Below is a list of abbreviations used by Gwinnett County you may hear while listening to the scanner feeds:
| AIU | | Accident Investigation Unit(s) |
| AMA | | Against medical advice |
| ALS | | Advanced Life Support |
| CAD | | Computer Aided Dispatch |
| CI | | Confidential Informant |
| CP | | Command Post |
| CSU | | Crime Scene Unit |
| DOA | | Dead on arrival |
| EOD | | Explosive Ordinance Disposal (bomb squad) |
| ETA | | Estimated time until arrival |
| ETOH | | Drunk |
| FD | | Fire department |
| GCIC | | Georgia Crime Information Center database |
| GMC | | Gwinnett Medical Center |
| GSW | | Gun shot wound |
| JCB | | Jimmy Carter Boulevard |
| KVO | | Keep vein open (relates to IV flow rate) |
| LZ | | Landing Zone |
| MDT | | Mobile Data Terminal |
| ME | | Medical Examiner |
| MVA | | Motor vehicle accident |
| NCIC | | National Crime Information Center database |
| OLN | | Operators License Number |
| PD | | Police department |
| PIB | | Peachtree Industrial Boulevard |
| PIO | | Public Information Officer |
| POV | | Privately owned vehicle |
| RYDC | | Regional Youth Detention Center |
| Side A | | Side of building command is on |
| Side B | | Next side of building clockwise from side A |
| Side C | | Next side of building clockwise from side B, also the side opposite side A. |
| Side D | | Next side of building clockwise from side C |
| SO | | Sheriff's Office |
