Below is a list of abbreviations found throughout the Policing Board website:
| ACC | Assistant Chief Constable | NIAO | Northern Ireland Audit Office | ||
| ACPO | Association of Chief Police Officers | NIO | Northern Ireland Office | ||
| AEP | Attenuating Energy Projectile | NIPB | Northern Ireland Policing Board | ||
| APA | Association of Police Authorities | NPIA | National Police Improvement Agency | ||
| CJINI | Criminal Justice Inspectorate Northern Ireland | PSNI | Police Service of Northern Ireland | ||
| DCU | District Command Unit | RPA | Review of Public Administration | ||
| DPA | Data Protection Act | TACT | Terrorism Act | ||
| DPP | District Policing Partnership | TED | Training, Education and Development | ||
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| FOI | Freedom of Information | ||||
| FTR | Full Time Reserve | ||||
| HMIC | Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary | ||||
| HR | Human Rights or Human Resources | ||||
| ICO | Information Commissioner's Office | ||||
| ICO | Independent Community Observers | ||||
| ICVA | Independent Custody Visiting Association | ||||
| IS | Information Systems | ||||
| LGBT | Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered | ||||
| MLA | Member of the Legislative Assembly | ||||
| NAO | National Audit Office |
