A police academy, also known as a law enforcement training center, police college, or police university, is a training school for police cadets. It prepares cadets for their roles in law enforcement agencies, certifying them as law enforcement officers, typically as police officers, upon graduation.
In 1918, the Estonian Police was originally established.
In 1921, the Police Academy was established in Azerbaijan by the People's Internal Affairs Commissariat of the Azerbaijan Republic.
In 1932, the Los Angeles Police Academy's shooting range was used for the shooting event in the Summer Olympics.
In 1936, the main building of the Police Academy was moved to Mərdəkan, a district outside of Baku.
In 1937, the Police Academy was established in Turkey to recruit police chiefs.
In 1938, a police college (high school) was established in Ankara to prepare students for the Police Academy.
In 1954, the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan Castle began operating, hosting initial training for new officers and a range of other courses.
In 1956, the Central Police Training Centre, the former name of the National Police Academy, Nepal, was founded.
In 1957, the institution became the Baku Private Secondary Police School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Graduates were granted legal diplomas, and education spanned two years. The school trained personnel for various states within the USSR.
From 1957 to 1961, the school trained personnel for Georgia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Altai, Irkutsk, Krasnodar, Kuybyshev, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Saratov, and other states within the USSR.
In 1968, the People's Police was established within the Department of the Public Security Police (now known as the Academy of the People's Security).
In 1972, the Advanced School of Internal Affairs was formed in Serbia; it is a predecessor to the Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies.
In 1987, the Dubai Police Academy was founded and was granted autonomy from the police force as long as it retained some affiliation with Dubai Police General Headquarters.
In 1987, the first class at the academy was from 1987 to 1988, consisting of 51 cadets and 30 full-time students.
From 1987 to 1988, the first class at the academy consisted of 51 cadets and 30 full-time students.
In 1989, the Dubai Police Academy was fully inaugurated in the presence of Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
In 1990, the Cyprus Police Academy (CPA) was founded as the successor to the Police Training School. The CPA is recognised as an institution of higher education by the Cyprus Council for the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications.
On January 1, 1991, after the merging of the Philippine Constabulary and INP, the Philippine National Police Academy became the primary officer school for the new Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, all under the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
In 1991, the Estonian Police was re-established after gaining independence from the Soviet Union.
In 1991, the first class of the academy graduated.
In 1992, an Institute for officer training affiliated with the Police College was established.
In 1992, degrees offered by the Dubai Police Academy were given university equivalency.
In 1993, the National Police Academy, Nepal was established with the introduction of police regulation.
During the academic year of 1996–1997, students from other Arabic countries such as Yemen and the Palestinian Territories were admitted to the academy.
During the academic year of 1996–1997, students from other Arabic countries such as Yemen and the Palestinian Territories were admitted to the academy.
In Kentucky, all law enforcement officers, hired after 1998, are required to complete the minimum screening, physical training, and classroom requirements of the Kentucky's Police Officer Professional Standards (POPS) prior to being certified as a law enforcement officer.
Until 1999, the Indonesian National Police was part of the armed forces. In 1999 it officially separated, with the Indonesian Police Academy now under the President of Indonesia and controlled by the National Police Headquarters.
In 2002, the system of study in the college was changed to incorporate training theory programs and fieldwork.
From 2007, all police training for England and Wales was managed by the now defunct National Policing Improvement Agency.
In 2008, AKPOL's new cadets and fourth class cadets, alongside their armed forces counterparts, began a joint fourth class cadet training program.
In 2008, Sri Lanka established the Sri Lanka Police Academy, bringing together several police training institutions including the Sri Lanka Police College.
In 2013, the College of Policing took over management of all police training for England and Wales.
In 2015, the Police Education and Training Unit (PETU) was established as the leading agency for police education and training in the Czech Republic. The Police Academy in the Czech Republic is a university-level institution.
Since 2015, police training in Sweden has been entirely outsourced by the Swedish Police Authority and is carried out at five universities: Malmö, Borås Växjö, Umeå, and Södertörn.
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