KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
The abbreviations following an entry in the Directory indicate that the publisher has been informed by the company concerned that a Director, Proprietor, Partner or Member of Staff of that organisation is a member/associate member/fellow, etc. of the following professional bodies at the time of going to press. Users should satisfy themselves that such membership is still valid and in force at the time of instruction:
- A
- AAN Attorneys Access Network
- ABI Association of British Investigators Ltd
- ACEA Association of Civil Enforcement Agencies (See also, CIVEA)
- ACFE Association of Certificated Fraud Examiners
- ACG The Anti-Counterfeiting Group
- ACII Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute
- ALDONYS Association of Licensed Detectives of New York State
- APA American Polygraph Association
- API Academy of Professional Investigation
- ASC Association of Security Consultants
- ASIS American Society of Industrial Security
- B
- BA/BSc Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree
- BAG/BAGp British Agents Group
- BAIPS British Association of Investigators & Process Servers
- BBA British Bodyguard Association
- BCC British Chambers of Commerce
- BPA British Polygraph Association
- BSI British Standards Institution
- C
- CBA - now renamed ESA
- CCA Consumer Credit Association
- CCUA The Civil Court Users Association
- CEAA Certificated Enforcement Agents Association
- CICM Chartered Institute of Credit Management (formerly Institute of Credit Management)
- CIVEA The Civil Enforcement Association
- CII Council of International Investigators
- CILEX Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
- CMI Chartered Management Institute
- CPA Cyprus Police Association
- CSA Credit Services Association
- E
- ECTA European Communities Trademark Association
- EFPI European Federation of Professional Investigators
- ELG E Legal Gathering
- EPIC Ex Police in Industry & Commerce
- ESA Enforcement Services Association
- EWI Expert Witness Institute/li>
- ExMet CID A Ex Metropolitan Police CID Offiers Association
- F
- FAP Fraud Advisory Panel
- FAPS Find a Process Server
- FCA Financial Conduct Authority
- FS Fingerprint Society
- FSB Federation of Small Businesses
- FSS Forensic Science Society
- H
- HCEOA High Court Enforcement Officers Association
- I
- IAATI International Association of Auto Theft Investigators
- IACP International Association of Chiefs of Police
- IAIFA International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies Inc.
- ICM Institute of Credit Management
- IFIG Insurance Fraud Investigation Group
- IISec International Institute of Security
- IKD Internationale Kommission der Detektivverberbande
- ILEX Institute of Legal Executives
- IMGt - see MCMI
- INTA International Trademark Association
- IOD Institute of Directors
- IoP Institute of Paralegals
- IPA International Police Association
- IPI Institute of Professional Investigators
- IPSA International Professional Security Association
- ISOPE International Society of Polygraph Examiners
- ITMA Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- IWO Institute of Welfare Officers
- J
- JSN Justice Support Network
- L
- Law Soc Exp Wit Law Society Expert Witness
- M
- MARQUES The Association of European Trade Mark Owners
- MBE Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
- MCICM Member of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management
- MCMI Member of the Chartered Management Institute
- MGPI Medina Guild of Private Investigators
- N
- NAFI National Association of Fraud Investigators
- NAIPS National Association of Investigators & Process Servers
- NAIS Global Investigators Network
- NAPBS National Association of Professional Background Screeners
- NAPI National Association of Private Investigation
- NAPPS National Association of Professional Process Servers
- NARPO National Association of Retired Police Officers
- NASDU National Association of Security Dog Users
- NIRPOA Northern Ireland Retired Police Officer' Association
- P
- PIRC Private Investigators Registration Council
- PTMG Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
- P
- PIRC Private Investigators Registration Council
- PTMG Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
- R
- RMPA Royal Military Police Association
- RPOAS Retired Police Officers Association Scotland
- S
- SAI Scottish Association of Investigators
- SAPI Streetwise Association of Private Investigators
- SCI Security Consortium International
- SCIP Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
- SIA Security Industry Authority
- SMASO Society of Messengers-at-Arms & Sheriffs Officers (Scotland)
- SOA - now renamed HCEOA
- Syl The Security Institute
- SoG Society of Genealogists
- U
- UKPIN UK Professional Investigators Network
- UKPSA UK Process Servers Association
- UKPSN United Kingdom Process Servers Network
- UPID The Union of Private Investigators & Detectives
- W
- WAD World Association of Detectives
- WAPI World Association of Professional Investigators
- WIN World Investigators Network