Police Abbreviations

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Like many services, the police use a great number of abbreviations.

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MUPPET - 'Most Useless Police Person Ever Trained'
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
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