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College
BRIEF HISTORY OF GHANA POLICE COLLEGE
The Ghana Police College was established on 4th February 1959, with an initial intake of 14 selected Inspectors and Chief Inspectors. Initially, the College was housed in temporary premises at the National Police Training School, Accra. The College moved into its present premises on 20th January 1962.
The College was established with the primary objective of providing local training for Inspectors and Chief Inspectors for promotion to the Officer Corps to man key positions in the Service. Before then, Commissioned Officers of the Ghana Police were trained in the United Kingdom.
Entry into the Police College is based mainly on competitive examinations which are opened to personnel in the Inspectorate Rank. There are also a limited number of places offered to University Graduates and |Professionals/Specialists who enter the College as “Direct Entrants” after going through an initial Under-Cadet Programme and field attachment. The Prospective Cadet Officer must be medically and physically fit before entering the College for the 6-month Cadet Officers; Course. On successful completion of the course, the Cadet Officers are appointed Assistant Superintendents of Police.
The major subjects taught at the College are Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Service Instructions, Law of Evidence, Criminal Investigations, Acts & Decrees, Practical Police Duties, Police Management, Ethics, Financial Administration, Social Psychology, Sociology, Criminology, Report Writing, Statistics, Map Reading, Health Education and Computer Literacy. The Course also offers the Cadet Officers training musketry.
The course Programme for the Cadets also includes Guests Lecturers from other Security Services; Seminars and symposia with specially selected Public Organizations and Educational Institutions; Excursions and Visits to places of interest.
Apart from the Cadet Officers’ Course, the Police College runs Junior Command, Intermediate Command Courses for Deputy Superintendents, Superintendents and Chief Superintendents for 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 course for professionals who join specialists departments in the Police Service.
The college has a library stocked with books on different subjects which is open to the public on request for research and other knowledge acquisition.
The college can be contacted on telephone number 021 223509, 021 233669, P.O. Box AN 19245, Accra.
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