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The complete index — 1025 UK policing acronyms and terms, page 11 of 21.
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- Joint Dynamic Hazards AssessmentAPPStandards
- A process for assessing risks in multi-agency responses.
- Joint Emergency Service Interoperability Principles (JESIP)APPStandards
- Guidelines to ensure effective communication and collaboration between emergency services.
- Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP)APPStandards
- Guidelines that aim to improve cooperation and interoperability among emergency services.
- Joint International Crime Centre (JICC)APPStandards
- Establishment to support UK policing to utilize international instruments.
- Joint investigationAPPStandards
- An investigation where two or more agencies are involved, each approaching the investigation differently.
- Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT)APPStandards
- A partnership between law enforcement and the financial sector to analyze money laundering threats.
- Joint Organisational Learning (JOL)APPStandards
- A process through which organizations collaborate to learn from shared experiences.
- Joint performance indicatorsAPPStandards
- Indicators developed to focus on outcomes rather than purely quantitative data.
- Journal of Homicide and Major Incident InvestigationAPPStandards
- A journal previously published by the National Homicide Working Group to share professional practice and knowledge.
- Key Police Witness (KPW)APPStandards
- Police officers or staff who can provide direct evidence of a DSI or circumstances leading to firearm discharge.
- KhatAPPStandards
- A controlled Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
- Knife crimeAPPStandards
- Crimes that involve the use of a knife, including carrying, threatening, or using a knife for violence.
- KnowledgeAPPStandards
- The prosecution will need to prove the defendant’s knowledge from the circumstances in which they came into possession of the property.
- Law enforcement processing and law enforcement purposesAPPStandards
- Processing of personal data by the police and other authorities for law enforcement.
- lawful sharing permitted (code P)APPStandards
- A handling code that allows staff to share intelligence for a policing purpose.
- lawful sharing permitted with conditions (code C)APPStandards
- A handling code that allows sharing intelligence under specified conditions.
- Lead agencyAPPStandards
- The agency responsible for managing the risks posed by a qualifying offender.
- Learning difficulties and neuro-disabilitiesAPPStandards
- Conditions that may compromise brain function, resulting in cognitive, communication, or emotional difficulties.
- Learning disabilityAPPStandards
- Defined as a state of arrested or incomplete development of the mind which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning.
- LEAVERSLEAVERSAPPStandards
- Mnemonic for identifying people relevant to enquiries
- Legal constraintsAPPStandards
- Restrictions imposed by laws governing the access and use of data.
- Legal professional privilege (LPP)APPStandards
- Confidentiality that protects communications between a client and their lawyer.
- legally privileged materialAPPStandards
- Communications between a legal adviser and their client made in connection with giving legal advice.
- less lethal weaponsAPPStandards
- Weapons designed to incapacitate without causing permanent injury or death.
- LFR engagement officerAPPStandards
- An officer whose role is to undertake the adjudication process following an alert.
- LFR operatorAPPStandards
- An officer or staff member whose primary role is operating the LFR system.
- Licensing Act 2003APPStandards
- An Act that regulates the licensing of activities including the sale of alcohol.
- ligature pointAPPStandards
- a fixture, fitting, or space that can be used to self-harm or take one's own life.
- LikelyAPPStandards
- all incidents that the police deal with could have a significant impact on confidence, but are they likely?
- Live Facial RecognitionAPPStandards
- A real-time deployment of facial recognition technology, comparing a live camera feed against a predetermined watchlist.
- Live Facial Recognition (LFR)APPStandards
- A real-time deployment of facial recognition technology comparing live camera feeds against a watchlist.
- Local Resilience Forum (LRF)APPStandards
- Structures for Category 1 and 2 responders to prepare for emergencies.
- Local safeguarding adults board (LSAB)APPStandards
- Groups that work to ensure the effective safeguarding of adults at risk.
- Local safeguarding children boardsAPPStandards
- Local multi-agency bodies responsible for child protection policies.
- Locard’s Principle of ExchangeAPPStandards
- Every contact leaves a trace.
- M’Naughten rules on insanityAPPStandards
- A test for criminal insanity stating that at the time of the act, the accused was suffering from a defect of reason due to a disease of the mind, and thus did not know the nature a… Read full definition
- Major Crime BulletinAPPStandards
- A quarterly publication by the Major Crime Investigative Support team at the National Crime Agency providing updates for investigators.
- Major incidentAPPStandards
- An event or situation, with a range of serious consequences, which requires special arrangements to be implemented by one or more emergency responder agencies.
- Major Incident Room (MIR)APPStandards
- A dedicated space where investigations into complex incidents are coordinated.
- MITMajor Investigation TeamSpecialist Roles
- A specialist team of detectives responsible for investigating the most serious crimes, including murder, kidnap, and other major offences.
- MalinformationAPPStandards
- Information rooted in truth, but exaggerated, taken out of context or used to cause harm.
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999APPStandards
- Regulations that specify health and safety management obligations.
- MoPIManagement of Police InformationStandards
- The national guidance and standards for how police forces collect, record, evaluate, share, and dispose of information.
- management planAPPStandards
- A strategic approach to addressing and resolving critical situations.
- MANAGING SEXUAL OFFENDERS AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS (MOSOVO)APPStandards
- Management of sexual offenders and violent offenders requiring coordinated action by several partners.
- Mandatory Reporting DutyAPPStandards
- Requirement for specified professionals to report known cases of FGM in girls under 18 to the police.