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The complete index — 1025 UK policing acronyms and terms, page 14 of 21.
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- NPFDUNPFDUAPPStandards
- National Police Freedom of Information and Data Protection Central Referral Unit
- NPoCCAPPStandards
- National Police Coordination Centre, responsible for coordinating police mutual aid.
- NPPOPSTCNPPOPSTCAPPStandards
- National Police Public Order Public Safety Training Curriculum
- NSSGIINSSGIIAPPStandards
- National Strategic Steering Group on Investigative Interviewing, overseeing effective interview strategies.
- OSPREObjective Structured Performance Related ExaminationCareer
- The former name for the police promotion examinations (Part I legal exam and Part II role-play assessment), now replaced by the NPPF process.
- Offender Assessment System (OASys)APPStandards
- A system used to assess the risks posed by offenders.
- Offensive Weapons Act 2019APPStandards
- Legislation related to the regulation of certain weapons and substances deemed offensive.
- one chance ruleAPPStandards
- This emphasizes that first responders may only have one opportunity to safeguard the victim.
- Operation SoteriaAPPStandards
- National programme aimed at improving the policing and prosecution of rape.
- Operational command unit (OCU)APPStandards
- The specific unit within a police force that an officer is assigned to.
- operational constraintsAPPStandards
- Limitations affecting the policing response at an incident.
- Operational orderAPPStandards
- A document linking basic information regarding an event with the structure of the police response and resource deployment.
- Operational PlanAPPStandards
- A coordinated plan for recovering deceased, human remains, property, and evidence.
- operational requirementAPPStandards
- a need expressed by police forces to define the types of weapons and ammunition required.
- Operational Risk ManagementAPPStandards
- The process of identifying, assessing, and managing risks to ensure effective policing responses.
- Organised crime group (OCG)APPStandards
- A group whose purpose, or one of its purposes, is to carry out criminal activities, consisting of three or more people.
- Organised crime groups (OCGs)APPStandards
- Criminal organizations that use different business models in OIC, including smuggling and provision of fraudulent documents.
- Organised immigration crime (OIC)APPStandards
- A collective term for activities that facilitate illegal entry, arrival to, or exit from, the UK in contravention of immigration law.
- out of court resolutionsAPPStandards
- Terminology previously referred to as 'out of court disposals', changing as per legislative updates.
- Outer cordonAPPStandards
- An area that creates a safe working space for emergency services and prevents unauthorized access.
- Overseas conviction checksAPPStandards
- Processes to check for criminal convictions of foreign nationals.
- PACEPACEAPPStandards
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which provides legal framework for police conduct in custody and searches.
- Parental responsibilityAPPStandards
- All rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that parents have in relation to their child.
- ParoleAPPStandards
- A system of supervised release from prison under specific conditions.
- Particular criminal conductAPPStandards
- Offences specifically proven in current legal proceedings that may necessitate confiscation.
- Passive data generatorsAPPStandards
- Automated systems that gather and collate information for purposes unconnected with criminal investigation.
- PatientAPPStandards
- Someone who is an inpatient in any hospital or has been 'sectioned' under the MHA 1983.
- PEACE frameworkAPPStandards
- A structured model for investigative interviewing consisting of Planning, Engage and Explain, Account, Clarification and Challenge, and Evaluation.
- Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND)APPStandards
- A financial penalty for low-level anti-social and nuisance offences.
- Performance management frameworkAPPStandards
- A structure for ownership and accountability regarding the performance of child abuse investigations.
- PerpetratorAPPStandards
- A person who commits domestic abuse. Depending on the stage of the criminal justice process, the terms ‘suspect’, ‘defendant’ or ‘offender’ may also apply.
- Person Escort Record (PER)APPStandards
- Form used to document the transfer of a detainee.
- Person escort record form (PER form)APPStandards
- A document used to convey essential information about a detainee's risks during transport.
- Personal dataAPPStandards
- Any information which could be used on its own or combined with other information to identify a living person.
- PPEPersonal Protective EquipmentOrganisation
- The equipment issued to officers for personal safety, including body armour, handcuffs, PAVA spray, baton, and in some cases, Taser.
- Personally connectedAPPStandards
- Two people are personally connected if they are, or have been: married or civil partners; engaged or in an intimate personal relationship; relatives; parents of the same child or h… Read full definition
- PESOPESOAPPStandards
- Paid, earned, shared and owned channels used in public communications.
- Physical abuseAPPStandards
- Non-accidental infliction of physical force by one person on another, which may cause injury.