Police Abbreviations
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Like many services, the police use a great number of abbreviations.
New Stuff that needs to be added in
NIA - National NIA QP etc.
EV Enter Vehicle LV Locate stolen vehicle QAFV Query Address Family Violence QDH Query Drivers History QEC Query Engine/Chassis number QF Query File QG Query Firearm Licence QNFV Query Name Family Violence QP Query Person QR Query Vehicle register QV Query Vehicle of interest (VOI) QVA Query something to do with offence history QVH Query History of licence holder QVR Query VOI and Register (combination of QV and QR) QY Query Property
MISC ABBREVIATIONS
Term | Definition |
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47 | Report for the Coroner |
56 | See EBA (refers to section 56 of Land Transport Act 1998) |
58 | See EBA (refers to section 58 of Transport Act 1962) |
101 | form for reporting minor offences (Pol101) |
258 | General purpose police report form (Pol258) |
AOS | Armed Offenders Squad |
ASAP | As Soon As Possible |
CAD | Computer Assisted Dispatch system |
CAU | Child Abuse Unit |
CIB | Criminal Invstigation Branch (detectives) |
CIU | Combined Investigative Unit (detecives and uniformed officers) |
CIS | Criminal Intelligence Section |
CRB | Criminal Registration Branch (Photos/Fingerprints) |
CVIU | Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit |
DAO | Duly Appointed Officer |
DLICNO | Drivers Licence Number |
DPS | Diplomatic Protection Squad |
EAGLE | Police Helicopter |
EBA | Excess Breath Alcohol (drunk driver) |
Flags | Additional info attached to a persons file, usually a warning. |
GBH | Grievous Bodily Harm |
GDB | General Duties Branch (Uniformed Officers) |
Informant | A person who has reported or witnessed an offence. |
ION | Infringement offence notice |
Masters | A file containing a persons criminal history. |
MPR | Miscellaneous property report |
NIS | National Intelligence System |
Northcom | Northern Communications Centre (Auckland) |
OR | Offence Report |
POI | Person of interest |
PRN | Person record number |
Pseudo | A drivers licence with no classes, generally a disqualified driver. |
QID | Officer ident number |
SAP | Safe Arrival Point |
SITREP | Situation Report |
SOCO | Scene of Crimes Officer (Forensic) |
SSG | Specialist Search Group |
STG | Special Tactics Group |
STU | Strategic Traffic Unit |
STATUS-D | Disqualified |
STATUS-S | Stolen |
STATUS-W | Wanted |
Switchy | Computer terminal message |
TAR | Traffic accident report |
TESSA | Telecom telephone number database |
TON | Traffic offence notice |
TP | Team Policing |
TSB | Traffic Safety Branch |
TY | Police vehicle involved in crash (derived from the treasury (ty) form that has to be filled in afterwards) |
VOI | Vehicle of Interest |
WTA | Warrant To Arrest |
YAS | Youth Aid Section |
YES | Youth Education Section |
File Number | Number assigned to police file by the Wanganui Computer eg 971225/3456 |
Event number | Number assigned to an incident dispatched from the communications centre by the CAD system |