Acronyms (common) – Common acronyms or phrases that are not unique to the In Death books but may be used in the series. (Note: ID specific abbreviations can easily be found in the glossary or by typing the abbreviation into the 'search' function on the left):
A
- ADW – Assault with a Deadly Weapon
- AKA – Also Known As (alias)
- AME – Assistant Medical Examiner
- APA – Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
- APB – All Points Bulletin (can also be called a BOLO)
- ASAP – As Soon as Possible
- ATL – Attempt to Locate
- AWOL – Absent without Leave
B
- B&E – Breaking and Entering
- BOLO – Be On the Lookout
- BRB – Be Right Back
C
- CEC – Credit Exchange Center
- CO – Corrections Officer
- COA – Course of Action
- COD – Cause of Death
- COS – Change of Shift
- CP – Command Post
- CT – Crisis Team
- CYA – Cover Your Ass
D
- DAS – Dead at Scene
- DB – Dead Body
- D&D – Drunk and Disorderly
- DD - Domestic Disturbance
- DOA – Dead on Arrival
- DOB – Date of Birth
- DOC – Department of Corrections
- DOD – Date of Death
- DOS – Dead on Scene
- DUI – Driving Under the Influence
- DV – Domestic Violence
- DWI – Driving while Intoxicated
E
- E and B - Explosives and Bombs (Division)
- EMS – Emergency Medical Services
- ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival
- EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
F
- FTA – Failure to Appear (in court)
- FTP – Failure to Pay (court fine)
- FUBAR – 'Fouled' Up Beyond All Recognition/Repair
G
- GOA – Gone on Arrival
- GPS – Global Positioning System
H
- HQ – Headquarters
- HUD – Heads-Up Display
I
- IAW – In Accordance With
- IOU – I Owe You (a note of promised payment of a debt)
J
K
- KIA – Killed in Action
- KIT – Keep in Touch
L
- Lawyer Up – To ask for a lawyer to be present
M
- MD – Medical Doctor
- MD – Mental Defective
- ME – Medical Examiner
- MIA – Missing in Action
- ML – Media Liaison
- MO – Modus Operandi (mode/method of operation)
- MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
- MP – Missing Person (or Military Police)
N
O
- OD – Overdose
- O/O – Order of Operations
- op – Operation
- OPSEC – Operational Security
- OR – Own Recognizance
P
- PA – Prosecuting Attorney
- Perp – Perpetrator
- PKA – Previously Known As
- PO – Parole Officer
- Priors – Previous Arrests
Q
- QOA – Quiet on Arrival
R
- Rap Sheet – Record of Criminal Arrests
- RO – Restraining Order
- ROE – Rules of Engagement
- RP – Reporting Party (whoever called the police)
- R&R – Rest and Recreation
S
- SAR – Search and Rescue
- SITREP – Situation Report
- SNAFU – Situation Normal All 'Fouled' Up (something went or is going wrong ... as usual)
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
- SOS – Same Old Shit (or, in Morse Code, it's a call for help, Save Our Souls)
T
- TOD – Time of Death
- TRO – Temporary Restraining Order
U
- UD – Uncorrected Deviant
- Unsub – Unknown Subject
- UTL – Unable to Locate
V
- vic – Victim
- VT – Violent Tendency
- VR – Virtual Reality
W
- Walk – To be released from custody (not charged with a crime)