| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers
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| CCRC | Criminal Cases Review Commission
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| CCTV | closed circuit television
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| CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
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| CJS | criminal justice system
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| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service
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| CSA | Chief Scientific Adviser
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| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid
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| FSNI | Forensic Science Northern Ireland
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| FSP | forensic science/service provider
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| FSR | Forensic Science Regulator
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| FSS | Forensic Science Service
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| GMP | Greater Manchester Police
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| GO Science | Government Office for Science
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| GovCo/GoCo | Government owned, contractor operated
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| HMIC | Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
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| IP | intellectual property |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization (international acronym)
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| LGC | Formerly the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, now known as LGC
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| MOJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MPS | Metropolitan Police Service
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| NFFA | National Forensic Framework Agreement
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| NPIA | National Policing Improvement Agency
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| PPP | Public Private Partnership
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| PwC | PricewaterhouseCoopers
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| R&D | research and development
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| RCUK | Research Councils UK
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| SOCA | Serious Organised Crime Agency
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| TUPE | Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
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| UKAS | UK Accreditation Service
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