PROFESSIONAL TERMS
FROM THE SECURITY INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONAL TERMS FROM THE SECURITY INDUSTRY
We have listed some of the terms used in the industry.
ALFA
AAR – After Action Review
AIC – Agent in Charge
ANFO – Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil
AO – Area of Operation
AOP – Attack on Principal
AP – Armour Piercing
ARSO – Assistant Regional Security Officer
ASAP – As Soon As Possible
AST – Advance Security Team
BRAVO
BCT – Basic Combat Training
BDA – Battle Damage Assessment
BG – Bodyguard
BIFF – Battlefield Identification Friend or Foe
BR – Battle Rifle
BUG OUT – Immediate Client Evacuation
BW – Biological Warfare
CHARLIE
CAT – Counter Assault Team
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CCW- Concealed Carry Weapon
CCTV – Closed Circuit TeleVision
CE – Composition Explosive
C&E – Cover & Evacuate
CI – Counter Intelligence
CID – US Army Criminal Investigation Command
CMT – Crisis Management Team
CONUS – Continental United States
CP – Command Post
CP – Close Protection
CPP – Certified Protection Professional
CPS – Certified Protection Specialist
CPO – Close Protection Officer
CQB – Close Quarter Battle
CW – Chemical Warfare
DELTA
DL – Detail Leader
DOD – Department of Defence
DRI – Driver
DS – Bureau of Diplomatic Security
DSS – Diplomatic Security Services
DSS – Department of State Security
DS – Double Storey
DSR – Double Storey Reinforced
ECHO
ECM – Electronic Counter Measures
EDD – Explosives Detection Dog
E&E – Escape and Evasion
EOD – Explosive ordinance device
EOD – Explosive Ordinance Disposal
EOR – Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance
EP – Executive Protection
EPO – Executive Protection Officer
EPS – Executive Protection Specialist
EPT – Executive Protection Team
ESO – Event security officer
ETA – Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
FOXTROT FARC – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia FLETC – Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
GOLF
HOTEL
HAMAS – Harakat al-Muqawamah al-islamiyya
HAZMAT – Hazardous Materials
HCN – Host Country National
HHMD – Hand Held Metal Detector
HMFIC – Me
HN- Host Nation
HRT – Hostage Rescue Team
HSAS – Homeland Security Advisory System
INDIA
IA – Immediate Action
IAD – Immediate Action Drills
ICP – Incident Control Point
IC – Independent Contractor
IED – Improvised Explosive Device
IID – Improvised Incendiary Device
INTEL – Intelligence
IR – Incident Report
IRA – Irish Republican Army
JULIET
JHP – Jacketed Hollow Point
JRCC – Joint Rescue Coordination Center
JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command
JSP – Jacketed Soft Point
KILO
KE – Kinetic Energy
KIA – Killed In Action
K&R – Kidnap & Ransom
LIMA
LEO – Law Enforcement Officer
LOC – Line of Communication
MIKE
MO – Modus of Operandi
MOS – Military Occupational Speciality
MSR – Main Supply Route
MTT – Mobile Training Team
NOVEMBER
NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NTAS – National Terrorism Advisory System
OSCAR
OCONUS – Outside the Continental United States
OP – Observation Post
OP – Operation
OPSEC – Operational Security
OSI – Office of Special Investigations
OSINT – Open-Source Intelligence
PAPA
PBIED – Person Born Improvised explosive Device
PES – Personal Escort Section
PE – Practical Exercise
PET - Danish Security and Intelligence Service
PERSEC – Personal Security
PERT – Prison Emergency Responce Team
PFLP – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PI – Private Investigator
PI – Protective Intelligence
PIT – Pursuit Intervention Technique
PKK – Patiya Karkeren Kurdistan
PMC – Para-Military Company
POC – Point of Contact
POTUS – President of The United States
PPE – Personal protective equipment (PPE)
PPO – Personal Protection Officer
PPS – Personal Protection Specialist
PPU – Presidential Protection Unit
PRINCIPAL – The Client
PSA – Protective Services Agent or Personal Security Agent
PSD – Protective Services Detail
PSD – Personal security detail
PSD – Personal Security Detachment
PSO – Personal Security Officer
PT – Physical Training
PT – Protection Team
QUEBEC
QCB – Quick Change Barrel
QRF – Quick Reaction Force
ROMEO
RF – Radio Frequency
ROE – Rules of Engagement
RON – Remain Overnight
ROTA – Release Other Than Attack
RST – Residential Security Team
RSP – Render Safe Procedure
RSO – Regional Security Officer
RSO – Robbery Suppression Officer
RV – Rendezvous Point
SIERRA
SAP – Security Advance Party
SD – Surveillance Detection
SF – Special Forces
SL – Shift Leader
SOP – Standard/Standing Operating Procedures
SP – Suspicious Person
SP – Start Point
TANGO
TED – trace explosive detection
TCN – Third Country National
TL – Team Leader
TSCM – Technical surveillance counter-measures
TVCP – Temporary Vehicle Check Point
UNIFORM
USSS – United States Secret Service
UXO – Unexploded Ordinance
VICTOR
VBIED – Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
VCP – Vehicle Check Point
VIP – Very Important Person
VENUE – Event Location
WHISKEY
WAR – Within Arms Reach
XRAY
XO – Executive officer
YANKEE
ZULU
Z – Zulu Time
2IC – Second in command