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    International Law Enforcement Abbreviations and Acronyms

    Below you will find an alphabetical listing of a wide variety of abbreviations and acronyms used by various police and law enforcement personnel, special police units, as well as other groups working to make communities safer around the world.

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    International Law Enforcement Abbreviations and Acronyms
    AADS - Aboriginal Alcohol and Drug Service (Australia)

    AAPS - Asian Association of Police Studies

    ABCI - Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence -- They are also known as the Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (BCI).

    ACC - Australian Crime Commission

    A-CFSEU - Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (Canada)

    ACO - Anti-Corruption Organization (India)

    ACOTA - African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance

    ACPC - Area Child Protection Committee (UK)

    ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland

    ACPORP - Association of Chief Police Officers Road Policing Committee (UK)

    ACPOS - Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland

    ACTF - Armed Crime Task Force (Australia)

    ADCU - Alcohol and Drug Coordination Unit (Australia)

    AFI - Agencia Federal de Investigacion (Mexico)

    AFP - Armed Forces of the Philippines, or Australian Federal Police

    AFP-IDG - Australian Federal Police - International Deployment Group

    AFPPS - Australian Federal Police Protective Service

    AHTU - Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (Ghana, India, Ireland, etc.)

    AIDSOTF - Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force -- PNP-AIDSOTF and AID-SOTF are a couple of acronyms also used to identify them. (Philippines)

    AIPM - Australian Institute of Police Management

    AKHAR - Anti-Kidnapping, Hijacking and Armed Robbery Task Force (Philippines)

    ALERT - Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (Canada)

    AMEA - Alberta Municipal Enforcement Association (Canada)

    AMLO - Anti-Money Laundering Office (Thailand)

    AMPS - Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    AnCar - Anti-Carnapping Unit (Philippines)

    ANCOR - Australian National Child Offender Registry

    ANP - Afghan National Police (Afghanistan)

    AOCTF - Asian Organized Crime Task Force (Canada)

    AOS - Armed Offenders Squad (New Zealand)

    APA - Association of Police Authorities (UK)

    APD - Abbotsford Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
    Amherst Police Department (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    APF - Armed Police Force

    APS - Altona Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
    Anishinabek Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Australian Protective Service

    ARPD - Annapolis Royal Police Department (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    ARTAMI - Alberta Relationship Threat Assessment and Management Initiative (Canada)

    ASC - Avon and Somerset Constabulary (UK)

    ASF - Arson Strike Force (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)

    ASIRT - Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (Alberta, Canada)

    ASPA - Avon and Somerset Police Authority (UK)

    ASPS - Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (UK)

    ASTF - Alien Smuggling Task Force
    Anti-Smoking Task Force (Philippines)
    Anti-Smuggling Task Force
    Anti-Social Task Force (UK)

    ASU - Air Support Unit
    Airport Security Unit (Hong Kong)

    ATS - Anti-Terrorism Squad

    ATTF - Auto Theft Task Force

    AUDHRI - Action Unit for Domestic, Homophobic and Racist Incident -- Later known as the Domestic Violence and Hate Crime Unit. (UK)


    BAT - Burglary Action Taskforce (Australia)

    BAWP - British Association of Women Police (UK)

    BCACP - British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police (Canada)

    BCCPA - British Columbia Crime Prevention Association (Canada)

    BCI - Bureau of Criminal Intelligence -- They are also known as the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (ABCI).

    BCI - Bureau of Criminal Investigation

    BCIGTF - British Columbia Integrated Gang Task Force (Canada)

    BCPP - British Columbia Provincial Police (Canada)

    BCS - British Crime Survey (UK)

    BCSS - British Columbia Sheriff Services (Canada)

    BCU - Basic Command Unit

    BDDS - Bomb Disposal and Detection Squad (India)

    BDU - Bomb Disposal Unit

    BEAR - Break, Enter, Auto Theft and Robbery (Canada)

    BEET - Break and Enter Enforcement Team (Canada)

    BEU - Biker Enforcement Unit (Canada)

    BHP - Belfast Harbour Police (Northern Ireland)

    BI - Bureau of Immigration, or Bureau of Investigation

    BIAC - Belfast International Airport Constabulary (Northern Ireland)

    BID - Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (Philippines)

    BIS - Biometric Identification System

    BIU - Borough Intelligence Unit (UK)

    BLDTF - Ballyfermot Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
    Ballymun Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
    Blanchardstown Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)
    Bray Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    BMP - Birmingham Market Police (UK)

    BMPJ - Brigade Mobile de la Police Judiciaire (Algeria)

    BNCA - Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (Bhutan)

    BOC - Bureau of Customs

    BOCU - Borough Operational Command Unit (UK)

    BPA - Black Police Association (UK)

    BPS - Bangalore Police Service (Bangalore, India)
    Barrie Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Belleville Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Bermuda Police Service (Bermuda)
    Border Police Service
    Border Protection Service
    Botswana Police Service (Botswana)
    Brandon Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)
    Brantford Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Bridgewater Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
    Brockville Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    BRI - Bank Robbery Investigations
    Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (France)

    BRTF - Bank Robbery Task Force

    BSF - Border Security Force

    BTP - British Transport Police -- They are the national police force for U.K. railways providing policing services to rail operators, their staff and passengers throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

    BTPS - Blood Tribe Police Service (Alberta, Canada)


    CACP - Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

    CACPP - Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program

    CAI - Child Abuse Investigations

    CAIU - Child Abuse Investigations Unit

    CANR - Canadian NORAD Region

    CANU - Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (Guyana)

    CAPP - Canadian Association of Police Polygraphists

    CARRT - Child at Risk Response Team (Canada)

    CAT - Community Action Team

    CATAIR - Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists

    CATSA - Canadian Air Transport Security Authority

    CAU - Counter Assault Unit (Singapore)

    CBACTAF - City of Bogo Anti-Crime Task Force (Philippines)

    CBCF - Cross Border Crime Forum -- A joint Canada/U.S. effort to tackle cross-border crime.

    CBI - Central Bureau of Investigation (India)

    CBRP - Cape Breton Regional Police (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    CBSA - Canada Border Services Agency

    CC - Cheshire Constabulary (UK)

    CCAICE - Canadian Coalition Against Internet Child Exploitation (Canada)

    CCAT - Career Criminal Apprehension Team

    CCB - Commercial Crime Bureau (Hong Kong)

    CCC - Corruption and Crime Commission (Australia)

    CCD - Commercial Crime Division

    CCFT - Consortium for Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Singapore)

    CCIU - Computer Crime Investigation Unit (Australia)

    CCJA - Canadian Criminal Justice Association (Canada)

    CCLDTF - Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    CCPS - Cornwall Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    CCU - Crowd Control Unit

    CDCTF - Counter Drug and Crime Task Force (Trinidad and Tobago)

    CDDU - Customs Detector Dog Unit (Hong Kong)

    CDIB - Customs Drug Investigation Bureau (Hong Kong)

    CDTF - Clondalkin Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    CEAT - Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista (El Salvador)

    CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (UK)

    CERT - Containment and Emergency Response Team (Canada)

    CERVO - Control of the Exportation and Receiving of Stolen Vehicles Overseas (Canada)

    CETS - Child Exploitation Tracking System

    CFATF - Caribbean Financial Action Task Force

    CFSEU - Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (Canada)

    CFSEU-BC - Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British Columbia (British Columbia, Canada)

    CFU - Central Fingerprint Unit
    Computer Forensics' Unit
    Corruption and Fraud Unit
    Counter-Fraud Unit (UK)

    CGTF - Crime Gangs Task Force (Australia)

    CHS - Criminal History System (UK)

    CIA - Central Intelligence Agency

    CIB - Criminal Investigation Bureau -- They are also referred to as the National Police Administration/Criminal Investigation Bureau (NPA/CIB). (Taiwan)

    CICB - Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

    CID - Criminal Investigation Department

    CIDG - Criminal Investigation and Detection Group -- CIDG-NCR is another acronym used to identify the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group - National Capital Region (Philippines)

    CIO - Central Intelligence Organisation

    CISA - Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta (Canada)

    CISBC/YT - Criminal Intelligence Service British Columbia and Yukon Territory (Canada)

    CISC - Criminal Intelligence Service Canada

    CISF - Central Industrial Security Force (India)

    CISM - Criminal Intelligence Service Manitoba (Canada)

    CISNB - Criminal Intelligence Service New Brunswick (Canada)

    CISNL - Criminal Intelligence Service Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)

    CISNS - Criminal Intelligence Service Nova Scotia (Canada)

    CISO - Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario (Canada)

    CISPEI - Criminal Intelligence Service Prince Edward Island (Canada)

    CISQ - Criminal Intelligence Service Quebec (Canada)

    CISS - Criminal Intelligence Service Saskatchewan (Canada)

    CIU - Collision Investigation Unit
    Community Intelligence Unit
    Confidential Intelligence Unit (UK)
    Crime Intelligence Unit
    Crime Investigation Unit
    Criminal Intelligence Unit
    Cyber Intelligence Unit
    Cyber-crime Investigation Unit

    CivPol - Civilian Police

    CJNTO - Community Justice National Training Organisation (UK)

    CJS - Criminal Justice System

    CJSNI - Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland

    CKPS - Chatham-Kent Police Service (Canada)

    CLDTF - Cork Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    CMET - Coordinated Marijuana Enforcement Team (Canada)

    CMPG - Central Motorway Police Group -- A regional U.K. law enforcement service.

    CMU - Crime Management Unit

    CNC - Civil Nuclear Constabulary (UK)

    CNPA - Civil Nuclear Police Authority (UK)

    COP - Child Online Protection Initiative, or Citizens on Patrol

    COPFS - Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (UK)

    CORE - Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (Brazil)

    CPA - Canadian Police Association

    CPD - Charlottetown Police Department (Prince Edward Island, Canada)

    CPI - Corruption Prevention and Investigation (Australia)

    CPIC - Canadian Police Information Centre (Canada)

    CPIU - Child Protection Investigation Unit

    CPMF - Central Para-Military Force (India)

    CPNI - Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure (UK)

    CPOSA - Chief Police Officers Staff Association (UK)

    CPPO - Capiz Provincial Police Office (Philippines)
    Cavite Provincial Police Office (Philippines)
    Cebu Provincial Police Office (Philippines)
    Cotabato Provincial Police Office (Philippines)

    CPPS - Corman Park Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)

    CPPU - Child Protection Policy Unit (Hong Kong)

    CPRPS - Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service

    CPRU - Crime Prevention and Reduction Unit (Gibraltar)

    CPS - Calgary Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
    Child Protection Squad (Australia)
    Cobourg Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Crown Prosecution Service (UK)

    CPT - Cyber Predator Team (Australia)

    CPTDA - Central Police Training and Development Authority (UK)

    CPU - Child Protection Unit, or Community Policing Unit

    CRC - Crime Reduction Centre (UK)

    CRCSG - Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group (UK)

    CRIME - Cariboo Region Integrated Marijuana Enforcement (British Columbia, Canada)

    CRISP - Cross Regional Information Sharing Project (UK)

    CRPF - Central Reserve Police Force (India)

    CRTF - Cornwall Regional Task Force (Ontario, Canada)
    Crime Reduction Task Force

    CRU - Community Relations Unit
    Crime Reduction Unit (Canada)

    CSC - Correctional Service of Canada

    CSD - Crime Suppression Division (Thailand)

    CSIS - Canadian Security Intelligence Service

    CSO - Community Safety Officer
    Community Support Officer

    CSP - Central Scotland Police (Scotland)

    CSPS - Central Saanich Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)

    CSU - Community Safety Unit (UK)
    Counter-Subversive Unit (Sri Lanka)

    CTC - Counter Terrorism Command (UK)

    CTU - Counter Terrorism Unit -- Later known as the Vancouver Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (Vancouver INSET) (Canada)

    CVO - Chief Vigilance Officer (India)

    CWB - Central Warrant Bureau (Australia)


    DAAT - Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    DART - Direct Action Response Team (Canada)

    DARU - Drugs and Alcohol Research Unit (UK)

    DASCS - Drugs and Serious Crime Squad (UK)

    DATF - Domestic Abuse Task Force (UK)
    Drug Abuse Task Force
    Drug and Alcohol Task Force

    DBTF - Domestic Burglary Task Force (UK)

    DC - Derbyshire Constabulary (UK)
    Detective Constable (UK)
    Durham Constabulary (UK)

    DCC - Deputy Chief Constable (UK)
    Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (UK)

    DCPA - Devon and Cornwall Police Authority (UK)

    DCPO - Davao City Police Office (Philippines)

    DDAAT - Derbyshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    DDB - Dangerous Drugs Board (Philippines)

    DEM - Department of Emergency Management

    DEU - Drug Enforcement Unit

    DFS - Department of Forensic Science

    DGC - Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary (Scotland)

    DI - Detective Inspector (UK)

    DIMIA - Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)

    DIP - Drug Intervention Programme

    DNEDTF - Dublin North East Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    DOPS - Dakota Ojibway Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)

    DPD - Delta Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    DPF - Defence Police Federation (UK)

    DPIR - Detasamentul Politiei pentru Interventie Rapida (Romania)

    DPP - Director of Public Prosecutions (UK)
    District Policing Partnerships (UK)
    Dyfed Powys Police (UK)

    DPU - Dignitary Protection Unit (Australia)

    DRG - District Response Group (Australia)

    DRPS - Deep River Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Durham Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    DRR - Drug Rehabilitation Requirement

    DSG - District Support Group

    DSI - Department of Special Investigation (Thailand)

    DSU - Dog Support Unit (UK)
    Drug Squad Unit (Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada)

    D12LDTF - Dublin 12 Local Drug Task Force (Ireland)

    DVACH - Domestic Violence and Criminal Harassment Unit (Canada)

    DVDRC - Ontario Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (Canada)

    DVHCU - Domestic Violence and Hate Crime Unit -- Formerly known as the Action Unit for Domestic, Homophobic and Racist Incident. (UK)

    DVLA - Driver, Vehicle and Licensing Authority (Ghana)


    EART - Elder Abuse Response Team (Ontario, Canada)

    ECID - Economic Crime Investigation Division

    ECRDTF - East Coast Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    ECS - Electronic Crime Section (Australia)

    EDGE - Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement Unit (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

    EDU - European Drugs Unit

    EIIB - Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (Philippines)

    EMES - Emergency and Major Events Section (Australia)

    EOU - Emergency Operations Unit (Australia)

    EOW - Economic Offences Wing (India)

    EP - Essex Police (UK)

    EPS - Edmonton Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
    Espanola Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Estevan Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)

    ERT - Emergency Response Team

    ERU - Emergency Response Unit

    ETF - Emergency Task Force

    Europol - European Police Office


    FAST - Free and Secure Trade -- The Free and Secure Trade program is a joint initiative between the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection that is designed to expedite legitimate trade across the Canada-U.S. border.

    FATF - Financial Action Task Force

    FCID - Force Criminal Investigation Department (Nigeria)

    FCIU - Family Crime Investigations Unit (UK)
    Financial Crimes Investigations Unit

    FCLDTF - Finglas/Cabra Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    FCS - Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (South Africa)

    FCV - Football Command Vehicle (UK)

    FEADS - Fiscalia Especializada Para la Atencion de Delitos Contra la Salud -- Formerly an anti-narcotics division of Mexico's Office of the Attorney General. (Mexico)

    FEO - Firearms Enquiry Officer (UK)

    FESAGSS - Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guards Supervision Section (Philippines)

    FFEB - Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau (Hong Kong)

    FINTRAC - Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada

    FIS - Forensic Identification Section (Canada)
    Fraud Investigation Services (Australia)

    FIT - Forward Intelligence Team (UK)

    FIU - Financial Intelligence Unit
    Forensic Identification Unit (Canada)

    FMPU - Force Military Police Unit (Cyprus)

    FNCPA - First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (Canada)

    FNP - First Nations Police (Ontario, Canada)

    FPF - Fredericton Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)

    FPU - Family Protection Unit
    Force Protection Unit
    Foreign Police Units
    Formed Police Unit
    Fraud Prevention Unit

    FRU - Force Response Unit (Australia)

    FSS - Forensic Science Service (UK)

    FSU - Force Search Unit (Hong Kong)


    GALPEN - Gay And Lesbian Police Employee Network (Australia)

    GARRA - Grupo Armado de Repressao a Roubos e Assaltos (Brazil)

    GATA - Global Antiterrorism Training Assistance

    GC - Gloucestershire Constabulary (UK)

    GDC - General District Courts

    GFPF - Grand Falls Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)

    GIGN - Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (France)

    GIO - Gang Intelligence Officer

    GIPN - Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (France)

    GIS - General Investigation Section
    Groupe d'Intervention Special (France)

    GMP - Greater Manchester Police (UK)

    GMPA - Greater Manchester Police Authority (UK)

    GOES - Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (Spain)

    GOPES - Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (El Salvador)

    GPA - Gay Police Association -- They were formerly known as the Lesbian and Gay Police Association (UK)

    GPS - Gananoque Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Ghana Police Service (Ghana)
    Guelph Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    GRP - Government Railway Police (India)

    GSDU - Gold Stealing Detection Unit (Australia)

    GSPS - Greater Sudbury Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    GTI - Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (Canada)

    GVTAPS - Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)


    HATT - Halifax Auto Theft Team (Canada)

    HC - Hampshire Constabulary (UK)
    Hertfordshire Constabulary (UK)

    HCIS - Heinous Crime Investigation Section (Philippines)

    HEAT - Help Eliminate Auto Theft (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
    High Enforcement Action Team (Canada)

    HHC - Hampstead Heath Constabulary (UK)

    HITF - Home Invasion Task Force

    HKAPF - Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force (Hong Kong)

    HKJDRS - Hong Kong Juvenile Delinquency Research Society

    HKPF - Hong Kong Police Force -- They are also known simply as the Hong Kong Police (HKP).

    HMIC - Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (UK)

    HOSDB - Home Office Scientific Development Branch -- Formerly known as the Police Scientific Development Branch. (UK)

    HP - Humberside Police (UK)

    HPA - Hampshire Police Authority (UK)
    Hertfordshire Police Authority (UK)

    HPC - Haringey Parks Constabulary (UK)

    HPS - Hamilton Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Hanover Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    HRP - Halifax Regional Police (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    HRPS - Halton Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    HSCC - Homicide and Serious Crime Command (UK)

    HTCU - High Tech Crime Unit


    IAFR - International Association of Forensic Radiographers (UK)

    IAFS - International Association of Forensic Sciences

    IAU - Internal Affairs Unit

    IBET - Integrated Border Enforcement Team (Canada)

    ICADTS - International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety

    ICARS - Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (Canada)

    ICBA - International Conference on Biometric Authentication

    ICE - Identifying Child Exploitation (Canada)
    Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USA)
    Internet Child Exploitation Unit (Canada)

    ICET - Integrated Counterfeit Enforcement Team (Canada)

    ICITAP - International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program

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

    IDAAT - Islington Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    IDMB - Investigation and Detection Management Branch

    IDMS - Intelligence and Detective Management Section
    Investigation and Detective Management Section

    ID-SIRTII - Indonesian Security Incident Response Team On Internet Infrastructure (Indonesia)

    IEG - Intelligence Experts Group on Domestic Security (Canada)

    IGTF - Integrated Gang Task Force (Canada)

    IHIT - Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (Canada)

    IIB - Internal Investigation Branch

    IIU - Internal Investigations Unit

    IMCRT - Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team (Canada)

    IMPACT - Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (Canada)

    IND - Immigration and Nationality Directorate (UK)

    INEOA - International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association

    INL - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

    INSET - Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (Canada)

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

    IOFOS - International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology

    IPA - International Police Association

    IPCC - Independent Police Complaints Commission -- They were formerly known as the Police Complaints Authority. (UK)

    IPG - Independent Patrol Group (Australia)

    IPOC - Integrated Proceeds of Crime Unit (Canada)

    IPS - Indian Police Service (India)

    IPTF - International Police Task Force

    IRSU - Integrated Road Safety Unit (British Columbia, Canada)

    IRU - Incident Response Unit
    Investigation and Review Unit
    Investigative Review Unit

    ISPOT - Integrated Sexual Predator Observation Team (British Columbia, Canada)

    ISST - Identity Security Strike Team (Australia)

    ISU - Integrated Security Unit

    ITAI - Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (UK)

    ITBP - Indo-Tibetan Border Police (India)


    JBIT - Joint Border Interdiction Team (Canada)

    JFAT - Jamaican Fugitive Apprehension Team (Jamaica)

    JJT - Juvenile Justice Team (Australia)

    JJU - Juvenile Justice Unit


    K-IRSU - Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit (Canada)

    KLPS - Kawartha Lakes Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    KMP - Kanesatake Mohawk Police (Canada)

    KPA - Kent Police Authority (UK)

    KPS - Kenora Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Kentville Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
    Kingston Police Service (Canada)

    KRPF - Kativik Regional Police Force (Nunavik, Canada)


    LAGPA - Lesbian and Gay Police Association -- Later known as the Gay Police Association (UK)

    LBP - Lothian and Borders Police (Scotland)

    LC - Lancashire Constabulary (UK)
    Leicestershire Constabulary (UK)

    LCSG - Limerick City Sub Group -- A sub-group of the Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force, founded to address drug problems in Limerick City. (Ireland)

    LCU - Linked Crime Unit

    LDAAT - Lancashire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)
    Lincolnshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    LDTF - Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    LEAD - Law Enforcement Aboriginal Diversity Network (Canada)

    LEWG - Law Enforcement Working Group

    LIU - Local Intelligence Unit

    LMDPDS - Lower Mainland District Police Dog Service (British Columbia, Canada)

    LNP - Liberia National Police

    LPA - Lancashire Police Authority (UK)
    Leicestershire Police Authority (UK)
    Lincolnshire Police Authority (UK)
    Local Policing Area (UK)

    LPDSU - Local Performance and Delivery Support Unit (UK)

    LPS - Lacombe Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
    LaSalle Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Leamington Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Lethbridge Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
    Liberia Police Service (Liberia, Africa)
    London Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    LRPS - Lethbridge Regional Police Service (Alberta, Canada)

    LSLRPS - Lesser Slave Lake Regional Police Service (Alberta, Canada)

    LTO - Land Transportation Office (Philippines)


    MAG - Magistrate system

    MASCO - Motorized Anti-Street Crime Operatives (Philippines)

    MATF - Multi-Agency Task Force

    MCIT - Major Crime Investigation Team (UK)

    MCPO - Mandaue City Police Office (Philippines)

    MCS - Major Crime Section

    MDAAT - Merton Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    MDP - Ministry of Defence Police (UK)

    MDT - Mobile Deployment Team

    MENAFATF - Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force

    MEOCS - Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (Australia)

    MET - Mobile Enforcement Team

    MFIG - Major Fraud Investigation Group (Australia)

    MHIIU - Medicine Hat Integrated Intelligence Unit (Alberta, Canada)

    MHPS - Medicine Hat Police Service (Alberta, Canada)

    MIAA-APD - Manila International Airport Authority - Airport Police Department (Philippines)

    MIERT - Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team (Canada)

    MIG - Major Incident Group (Australia)

    MIT - Major Investigation Task Force (Jamaica)
    Murder Investigation Team (UK)

    MJIB - Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (Taiwan)

    MJPS - Moose Jaw Police Service (Canada)

    MOD - Ministry of Defence (UK)

    MOLO - Military Observer Liaison Officer

    MP - Merseyside Police (UK)

    MPA - Merseyside Police Authority (UK)
    Metropolitan Police Authority (UK)

    MPAO - Mounted Police Association of Ontario (Canada)

    MPD-TEU - Manila Police District - Traffic Enforcement Unit (Philippines)

    MPF - Miramichi Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)

    MPPAC - Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada

    MPS - Midland Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    MPU - Marine Police Unit (UK)

    MPUB - Missing Persons and Unidentified Bodies

    MRDTF - Midland Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    MSSTF - Markham Safe Streets Task Force (Canada)

    MTPS - Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (Canada)

    MTTU - Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (Ghana)

    MWRDTF - Mid West Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)


    NACAHT - National Action Committee on Anti-Hijacking and Anti-Terrorism (Philippines)

    NaCTAG - National Counter-Terrorism Action Group (Philippines)

    NaCTSO - National Counter Terrorism Security Office (UK)

    NAKTF - National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (Philippines)

    NAPOLCOM - National Police Commission (Philippines)

    NAPS - Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    NASAS - Noongar Alcohol and Substance Abuse Service (Australia)

    Natforce - National Taskforce to Combat Illegal Importation of Goods, Small Arms, Ammunition and Light Weapons (Nigeria)

    NBI - National Bureau of Investigation

    NBPA - National Black Police Association (UK)

    NBPS - North Bay Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    NC - Norfolk Constabulary (UK)

    NCASA - Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)

    NCB - Narcotics Control Bureau (India)

    NCC - Newham Community Constabulary -- They were formerly known as the Newham Parks Constabulary. (UK)

    NCECC - National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (Canada)

    NCIS - National Criminal Intelligence Service (UK)

    NCPE - National Centre for Policing Excellence (UK)

    NCRPO - National Capital Region Police Office (Philippines)

    NCRSG - National Crime Recording Steering Group (UK)

    NCS - National Crime Squad (UK)

    NDAAT - Nottinghamshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    NDCLEU - Narcotic Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (Nepal)

    NDET - National Domestic Extremism Team (UK)

    NDRDTF - North Dublin City and County Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    NDRF - National Disaster Response Force (India)

    NDST - National Drugs Strategy Team (Ireland)

    NDTMS - National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (UK)

    NEASU - North East Air Support Unit (UK)

    NEDTF - North Eastern Division Task Force (Trinidad and Tobago)

    NERDTF - North Eastern Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    NETCU - National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit (UK)

    NHTCTC - National High Tech Crime Training Centre (UK)

    NHTCU - National High-Tech Crime Unit (UK)

    NIA - National Investigation Agency (India)

    NICA - National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Philippines)

    NICDTF - North Inner City Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    NID - National Investigation Department (Nepal)

    NIITF - National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Intelligence Task Force (Australia)

    NISCC - National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (UK)

    NOCS - Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Italy)

    NOMS - National Offender Management Service (UK)

    NOPPO - Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Philippines)

    NORAD - North American Aerospace Defence Command

    NP - Neighbourhood Policing (UK)
    Nepal Police
    Northumbria Police (UK)
    Nottinghamshire Police (UK)

    NPA - National Police Academy
    National Police Agency
    Norfolk Police Authority (UK)
    Northamptonshire Police Authority (UK)
    Northumbria Police Authority (UK)
    Nottinghamshire Police Authority (UK)

    NPD - Nelson Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    NPOIU - National Public Order Intelligence Unit (UK)

    NPP - Neighbourhood Police Post

    NPPT - Neighbourhood Policing Programme Team (UK)

    NPS - Nagaland Police Service (India)
    National Protection Service (Philippines)

    NRPS - Niagara Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    NSCI - National Security Criminal Investigations (Canada)

    NSPIS - National Strategy for Police Information Systems (UK)

    NSWP - New South Wales Police (Australia)

    NSY - New Scotland Yard (UK)

    NTP - Northern Territory Police (Australia)

    NWA - Neighbourhood Watch Association (UK)

    NWCASA - North West Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)

    NWCU - National Wildlife Crime Unit (UK)

    NWEST - National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (Canada)

    NWMP - North-West Mounted Police (Canada)

    NWMPG - North West Motorway Police Group (UK)

    NWP - North Wales Police (UK)

    NWPA - North Wales Police Authority (UK)

    NWPS - New Westminster Police Service (British Columbia, Canada)

    NWRDTF - North Western Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    NYP - North Yorkshire Police (UK)

    NYPA - North Yorkshire Police Authority (UK)


    OACP - Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (Canada)

    OAPSB - Ontario Association of Police Service Boards (Canada)

    OBPD - Oak Bay Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    OCABC - Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (Canada)

    OCCPS - Ontario Civilian Commission of Police Services (Canada)

    OCD - Organised Crime Division

    OCI - Organised Crime Investigation

    OCIU - Organised Crime Investigation Unit

    OCNFB - Organized Crime, Narcotics and Firearms Bureau (Trinidad and Tobago)

    OCNU - Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit (Trinidad and Tobago)

    OCPS - Oxford Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    OCS - Organised Crime Squad

    OCTA - Organised Crime Threat Assessment (UK)

    OCTB - Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (Hong Kong)

    OCTF - Organised Crime Task Force (UK)

    OCU - Operational Command Unit (UK)

    OHIA - Ontario Homicide Investigators Association (Canada)

    OIB - Offender Information Bureau (Australia)

    OICD - Organised and International Crime Directorate (UK)

    O-INSET - "O" Division - Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (RCMP - Canada)

    OISP - Office of Investigative Standards and Practices (Canada)

    OPI - Office of Police Integrity (Australia)

    OPP - Ontario Provincial Police (Canada)

    OPPA - Ontario Provincial Police Association (Canada)

    OPS - Orangeville Police Service (Ontario, Canada), or Ottawa Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    OSCE - Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

    OSPS - Owen Sound Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    OSTTU - Operational Safety and Tactics Training Unit (Australia)

    OVC - Office for Victims of Crime


    PAC - Provincial Armed Constabulary (India)

    PACE - Police and Criminal Evidence Act (UK)

    PACER - Police Anti-Crime Emergency Response (Philippines)

    PAIDSOT - Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operating Team

    PAO - Police Association of Ontario (Canada)

    PAOCTF - Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (Philippines)

    PAPS - Prince Albert Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)

    PASTF - Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force (Philippines)

    PATT - Provincial Auto Theft Team (Ontario, Canada)

    PATU - Police Anti-Terrorist Unit

    PAW - Police Authorities of Wales (UK)

    PCeU - Police Central e-crime Unit (UK)

    PCG - Philippine Coast Guard (Philippines)

    P-CRU - Property Crime Reduction Unit (British Columbia, Canada)

    PCSO - Police Community Support Officer (UK)

    PCSU - Property Crime Support Unit
    Police and Crime Standards Unit

    PCTC - Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (Philippines)

    PDEA - Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (Philippines)

    PDS - Police Dog Services (Canada)

    PDU - Police Dog Unit (Hong Kong)
    Police Dog Unit -- Later known as the Police K-9 Unit. (Singapore)

    PF - Policia Federal -- Formerly known as the Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP). (Mexico)

    PHPS - Port Hope Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    PICTTS - Police Information Communication Technology Training Services (UK)

    PIB - Provincial Intelligence Branch (Philippines)

    PISA - Policia Internacional Sonora y Arizona (U.S.A. / Mexico)

    PISI - Police Internal Security Intelligence Unit

    PITO - Police Information Technology Organisation (UK)

    PJDF - Policia Judicial del Distrito Federal (Mexico)

    PLCPS - Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    PLPU - Police Leadership and Powers Unit (UK)

    PMAS - Police Mutual Assurance Society (UK)

    PMPD - Port Moody Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    PNC - Police National Computer (UK)

    PNP - Philippine National Police (Philippines)

    PNP-AIDSOTF - Philippine National Police - Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operation Task Force (Philippines)

    PNP-TEG - Philippine National Police - Traffic Enforcement Group (Philippines)

    POCET - Provincial Organized Crime Enforcement Team (Ontario, Canada)

    POIU - Public Order Intelligence Unit (UK)

    POP - Problem Orientated Policing

    POST - Peace Officer Standards and Training

    POSTF - Port of Spain Task Force (Trinidad and Tobago)

    PPA - Philippine Ports Authority (Philippines)

    PPO - Persistent Prolific Offender

    PPS - Pembroke Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Perth Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    PRCU - Policing and Reducing Crime Unit

    PRIME-BC - Police Records Information Management Environment - British Columbia (Canada)

    PRO - Police Regional Office (Philippines)

    PROCAR - Police Regional Office - Cordillera Administrative Region (Philippines)

    PROCor - Police Regional Office - Cordillera (Philippines)

    PROS - Police Reporting and Occurrence System (Canada)

    PRP - Peel Regional Police (Ontario, Canada)

    PRU - Police Rail Unit (Australia)

    PSAEW - Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales (UK)

    PSDB - Police Scientific Development Branch -- Later known as the Home Office Scientific Development Branch. (UK)

    PSDU - Police Service Dog Unit (Canada)

    PSEPC - Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

    PSIG - Protective Security Intelligence Group (Australia)

    PSNI - Police Service of Northern Ireland

    PSU - Police Standards Unit
    Police Support Unit (UK)
    Professional Standards Unit

    PTSP - Provincial Traffic Safety Program (Canada)

    PWEU - Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (Ontario, Canada)

    PYO - Persistent Young Offender


    QALEC - Quality Assurance in Law Enforcement Committee (Canada)

    QCPD - Quezon City Police District (Philippines)

    QCPD-AnCar - Quezon City Police District - Anti-Carnapping Unit (Philippines)

    QCPD-CIDU - Quezon City Police District - Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (Philippines)

    QCPD-EOD - Quezon City Police District - Explosives and Ordnance Division (Philippines)

    QPP - Quebec Provincial Police (Canada)

    QPS - Queensland Police Service (Australia)

    QRF - Quick Reaction Force, or Quick Response Force

    QRT - Quick Response Team


    RACT - Rural Agricultural Crime Team (Ontario, Canada)

    RAID - Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence) (France)

    RATS - Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure
    Run After The Smugglers (Philippines)

    RATU - Regional Anti-Triad Unit (Hong Kong)

    RBP - Royal Bhutan Police (Bhutan)

    RBPF - Royal Brunei Police Force (Brunei)

    RCIPS - Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (Cayman Islands)

    RCIT - Royal Commission Investigation Team (Australia)

    RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- The federal, national, and paramilitary police force of Canada.

    RCMPSS - Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service (Canada)

    RCU - Regional Crime Unit
    Road Crime Unit

    RDPD - Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department (UK)

    RDT - Rapid Deployment Team

    RDTF - Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    RDU - Rapid Deployment Unit

    RGP - Royal Gibraltar Police (Gibraltar)

    RHSG - Regional Headquarters Support Group (Philippines)

    RIC - Royal Irish Constabulary (Northern Ireland)

    RNC - Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

    RNRSC - Regional Niagara Road Safety Committee (Canada)

    RNWMP - Royal Northwest Mounted Police (Canada)

    RoB - Restrictions on Bail

    ROG - Regional Operations Group

    ROPE - Repeat Offenders Parole Enforcement (Ontario, Canada)

    ROPTF - Repeat Offenders Programme Task Force (Trinidad and Tobago)

    RPC - Royal Parks Constabulary (UK)

    RPDSS - Regional Pawn Data Sharing System

    RPF - Railway Police Force (India)

    RPOA - Retired Police Officers' Association

    RPP - Redbridge Parks Police (UK)

    RPS - Rajasthan Police Service (India)
    Regina Police Service (Canada)

    RPU - Road Policing Unit (UK)

    RRPF - Rothesay Regional Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)

    RRV - Rapid Response Vehicle

    RSAU - Regional Special Action Unit (Philippines)

    RSDS - Regional Special Duty Squad (Hong Kong)

    RSTF - Road Safety Task Force (Australia)

    RTP - Royal Thai Police (Thailand)

    RUC - Royal Ulster Constabulary (Northern Ireland)


    SAIGET - Southern Alberta Integrated Gang Enforcement Team (Canada)

    SAPOL - South Australia Police

    SAPS - South African Police Service

    SAPS STF - South African Police Service Special Task Force

    SARC - Sexual Assault Referral Centre

    SAS - Sexual Assault Squad

    SASBU - Southwark Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (UK)

    SASS - Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (Canada)

    SAU - Sexual Assault Unit

    SAUTT - Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago

    SAVE - Snowmobile, ATV, and Vessel Enforcement Team (Canada)

    SC - Suffolk Constabulary (UK)

    SCAS - Serious Crime Analysis Section (UK)

    SCBCTAPS - South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service (Canada)

    SCD - Specialist Crime Directorate (UK)

    SCDEA - Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency

    SCEU - Street Crime Enforcement Unit (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    SCPS - Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    SCRO - Scottish Criminal Record Office (UK)

    SCU - Street Crime Unit

    SDAAT - Sheffield Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)
    Suffolk Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)
    Surrey Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    SDU - Special Duties Unit (Hong Kong)

    SECASA - South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)

    SEG - Special Escort Group (Ministry of Defence Police) (UK)

    SERDTF - South East Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    SFIPT - South Fraser Integrated Probe Team (British Columbia, Canada)

    SFO - Serious Fraud Office (UK)

    SFPO - Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers (Canada)

    SFPS - Smiths Falls Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    SFS - Scottish Fingerprint Service

    SICLDTF - South Inner City Local Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    SID - Specialist Investigation Department (UK)
    State Intelligence Division (Australia)

    SIEDO - Subprocuraduria de Investigacion Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada -- A federal law enforcement division of Mexico's Office of the Attorney General. (Mexico)

    SIS - State Intelligence Services

    SIU - Special Investigations Unit

    SJPF - St. John Police Force (New Brunswick, Canada)

    SNP - Six Nations Police (Ontario, Canada)

    SOCA - Serious Organised Crime Agency (UK)
    Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit

    SOCG - Serious and Organised Crime Group (UK)

    SOCO - Scenes of Crime Office
    Scene Of Crime Officer (UK)

    SOS - Sexual Offense Squad (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

    SP - Staffordshire Police (UK)
    Surrey Police (UK)
    Sussex Police (UK)

    SPA - Surrey Police Authority (UK)
    Sussex Police Authority (UK)

    SPC - Special Police Constable

    SPD - Saanich Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    SPEAR - School / Police Emergency Action Response (Canada)
    Singapore Prison Emergency Action Response

    SPF - Singapore Police Force

    SPG - State Protection Group (Australia)

    SPG TOU - State Protection Group - Tactical Operations Unit (Australia)

    SPIS - Scottish Police Information System

    SPOC - Single Point of Contact

    SPS - Sarnia Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Saskatoon Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
    Scottish Prisons Service (UK)
    Shelburne Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Springhill Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)
    Stratford Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    SPSU - State Protection Support Unit (Australia)

    SPU - Special Police Unit

    SRDTF - Southern Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    SRPF - State Reserve Police Force (India)

    SSI - State Security Investigations

    SSISCEU - South Shore Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    SSMPS - Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    SSP - Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (Mexico)

    SSPS - Saugeen Shores Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    South Simcoe Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    SSU - State Security Unit (Australia)

    STAR - Special Tactical Assault and Reconnaissance
    Special Tactics And Rescue

    STEP - Selected Traffic Enforcement Program
    Selective Traffic Enforcement Program
    Special Traffic Enforcement Program

    STF - Special Task Force

    STOP - Snowmobile Trail Officer Patrol
    Strategic and Target-Oriented Patrol

    STP - Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police (British Columbia, Canada)

    STPS - St. Thomas Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    STS - Special Task Squadron (Singapore)

    SWCASA - South Western Centre Against Sexual Assault (Australia)

    SWDTF - South Western Division Task Force (Trinidad and Tobago)

    SWPA - South Wales Police Authority (UK)

    SWRDTF - South Western Regional Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    SYP - South Yorkshire Police (UK)

    SYPA - South Yorkshire Police Authority (UK)


    TACT - Tactical Arrest and Control Team (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada)

    TAG - Tactical Aid Group (UK)

    TALON - The Alberta Law Officers' Network (Canada)

    TASC - Tackling Alcohol-related Street Crime (Cardiff, UK)
    Thief Apprehension Select Coalition (Northern Mariana Islands)

    TAU - Threat Assessment Unit

    TAVIS Rapid Response Team - Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (Canada)

    TBPS - Thunder Bay Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    TDTF - Tallaght Drugs Task Force -- TLDTF is another acronym occasionally used to identify the Tallaght Local Drugs Task Force. (Ireland)

    TEG - Traffic Enforcement Group

    TEU - Tactical Enforcement Unit
    Target Enforcement Unit
    Targeted Enforcement Unit
    Traffic Enforcement Unit

    TFAIR - Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment (Philippines)

    TFT - Tactical Firearms Team (UK)

    TFU - Tactical Firearms Unit (UK)

    TIAFT - The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists

    TIB - Telecommunications Interception Branch (Australia)
    Telephone Investigation Bureau (UK)

    TIG - Tactical Investigation Group (Australia)

    TMU - Traffic Management Unit

    TOCU - Transport Operational Command Unit (UK)

    TOG - Traffic Operations Group (Australia)

    TOPS - Traffic and Operations Support (Australia)

    TP CMU - Territorial Policing Crime Management Unit (UK)

    TPS - Taber Police Service (Alberta, Canada)
    Timmins Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Truro Police Service (Nova Scotia, Canada)

    TPT - Targeted Policing Team (UK)

    TPU - Terrorism Protection Unit (UK)

    TRG - Tactical Response Group (Australia)

    TRU - Tactical Rescue Unit
    Tactical Response Unit
    Tactics and Rescue Unit (Ontario, Canada)

    TSCTP - Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership

    TSG - Territorial Support Group (UK)

    TSU - Tactical Services Unit
    Technical Services Unit
    Traffic Safety Unit

    TTC Special Constable Services - Toronto Transit Commission Special Constable Services (Ontario, Canada)

    TTPS - Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (Trinidad and Tobago)

    T3PS - Treaty Three Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    TVP - Thames Valley Police (UK)

    TVGPA - Thames Valley Gay Police Association (UK)


    UDYCO - Unidad de Droga y Crimen Organizado (Spain)

    UHIT - Unsolved Homicide Investigation Team (Ontario Provincial Police, Canada)

    UKBA - United Kingdom Border Agency

    UKCA - United Kingdom Central Authority

    UMOPAR - Unidad Movil de Patrullaje Rural (Bolivia)

    UNESA - Unidad Especializada en Aprehensiones (Mexico)

    UNFICYP - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus

    UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

    UNPol - United Nations Police

    UPP - Unidade de Policia Pacificadora (Brazil)
    Uttar Pradesh Police (India)

    UPPISBF - Uttar Pradesh Police Inter-State Border Force (India)

    USRU - Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (Ontario, Canada)

    UTC - Unit Tindakan Cepat (Malaysia)

    UTFAC - United Task Force Against Crime (St. Martin, Caribbean)

    UTPS - University of Toronto Campus Community Police Service (Ontario, Canada)


    VACIS - Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System

    VBP - Victoria Beach Police (Manitoba, Canada)

    VCIT - Violent Crime Investigation Team
    Violent Crime Investigative Team
    Volume Crime Investigation Team (UK)

    VCST - Violent Crime Suppression Team (Calgary, Canada)

    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.

    VICOT - Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team (British Columbia, Canada)

    ViTAB - Video-based Threat Assessment and Biometrics (UK)

    VOSA - Vehicle Operator Service Agency (UK)

    VPD - Vancouver Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)
    Victoria Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    V2010 ISU - Vancouver 2010 Integrated Security Unit -- Security unit for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. (Canada)


    WAPol - Western Australia Police

    WAPS - Western Australia Police Service

    WCPU - Women and Child Protection Unit

    WECTU - Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (UK)

    WGPS - West Grey Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    WMC - West Mercia Constabulary (UK)

    WMP - West Midlands Police (UK)

    WMPA - West Mercia Police Authority (UK)
    West Midlands Police Authority (UK)

    WMSCS - West Midlands Serious Crime Squad (UK)

    WNPS - West Nipissing Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    WP - Warwickshire Police (UK)

    WPP - Wandsworth Parks Police (UK)

    WPS - Wawa Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Weyburn Police Service (Saskatchewan, Canada)
    Windsor Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Wingham Police Service (Ontario, Canada)
    Winnipeg Police Service (Manitoba, Canada)

    WPU - Witness Protection Unit (Hong Kong)

    WRDTF - Western Region Drugs Task Force (Ireland)

    WRPS - Waterloo Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    WSDAAT - West Sussex Drug and Alcohol Action Team (UK)

    WVPD - West Vancouver Police Department (British Columbia, Canada)

    WYP - West Yorkshire Police (UK)

    WYPA - West Yorkshire Police Authority (UK)


    YOI - Young Offenders' Institution (UK)

    YOT - Youth Offending Team (UK)

    YRPS - York Regional Police Service (Ontario, Canada)

    YRT - York Region Transit/Viva Special Constable Services (Ontario, Canada)
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