Natural Justice: A Joint Thematic Inspection of the Arrangements in Scotland for Preventing, Investigating and Prosecuting Wildlife Crime

ACPO

The Association of Chief Police Officers (England & Wales)

ACPOS

The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland

Control Strategy

See Appendix 4 ( NIM Overview)

Crimestoppers

Crimestoppers is an independent charity. Crimestoppers provide a phone number for anonymous provision of information which in turn is passed to the police for assessment and possible action.

COPFS

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

CROSS COMPLIANCE

Cross Compliance is a series of Statutory Management Requirements (existing legislative standards relating to public health, animal and plant health, environmental protection and animal welfare) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions ( GAEC) which must be met in return for support payments under the following schemes:

• Single Farm Payment Scheme
• Scottish Beef Calf Scheme
• Energy Crops Scheme
• Protein Crops Scheme
• Nuts Aid Scheme
• Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme - from 2007 onwards.

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. DEFRA is a UK Government Department whose overarching aim is to enable everyone to live within their environmental means. In practice, DEFRA's mission is to tackle climate change internationally and through domestic action; to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment.

EFQM

European Foundation for Quality Management. The EFQM Business Excellence Model is a framework for organisational management systems, designed to help the drive towards an organisation being more efficient.

Matched funding

Where funding provision is shared - often with applicant agency or group paying a proportion.

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation. An NGO is an organisation created with no government participation. In some cases, where NGOs are funded partially or totally by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status insofar as it excludes government representatives from membership in the organisation.

NIM

National Intelligence Model. The NIM is 'A Model for Policing' that ensures that information is fully researched, developed and analysed to provide intelligence that senior managers can use to provide strategic direction, make tactical resourcing decisions about operational policing and manage risk. See Appendix 4.

PAW (Scotland)

The Scottish steering sub-group of PAW ( UK).

PAW ( UK)

Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime. PAW brings together the Police, HM Revenue and Customs, COPFS and representatives of Government Departments and NGOs, with an interest in wildlife law enforcement. It provides a strategic overview of enforcement activity; considers and develops responses to strategic problems; and looks at issues of strategic concern.

RSPB

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. The RSPB is a UK charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and other wildlife.

Scottish Crime Recording Standard

The Scottish Crime Recording Standard is a set of guidelines that encourages uniformity in crime recording practices throughout Scotland. The standard provides a more victim orientated approach that better serves the needs of communities.

Scottish Intelligence Database

The Scottish Intelligence Database is a system used by all police forces in Scotland to share relevant intelligence.

SGRPID

Scottish Government Rural Payments & Inspections Directorate.

SNH

Scottish Natural Heritage. Scottish Natural Heritage is a Non-Departmental Public Body answerable to the Environment Minister and the First Minister and through them to the Scottish Parliament.

SSPCA

Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is Scotland's biggest animal welfare charity. It is accorded the status of a direct 'reporting agency' and has the ability to report cases for prosecution directly to COPFS.

SSSI

Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Sites are deemed 'special' for a number of reasons which range from the species found at the site to geological or landform features.

Strategic Assessment

An overview of ongoing and long-term issues which involve criminality or have community safety implications. See Appendix 4.

SWCTCG

Scottish Wildlife Crime Tasking and Coordinating Group.

Tapered Funding

Where external funding is reduced over a number of years in anticipation that the benefiting organisation steadily increases its contribution, eventually up to one hundred percent.