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Jessica Sansome

Line of Duty: All the police acronyms you need for the finale from OCG to UCO

Whether you have been a fan from the very beginning or just joined this series, there is no mistaking that Line Of Duty has truly gripped TV viewers for the last six weeks.

Now is probably a good time to declare SPOILER ALERT but if you're still not caught up on the epic drama, where have you been?

As the fifth installment of the BBC police drama reaches a dramatic climax in a mammoth 90-minute long finale on Sunday, May 6, we have many questions left to be answered.

Is Superintendent Ted Hastings really bent? Will he be sent to prison? Is he being framed?

But the most important question of all, who is 'H'?

As the series wraps up, we are expecting some big interview scenes.

The interview scenes get pretty intense on Line Of Duty (BBC)

So we thought that it was important you were up to scratch with the all confusing police lingo.

From OCG to UCO, you'll need to have all these at the ready if you're really want to understand the action:

AC-12: Anti-corruption unit 12

ACC: Assistant chief constable

AFO: Authorised firearms officer

ANPR : Automatic Number Plate Recognition

ARVs: Armed Response Vehicles

CHIS: Covert Human Intelligence Source

COM: Covert operations manager

DI: Detective Inspector

DIR: Digital Interview Recording

FI: Forensic Investigator

I.P. Address: Internet Protocol address

IOPC: Independent Officer for Police Conduct

I.R: Incident Report

MOPI: Management of police information

OCG : Organised Crime Group

PACE : Police and Criminal Evidence Act

REG 15 : Regulation 15 notice of misconduct/gross misconduct

RIPA : Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

RTC: Road Traffic Collision

SFC: Strategic Firearms Commander

UCO: Undercover Operative

VO: Visiting Order

VPN: Virtual Private Network

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