Police Training Centres (PTC) in Bangladesh were initially established in 1972 as Zonal Police Training Schools (ZPTS) to impart training mainly to Trainee Recruit Constables (TRC) of

Bangladesh Police The Bangladesh Police ( bn, বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a law enforcement agency, operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace, and enforcement ...

. With the course of time for meeting up the need of recruiting and training huge constables and different level officers as well as staffs, those schools were not found sufficiently equipped. So it became the demand of the time to upgrade those training institutes. On this backdrop, the facilities and capacities of those schools were further developed in 1992. They were upgraded as Police Training Centers. Those training centers are training a lot more like- Armed Police Battalion, Staffs, the Security Personnel of Forest Division, Boatmen, Gardeners, Laskars, Head Constables etc. in addition to impart training to only fresh recruit constables. However, from the inception up to 1992 Police Training Schools were commanded by the respective Superintendent of Police of the district where they were located. Now a Commandant (Additional DIG of Police) commands each of them as the Commandant. There are four Police Training Centers at this time and those are as follows: *

Police Training Centre, Tangail To impart the basic training of the fresh recruit constables of Bangladesh Police, the Police Training School (PTS), Tangail was established in 1972 on the trusted property of the then Zaminders at the village Moherha under the jurisdiction of Mirz ...

Police Training Centre, Rangpur Police Training Centre, Rangpur was incepted in 1972 at Rangpur, Bangladesh, Rangpur police lines as the Zonal Police Training School (ZPTS) of Bangladesh Police. As the numbers of the trainees were increasing with the pace of time, the necessity ...

Police Training Centre, Khulna Police Training Centre, Khulna is a police training school of Bangladesh Police. It is situated beside of Dhaka-Jessore-Khulna Highway. History This institution was formed in 1972 as a ''Zonal Police Training School(ZPTS)'' at Khalishpur Muni ...

Police Training Centre, Noakhali The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

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