Bihar Police Academy is the

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institute for training of Bihar Police Service Officers and Bihar Police in the state of

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. The academy's new campus is located in

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. The academy is the state

training institution for Bihar Police Service Officers and Bihar Police in the state of Bihar. The institute provides training to new police recruits and current police employees in the ranks of Deputy Superintendent of Police/Assistant Commandant/Assistant Commissioner of Police and above ranks of Bihar Police Service and also to ranks below it such as Inspector of Police , Sub Inspector of Police, Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, Head Constable and Constable under

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. It also provides training in various fields to serving state police officers.

History

In undivided Bihar, the Police Academy was located in

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imparting training to state police officers. On 15 November 2000, Hazaribagh became a part of Jharkhand. This left Bihar without a Police Academy and the officers were getting trained at Constable Training School at Nathnagar, Bhagalpur.

New campus

After loss of Police Academy to Jharkhand, Government of Bihar started the process to set up a new campus for Bihar Police Academy in Rajgir, Bihar. The academy was inaugurated on 3 December 2018 by chief minister shri Nitish Kumar. The budget for the new campus is Rs. 206 Crores and the area of the campus is 133 acres. The campus is being built as a

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. The campus also includes an auditorium with the capacity to seat 1,500 and two huge parade grounds - one ceremonial and another for practice.

Training

The Bihar Police Academy trains officers of the

Police, who have been selected through Examination conducted by

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and Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission. The trained officers are then posted in their respective ranks in various parts of the states under whom the other sub-ranks of police force work. The recruitment of sub-ranks such as constables and other subordinate positions are done by various commissions in the state. The academy has capacity to train 2,200 sub-inspector and 200 DSP-rank officers.

Organisation

The Academy is headed by a

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, an IPS officer of the rank of

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(

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).Seniority List of IPS Officers of the rank of Director General

References

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History

New campus

Training

Organisation

See also

References