College BRIEF HISTORY OF GHANA POLICE COLLEGE
Before the attainment of Ghana's independence, the Police Service depended largely on expatriate officers. A few Ghanaian Policemen of the inspectorate rank were, however, selected for training in British Police Institutions, notably, Hendon and Bramshill. On completion of their overseas courses, they were commissioned as Assistant Superintendents of Police. The need to Africanise the Civil and Public Service after Ghana's independence on the 6th of March 1957 was acutely felt because it was no longer expedient to rely on the over-burdened and over- subscribed British and Western training facilities for the creation of a wholly indigenous and post- independent Ghana. Consequently, the Ghana Police College was established in 1959. On the 4th of February 1959 the first batch of 14 Cadet Officers began the maiden course at the College. Since its inception, the College has run forty-two (42) Courses and the current one constitutes forty-third (43) Cadet Officers Course. The Cadet Officers Course which is a career training program is designed for qualified personnel of the Inspectorate rank who pass a competitive entrance examination. In addition, a limited number of University Graduates are accepted for the Course as Direct Entrants after three months of Under-Cadet Training at the National Police Training School (NPTS) and practical attachment. On completion of the Cadets training, Officers are promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASPs) and to be on probation for eighteen (18) months. The major subjects taught at the College vary from time to time depending on the needs of the Service. Presently, subjects taught include Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Service Institution, Law of Evidence, Criminal Investigations, Act & Decrees, Practical Police Duties, Police Management, Ethics, Financial Administration, Social Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Report Writing, Statistics, Map Reading, Risk and Conflict Management, Domestic Violence, Organised Crime, Police Media/Public Relations, Strategic Police Management, Health Education and Information Communication Technology. The College also offers the Cadet Officers weapon training. Apart from the Cadet Officers� Course, the Police College used to run Junior Command and Intermediate Command Courses for Deputy Superintendents, Superintendents and Chief Superintendents higher command positions in the Service. Senior command courses for Assistant and /Deputy Commissioners are run in corroboration with the Ghana Institute of management of Public Administration [GIMPA]. The College also organizes short courses for professionals who join specialist departments in the Police Service. The College has a library stocked with books, periodicals and electronic materials on various subject which are also used by the public on request for research purposes.
THE COURSE
The Course is a career training programme and Cadet Officers are usually encouraged to work on their own explore the training/ knowledge gaps and try to build capacities during the training and on the field. MISSION
To develop the intellectual, academic and professional skills of Cadet Officers who will eventually turn out as transformational leaders focused on change, Policies of the Service and capable of mustering resources to achieve institutional order or practice. AIMS
To achieve this mission, the College shall focus on the following: i. Developing a comprehensive programme to make Cadet Officers (future line managers) understand the responsibilities of a Police Officer and the realization of the relationship between the Police and the Community. ii. Implementing the participatory mode/teaching plan (simulation and role playing) aimed at the professional, moral/ethical reconstruction of the Cadet Officer. iii. Initiate programmes and Curricula aimed at improving upon the capacity of Cadet Officers and to equip them with the requisite skills that will enable them muster resources to achieve the vision of the Service
COMMANDANT AND HQRS MANAGEMENT TEAM DURING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF COURSE 43 ON 28-10-2010  COMMANDANT ADDRESSING CADET OFFICERS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY 
GROUP PHOGRAPH WITH COURSE PARTICIPANTS ON 28-10-2010
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