Police Staff College, Bramshill
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The Police Staff College, Bramshill, Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, is the principal police staff training establishment in the United Kingdom.
It was established in 1948 as the National Police College, and was renamed in 1979. From 1948 to 1960 it was located at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, and moved to Bramshill in 1960.
The Staff College was headed by a Board of Governors, half appointed by the Home Secretary and half by local authorities. The academic and administrative head of the College was the Commandant. There was also a Deputy Commandant, who was of the rank of Assistant Chief Constable or Commander, and an Assistant Commandant.
Junior, Intermediate and Senior Command Courses were run, for Inspectors/Chief Inspectors, Superintendents, and Chief Superintendents/Superintendents respectively. There was also the Special Course for sergeants.
Bramshill was part of Centrex, the Central Police Training and Development Authority, established under Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
In 2005 was established as an agency of the European Union (EU) (Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005), the CEPOL Secretariat. The acronym CEPOL is French and stands for Collège européen de police – European Police College in English.
As of the 1st April 2007, Bramshill became part of the National Policing Improvement Agency which has replaced Centrex. The NPIA supports the police service by providing expertise in areas such as serious crime analysis, training, operational support and in the development of new policing technologies and skills.
