - Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit

LEO - Law Enforcement Organizations

LETPP - Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program

LEWG - Law Enforcement Working Group

LINE - Local Intensive Narcotics Enforcement (Pennsylvania)

LINT - Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon)

LMJCDTF - Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force (Georgia)

LPNET - Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team (Louisiana)

LPO - Leadership in Police Organizations

LPTF - Loss Prevention Task Force

LPU - Loss Prevention Unit

LSFTF - Lone Star Fugitive Task Force (Texas)

LVAGTF - Lehigh Valley Anti-Gang Task Force (Pennsylvania)

LVSSGTF - Las Vegas Safe Streets Gang Task Force (Nevada)

LWAM - Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group -- They are also known as the MEG Unit. (Wisconsin)

MADET - Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Team

MADCAT - Multi-Agency Detail for Commercial Auto Theft (California)

MADNET - Madera County Narcotic Enforcement Team (California)

MADTF - Mineral Area Drug Task Force (Missouri)

MADTF - Multi-Agency Drug Task Force

MAGEC - Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (California)

MAGLOCLEN - Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network

MAGNET - Marion Area Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team (Oregon)
Mid-Michigan Area Group Narcotics Enforcement Team
Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (Arizona)

MAGSU - Multi-Agency Gang Suppression Unit

MAGTF - Multi-Agency Gang Task Force

MAIIF - Marine Accident Investigators' International Forum

MAIT - Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team

MAJIG - Metropolitan Atlanta Joint Intelligence Group (Georgia)

MAN Unit - Multi-Area Narcotics Unit -- They are also known as the Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force (Northwest Ohio)

MANS - Joliet Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad (Illinois)
Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad (Gainesville and Hall Counties, Georgia)

MANU - Multi-Agency Narcotics Unit (North Carolina)

MARGIN - Mid-Atlantic Regional Gang Investigator's Network

MATF - Metro Area Task Force, or Multi-Agency Task Force

MATForce - Methamphetamine Advisory Task Force (Arizona)

MATT - Metropolitan Auto Theft Task Force (Denver, Colorado)

MBI - Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation

MCAT - Major Case Assistance Team, or Major Crime Assistance Team

MCCTF - Minnesota Cyber Crime Task Force

MCDEU - Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit (Alabama)

MCDTF - Madison County Drug Task Force (Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Tennessee, etc.)
Marion County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
McKean County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Medina County Drug Task Force (Ohio)
Mifflin County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Monroe County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)
Montgomery County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania, and Virginia)
Morgan County Drug Task Force (Alabama)
Muscatine County Drug Task Force (Iowa)

MCFTF - Montgomery County Firearms Task Force (Maryland)

MCIU - Major Crimes Investigative Unit

MCNEG - Multi-County Narcotics Enforcement Group (Illinois)

MCNNET - Maricopa County Neighborhood Narcotics Enforcement Team (Arizona)

MCS OCU - Marietta/Cobb/Smyrna Organized Crime Unit (Georgia)

MCTF - Major Crimes Task Force

MCTFT - Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (Florida)

MCU - Major Crimes Unit

MD-HTTF - Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force

MDT - Mobile Deployment Team

MEATTF - Metro East Auto Theft Task Force (Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois)

MECTF - Miami Electronic Crimes Task Force
Missing and Exploited Children Task Force

MEGLC - Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Lake County (Illinois)

MEGSI - Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois

MERT - Marijuana Eradication Resource Team

MET - Marijuana Enforcement Team
Marijuana Eradication Team
Mobile Enforcement Team

METRICH Enforcement Unit - Metro-Richland County Enforcement Unit -- They're occasionally referred to as the METRICH Drug Task Force or METRICH Drug Enforcement Unit. (Ohio)

MFF - Mobilized Field Force

MGIP - Mesa Gang Intervention Program (Mesa, Arizona)

MGPI - Mayor's Gang Prevention Initiative (Fresno, California)

MGSF - Metro Gang Strike Force
Minnesota Gang Strike Force

MGTF - Metro Gang Task Force

MGU - Metro Gang Unit

MHISC - Midwest HIDTA Investigative Support Center

MIDTF - Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force

MINE TF - Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force

MINT - Mid-Columbia Interagency Narcotics Task Force (Oregon)

MIOCR - Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (California)

MJDTF - Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force

MJTF - Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces

MLAR - Money Laundering and Asset Removal

MLFTF - Middle Louisiana Fugitive Task Force

MLTA - Money Laundering Threat Assessment

MLU - Mexican Liaison Unit (California)

MMCTF - Marin Major Crimes Task Force (California)

MMCTF - Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force (California)

MMNTF - Merced/Mariposa Narcotic Task Force (California)

MNET - Modesto Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

MNJIS - Minnesota Justice Information Services -- Part of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

MNTF - Metro Narcotic Task Force, or Manhattan North Task Force (New York)

MNU - Metro Narcotics Unit

MOCIC - Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center

MOICAC - Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

MONET - Mono County Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

MOSES - Metropolitan Organizing Strategies Enabling Strength (Michigan)

MPU - Missing Persons Unit

MRDTF - Missouri River Drug Task Force (Montana)

MRNU - Metro Rochester Narcotics Unit (New York)

MRVDTF - Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force (Southern Minnesota)

MS-13 NGTF - MS-13 National Gang Task Force (FBI)

MSFTF - Mid-South Fugitive Task Force (U.S. Marshals Service)

MSMTF - Michigan Speed Measurement Task Force

MSP - Marijuana Suppression Program

MTF - Methamphetamine Task Force

MTRGTF - Murrieta-Temecula Regional Gang Task Force (California)

MTTF - Manhattan Traffic Task Force (New York)

MUSTANG - Mid-Missouri Unified Strike Team And Narcotics Group

MVDTF - Mahoning Valley Drug Task Force (Ohio)

MVLETF - Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force (Northeast Ohio)

NACRATT - Northern Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Task Force (California)

NC RTTAC - Northern California Regional Terrorist Threat Assessment Center

NCATF - National Church Arson Task Force

NCB - National Central Bureau -- USNCB is another acronym that also refers to the U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol in Washington, D.C.

NCDTF - Niagara County Drug Task Force (New York)
Northern Colorado Drug Task Force

NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigative Service

NCNTF - Nevada County Narcotics Task Force (Nevada County, California)
North Central Narcotics Task Force (Illinois)

NCRGTF - North County Regional Gang Task Force (San Diego County, California)

NCTC - National Counterterrorism Center

NDBCI - North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation

NDIC - National Drug Intelligence Center

NDS - Northern Drug Squad

NeFISC - Northeast Florida Investigative Support Center

NEHIDTA - New England High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

NET - Narcotics Enforcement Team

NET-5 - Yuba/Sutter Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

NEU - Narcotics Enforcement Unit

NFU - National Firearms Unit

NIRVCTF - North Idaho Regional Violent Crime Task Force

NIATF - Northern Illinois Auto Theft Task Force

NITRO - Narcotics Investigation and Trafficking of Recidivist Offenders Unit

NJTTF - National Joint Terrorism Task Force

NKDSF - Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force

NLDEB - North Louisiana Drug Enforcement Bureau

NMDTF - North Metro Drug Task Force (Colorado)
North Missouri Drug Task Force

NMGTF - National Major Gang Task Force
New Mexico Gang Task Force

NMNU - North Mississippi Narcotics Unit

NMTF - North Metro Task Force

NOGTF - New Orleans Gang Task Force (Louisiana)

NOLETF - Northern Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force

NOVA ICAC - Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

NOVFTF - Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force

NRRDTF - New River Regional Drug Task Force (Virginia)

NRT - National Response Team, or Neighborhood Response Team

NSIB - Napa Special Investigations Bureau (California)

NTAC - National Threat Assessment Center (U.S. Secret Service)

NTATTF - North Texas Auto Theft Task Force

NTF - Narcotics Task Force

NUCAT - Northern Utah Criminal Apprehension Team

NV FIST - Nevada Fugitive Investigative Strike Team

NWDTF - Northwest Drug Task Force (Montana)

NWRDTF - Northwest Regional Drug Task Force (Washington)

NYECTF - New York Electronic Crimes Task Force

NYGSIP - National Youth Gang Suppression and Intervention Program

NY/NJ RFTF - New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force

OCATT - Orange County Auto Theft Task Force (California)

OCCB - Organized Crime Control Bureau

OCD - Organized Crime Division

OCDETF - Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

OCDTF - Oswego County Drug Task Force (New York)
Ottawa County Drug Task Force (Ohio)

OCHTTF - Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (California)

OCIB - Osceola County Investigative Bureau (Florida)

OCID - Organized Crime Investigation Division

OCIU - Organized Crime Intelligence Unit (Washington)

OCMTF - Orange County Methamphetamine Task Force (California)

OCN - Organized Crime Narcotics Trafficking Enforcement Program

OCTF - Organized Crime Task Force

OCU - Organized Crime Unit

OGU - Organized Gang Unit (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

OHTTF - Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force

OJJDP - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OMNI - Office of Monroe Narcotic Investigations (Michigan)

OPNET - Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team (Washington)

OSIT - Organized Special Investigations Team

OSS - Operation Safe Streets

OVI Task Force - Operating a Vehicle Impaired Task Force -- OVI can also stand for Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated.

PACE - Patrol Air Consolidated Enforcement (California Highway Patrol)
Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement (Maryland)

PAINT - Portland Airport Interagency Narcotic Team (Oregon)

PA-SERTF - Pennsylvania Southeastern Regional Task Force

PBDTF - Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force -- Founded in 1988, this Northern Minnesota task force has, at various times, drawn law enforcement personnel from the Leech Lake, and White Earth Indian Reservations, Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Ottertail, Pennington, Red Lake, and Roseau Counties, as well as the cities of Baudette, Bemidji, and Warroad.

PCDTF - Porter County Drug Task Force (Indiana)

PCMEG - Platte County Multi-jurisdictional Enforcement Group (Missouri)

PCNTF - Pinal County Narcotics Task Force (Arizona)

PCU - Pattern Crime Unit (Colorado)
Property Crimes Unit
Public Corruption Unit

PCVCTF - Pierce County Violent Crime Task Force (Washington)

PFPA - Pentagon Force Protection Agency

PIT - Parcel Interdiction Team, or Pimp Investigative Team

PNTF - Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force (Western Kentucky)

PPB CRU - Portland Police Bureau Crisis Response Unit

PPD - Presidential Protective Division

PSNET - Palm Springs Narcotic Enforcement Task Force (California)

PSWRFTF - Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force

PTF - Pipeline Task Force

PTRU - Paramedic Tactical Rescue Unit

PTS - Priority Targeting Section

P2P DTF - Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force (Northwest Minnesota)

PVVNTF - Palo Verde Valley Narcotics Task Force (Southeast California)

QADTF - Queen Anne's County Drug Task Force -- They're occasionally known by the acronym QACDTF. (Maryland)

QCMEG - Quad-Cities Metropolitan Enforcement Group (Illinois)

QRT - Quick Response Team

RACS - Regional Anti-Crime Squad (Broward County, Florida)

RACU - Regional Anti-Crime Unit

RAGE - Regional Area Gang Enforcement (Maryland)

RAID - Regional Auto Theft Interdiction Detail
Riverside Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (California)

RAT - Reduce Auto Theft Task Force

RATT - Reduce Auto Theft in Texas
San Diego Regional Auto Theft Task Force (California)

RATTF - Regional Auto Theft Task Force

RATTLER - Regional Auto Theft Team Law Enforcement Response -- They are also known as the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force. (Arizona)

RC CCTF - Rockland County Sheriff's Computer Crime Task Force (New York)

RCNET - Rock County Narcotics Enforcement Team (Wisconsin)

RCU - Regional Crime Unit

RDLU - Rapid Deployment Logistics Unit (FBI)

RDSTF - Regional Domestic Security Task Force (Florida)

REACT - Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (California)

ReACT - Regional Auto Crimes Team (Texas)

REACT - Registration Enforcement And Compliance Team -- An LAPD team that monitors registered sex offenders. (Los Angeles, California)

RED DOG - Running Every Drug Dealer Outta Georgia

REDRUM - Murder spelled backwards. (A DEA Task Force)

RENU - Regional Enforcement Narcotics Unit (Cincinnati, Ohio)

RFTF - Regional Fugitive Task Force

RID - Robbery Intervention Detail (Miami-Dade County, Florida)

RMB - Risk Management Bureau

RMHIDTA - Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

RMSSTF - Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force (Colorado)

RMTF - Regional Methamphetamine Task Force (California)

RNSP - Regional Narcotics Suppression Program (California)

RTF - Robbery Task Force

RTTF - Regional Terrorism Task Force

SABRE - Sexual Assault Backlog Reduction Effort (California)

SAC RTTAC - Sacramento Regional Terrorist Threat Assessment Center (California)

SACCATS - Sacramento County Auto Theft Suppression Task Force (California)

SACGVS - Southern Alameda County Gang Violence Suppression Task Force (California)

SACNET - Southern Alameda County Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

SACRATT - Southern Alameda County Regional Auto Theft Team (California)

SAFE - Sexual Assault and Family Emergencies
Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force (California)

SAINT - Sacramento Area Intelligence Narcotics Task Force (California)
Sacramento Area Intelligence Narcotics Team (California)
Statewide Analytical Interdiction Narcotics Team

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SANCATT - San Bernardino County Auto Theft Task Force (California)

SANE - Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement (Michigan)

SARA - Sexual Assault Resource Agency

SART - Sexual Assault Response Team

SAT - Strategic Analysis Team

SATF - Sexual Assault Task Force

SAU - Sexual Assault Unit

SB WestNET - San Bernardino County West End Narcotic Enforcement Team (California)

SBDEU - South Broward Drug Enforcement Unit (Florida)

SBRNET - Santa Barbara Regional Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

SCARE - Santa Cruz Auto theft Reduction and Enforcement (California)

SCAT - Sheriff's Community Action Team
Special Crime Attack Team
Street Crime Abatement Team
Street Crime Attack Team
Street Crimes Arrest Team

SCAT - SouthCoast Anti-Crime Team (Massachusetts)

SCATT - Saginaw County Auto Theft Team (Michigan)
Sheriff's Combined Auto Theft Task Force (Texas)
Sonoma County Auto Theft Task Force (California)

SCCMTF - Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force (Arizona)

SCCTF - SEMO Cyber Crimes Task Force (Southeast Missouri)

SCDTF - Shelby County Drug Task Force (Alabama, Indiana, etc.)
South Central Drug Task Force (Georgia, and Missouri)
Southern California Drug Task Force
Summit County Drug Task Force (Colorado)

SCDU - Summit County Drug Unit (Ohio)

SCDVTF - Scott County Domestic Violence Task Force (Virginia)
Shelby County Domestic Violence Task Force (Indiana)

SCIDTF - South Central Illinois Drug Task Force

SCINT - South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon)

SCNTF - Sonoma County Narcotics Task Force (California)

SCRT - Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (Georgia)

SCSO NTF - Sublette County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Task Force (Wyoming)

SCSOTF - Southern Colorado Sex Offender Task Force

SCU - Street Crimes Unit

SCVGSSTF - Southern Colorado Violent Gang Safe Streets Task Force

SDEA - Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency (California)

SDRFTF - San Diego Regional Fraud Task Force (California)
San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force (California)

SDRGTF - San Diego Regional Gang Task Force (California)

SDVCTF - San Diego Violent Crimes Task Force -- They're also known as the San Diego Violent Crimes Task Force, Gang Group (SDVCTF GG) (California)

SEALE - Southeast Area Law Enforcement Task Force (near Cleveland, Ohio)

SEANET - Southeast Alaska Narcotics Enforcement Team

SECID - Southeastern Criminal Investigation Division (Michigan)

SECTTF - Southeastern Counter-Terrorism Task Force

SED - Special Enforcement Detail
Specialized Enforcement Division

SEKDETF - Southeast Kansas Drug Enforcement Task Force

SEMCAC - Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children

SEMGTF - Southeastern Massachusetts Gang Task Force

SEMNGTF - Southeast Minnesota Narcotics and Gang Task Force

SENT - Southeastern Narcotics Team Task Force (Ohio)

SENTRI - Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection -- A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that is designed to expedite legitimate border crossings by pre-approved, low-risk travelers, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It is similar to the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) initiative on the Canada-U.S. border.

SERFTF - Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (Georgia)

SERT - Sheriff's Emergency Response Team
State Emergency Response Team

SERTF - Southeast Florida Regional Task Force

SET - Special Enforcement Team

SEU - Special Enforcement Unit

SFISC - South Florida Investigative Support Center

SFMLSF - South Florida Money Laundering Strike Force

SFTTF - Statewide Firearms Trafficking Task Force (Connecticut)

SGSP - Specialized Gang Supervision Program

SGVNET - San Gabriel Valley Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

SIFTF - Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force

SINTF - Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force (California)

SIU - Special Investigations Unit

SLANT - State Line Area Narcotics Team (Wisconsin and Illinois)

SLED - State Law Enforcement Division (South Carolina)

SLEDNET - South Lake/El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team (California) -- A specialized multi-agency investigative drug unit in the south shore area of Lake Tahoe.

SLOCAT - San Luis Obispo County Auto Theft Task Force (California)

SLOCNTF - San Luis Obispo County Narcotic Task Force (California)

SMART - Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking

SMCNTF - San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force (California)

SMCVTTF - San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force (California)

SMDTF - South Metro Drug Task Force (Colorado)

SMNTF - South Mississippi Narcotics Task Force

SMTF - State Methamphetamine Task Force

SMVCTF - Southern Maine Violent Crime Task Force (Maine)

SNCDTF - Southern Nevada Club Drug Task Force (Nevada)

SNDVTF - Southern Nevada Domestic Violence Task Force (Nevada)

SNJMTF - Southern Nevada Joint Methamphetamine Task Force (Nevada)

SNTF - Statewide Narcotics Task Force (Connecticut)

SOCITF - Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force (Connecticut)

SOD - Special Operations Division

SOFAST - Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team

SOLAT - Sex Offender Locate and Arrest Team (Louisiana)

Sol-NET - Solano County Narcotic Enforcement Team (California)

SOPU - Sexual Offender/Predator Unit (Florida)

SORNA - Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act

SORT - Specialized Operations Response Team

SORU - Sex Offender Registration Unit

SOS - Sexual Offense Services

SOT - Special Operations Team

SOTF - Sex Offender Task Force

SOU - Special Operations Unit

SPAT - Sexual Predator Apprehension Team (California)

SPIDER - Sexual Predator Internet Decoy Enforcement in Riverside (California)

SPTU - State Police Tactical Unit

SPU - Sexual Predator Unit

SRDTF - Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force (Washington)
Spokane Regional Drug Task Force (Washington)

SRT - Special Response Team

SSATIN - South Suburban Auto Theft Interdiction Network (Illinois)

SSCENT - State, Sheriffs and Chiefs Enforcement of Narcotics Team (Michigan)

SSCNTF - South Snohomish County Narcotics Task Force (Washington)

SSGTF - South Sound Gang Task Force (Washington)

SSGU - Safe Streets and Gang Unit

SSMCTF - South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force (Illinois)

SSTF - Safe Streets Task Force

SSVCI - Safe Streets Violent Crimes Initiative

STAC - Strategic Counterdrug Team (Huntsville, Madison County, and Morgan County, in Northern Alabama)

StanCATT - Stanislaus County Auto Theft Task Force (California)

STAR - Sheriff's Team of Active Retirees
Special Tactics And Response Team

STARS - Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors

STARS - Strategic Team Against Rape and Sexual Assault (Memphis, Tennessee)

START - Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team (Vermont)

STEP - Sheriff's Tactical Enforcement Personnel (Tulare County, California)

STGMO - Security Threat Group Management Office

STING - Colorado Security Threat Intelligence Network Group
Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Group (Michigan)

STOP - Stop the Offender Program (Johnson County, Texas)
Street Terrorism Offender Program

STRDTF - Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force (New York)

STTAC - State Terrorism Threat Assessment Center (California)

SUMMIT - Sierra Unified Major Marijuana Investigation Team (California)

SVCGET - Spokane Violent Crime Gang Enforcement Team (Washington)

SVDTF - Southern Vermont Drug Task Force

SVJI - Sexual Violence Justice Institute (Minnesota)

SVTAC - Statewide Vehicle Theft Advisory Committee (California)

SWAT - Special Weapons And Tactics

SWB HIDTA - Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

SWDTF - Southwest Drug Task Force (Colorado, and Montana)

SWET - Southwest Enforcement Team

SWIFT - South Western Identity Theft and Fraud Task Force (Nevada)

SWMDT - State Weapons of Mass Destruction Team (Illinois)

SWMODTF - Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force

SWMDTF - Southwest Metro Drug Task Force (Minnesota)

TACT - Tactical Apprehension and Control Team (Florida)

TAG - Tactical Assault Group
Training Advisory Group
Transnational Anti-Gang Unit

TAG Law Enforcement Task Force - Trumbull-Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force (Ohio)

TAGMET - Tehama and Glenn Methamphetamine Enforcement Team (Tehama and Glenn Counties, California)

TARGET - Tri-Agency Resource Gang Enforcement Team (Orange County, California)

TASTTF - Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force

TCCTF - Tallahassee Cyber Crime Task Force (Florida)

TCDTF - Tippecanoe County Drug Task Force (Indiana)
Tri-County Drug Task Force

TCNTF - Tallapoosa County Narcotics Task Force (Alabama)
Thurston County Narcotics Task Force -- This Washington state task force is more commonly known by the acronym TNT.
Tri-County Narcotics Task Force

TFOS - Terrorist Financing Operations Section

TF X - Task Force X (Illinois)

THUGS - Taking Hoodlums Using Guns Seriously (Florida Department of Law Enforcement)

TMTF - Tennessee Meth Task Force

TNT - Tactical Narcotics Team
Tactical Negotiations Team
Thurston County Narcotics Task Force (Washington)
Traverse Narcotics Team (Michigan)

TNU - Thumb Narcotic Unit (Michigan)

TOG - Technical Operations Group

TOPS - Traffic and Operations Support

TracKRS - Task Force Review Aimed at Catching Killers, Rapists and Sexual Offenders

TRAP - Taskforce for Regional Auto theft Prevention (Los Angeles County, California)

T-RATT - Tulare Regional Auto Theft Task Force (California)

TRC - Terrorism Research Center (Arkansas)

TRIDENT - Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team (Colorado)

Tri-NET - Tri-NET Narcotic Enforcement Team (Nevada)

TRT - Tactical Response Team

TRU - Tactical Response Unit

TSD - Technical Services Division, or Traffic Safety Division

TVCS - Terrorism and Violent Crime Section

TVGTF - Texas Violent Gang Task Force

UCERT - Ulster County Emergency Response Team (New York)
Union County Emergency Response Team (New Jersey)

UCMCTF - Utah County Major Crimes Task Force (Utah County, Utah)

UNET - Unified Narcotics Enforcement Team (South Dakota)

UPD - Uniform Patrol Division

UPSET - Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (Michigan)

URGENT - Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (New York)

USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services -- They were formerly known as the INS.

USMS - United States Marshals Service

USNCB - United States National Central Bureau -- NCB is another acronym that also refers to the U.S. National Central Bureau of Interpol in Washington, D.C.

USPIS - United States Postal Inspection Service

USSS - United States Secret Service

VALIANT - Valley Inter-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (Oregon)

VCDTF - Vigo County Drug Task Force (Indiana)

VC/FTF - Violent Crime/Fugitive Task Force

VC/GTF - Violent Crime/Gang Task Force

VCIT - Violent Crime Impact Team

VCTF - Violent Crimes Task Force

VCU - Violent Crimes Unit

VDAU - Vicious and Dangerous Animals Unit (San Francisco, California)

VENCAT - Ventura County Auto Theft Task Force

V-GAP - Violent Gang Apprehension Program

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.

VHRU - Volunteer Homeland Reserve Unit (Southern Nevada)

ViCAP - Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (FBI)

VMEG - Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (Illinois)

VNET - Valley Narcotics Enforcement Team (Washington)

VNI - Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Division -- Also known as the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Division (Metro VNI)

VRP - Violence Recovery Program

VSP - Violence Suppression Program (California)

VTTF - Vehicle Theft Task Force

VTRTF - Vehicle Theft Recovery Task Force
Vehicle Theft Reduction Trust Fund (California)

WAAT - Washtenaw Area Auto Theft Team (Michigan)

WANTF - West Alabama Narcotics Task Force

WATF - Warrant Apprehension Task Force

WAVE - Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement Team
Working Against Violent Elements (Illinois)

WayneNET - Wayne County Narcotics Enforcement Team (New York)

WCDTF - Ward County Drug Task Force (North Dakota)
Warren County Drug Task Force (Ohio)
Washington County Drug Task Force (Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, etc.)
Western Colorado Drug Task Force (Colorado)

WCDVTF - Wise County Domestic Violence Task Force (Texas)

WCMDTF - West Central Minnesota Drug Task Force

WCNTF - Washington County Narcotics Task Force (Maryland)
West County Narcotics Task Force (California)
Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force (Maryland)

WCOCTF - West Central Ohio Crime Task Force

WEB - Westshore Enforcement Bureau (Northeast Ohio)

WEMET - West Michigan Enforcement Team

WestNET - West Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)
West Sound Narcotics Enforcement Team (Washington)

WGTF - Watts Gang Task Force (California)

WMNSF - Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force (Utah)

WMRDEO - West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office (Georgia)

WPA FTF - Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force

WSATI - Western States Auto Theft Investigators

WWN - Western Wayne Narcotics (Wayne County, Michigan)

YAT - Youth Accountability Team (Riverside County, California)

YCBS - Yolo County Bomb Squad (California)

YCDTF - York County Drug Task Force (Pennsylvania)

YCDVTF - York County Domestic Violence Task Force

YCINT - Yamhill County Interagency Narcotics Team (Oregon)

YCNTF - Yuma County Narcotics Task Force (Arizona)

YCTF - Youth Crime Task Force

YONET - Yolo County Narcotics Enforcement Team (California)

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