THE FIFTH series of BBC drama Line Of Duty has had fans gripped.
And with its unanswered questions it also brought hard to crack police jargon. Here’s a list of all the acronyms that may crop up during the show.
Line of Duty acronyms and what they mean.
AMIP – Area Major Incident Pool
ANPR – Automatic Number Plate Recognition
ARU – Armed Response Unit
ARV – Armed Response Vehicle
ASP – Assistant Superintendent of Police
ATT – At This Time
B&E – Breaking and entering
BIP – Burglary In Progress
Blue-on-blue – Accidental shooting or injury of a police officer by a colleague
BOP – Breach Of the Peace Brains Department
BTP – British Transport Police
CAD – Computer Aided Dispatch (Room)
CIB – Complaints Investigation Bureau
CID – Criminal Investigation Department
CIS – Crime Information System
CPS – Crown Prosecution Service
CrimInt – Criminal Intelligence
D&D – Drunk and Disorderly
DIC – Drunk In Charge (of a vehicle)
DIP – Drunk In Public
DMV – Dead Motor Vehicle
DPS – Directorate of Professional Standards
DVU – Domestic Violence Unit
ETA – Expected Time of Arrival
FATACC / Fat’Ac – Fatal Accident
FLO – Family Liaison Officer
FME – Forensics Medical Examiner
GBH – Grievous Bodily Harm
Going Up The Road – Refers to Crown Court
HOCR – Home Office Counting Rules
IC – Identification Codes
IC9 – Unknown
ID – Identification
IR – Information Room
IRTC – Injury Road Traffic Collision
IRV – Incident Response Vehicle Job – A crime, especially a robbery
K9 – Dog Unit
Lag – A prison inmate
LEO – Local Enforcement Officer
LIO – Local Intelligence Officer
M2MP – Full call sign for main set channel for Information Room
MISPER – A missing person
MIT – Major incident team
MOE – Method Of Entry
MP – Metropolitan Police information room (Scotland Yard)
MSS – Message Switching System
NCPA – No Cause for Police Action
NCS – National Crime Squad
NDIU – National Drugs Intelligence Unit
NDP – Notice to Detained Persons
NFA – No Further Action; No Fixed Abode
NIB – National Identification Bureau
NOK – Next Of Kin
OB – Occurrence Book
OCG – Organized Crime Group
OBBO – Observation
OP – Observation Point
PAAOTCO – Please Ask An Officer To Call On
PACE – Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
PCSO – Police Community Support Officer
PIT – Precision Immobilisation Technique Manoeuvre
POLCOL – Police Collision
POLSA – Police Search Adviser
POLSTA – Police Station
RCU – Road Crime Unit
RTA – Road Traffic Accident
RTC – Road Traffic Collision
SC – Special Constable
SCD – Specialist Crime Directorate
SCG – Serious Crime Group SO – Specialist Operations
SOCA – Serious and Organised Crime Agency
SPG – Special Patrol Group (now abolished)
TADA or TDA – Theft of a motor vehicle. Abbreviation for Taking and Driving Away
TAG – Tactical Aid Group
TC – Traffic Collision
TFU – Tactical Firearms Unit
TOA – Time of Arrival
TSG – Territorial Support Group
TWOC – Illegal removal of a vehicle. Abbreviation of Taking Without Owner’s Consent
UCO – Under Cover Of
U/K – Unknown
VDRS – Vehicle Defects Rectification Scheme
VIN – Vehicle Identification Number
VRN – Vehicle Registration Number
VSS – Victim Support Scheme
WDC – Woman Detective Constable
WDS – Woman Detective Sergeant
WINQ – Warrant Inquiry
WPC – Woman Police Constable
Yard, The – New Scotland Yard
When is Line of Duty series five on BBC One?
The fifth season of Line Of Duty concludes TONIGHT, (May, 5 2019) at 9pm, with an extended episode that airs until 10.25pm.
After series four concluded, the BBC announced Line Of Duty had been renewed for two more series – so we’ll be getting a series six too.
BBC director-general Tony Hall said: “I am very excited to say there’s not one but two more series of Line Of Duty. So hooray for AC-12!”