The Police Staff College, Bramshill,

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, (near

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) Hampshire, England, was until 2015 the principal police staff training establishment in England and Wales.

History

The need for a training college for the police was pushed heavily by Sir Frank Newsam, who was the second most senior

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civil servant in the immediate post-war years. Sir Harold Scott,

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in the late 1940s, also called for the establishment for such a college and it was established in June 1948 as the National Police College (taking its present name in 1979). The National Police Library was also established in 1948 and is still in existence, located in Ryton-on-Dunsmore. From 1948 to 1960 it was located at

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, Warwickshire, but when Newsam became

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of the

he secured for it a permanent base in

to which it moved in 1960. The main building at Bramshill is a Grade 1 listed Jacobean mansion. Bramshill was part of Centrex, the Central Police Training and Development Authority, established under Part 4 of the

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. Between 2004 to 2014, Bramshill hosted the European Union Police College (CEPOL). On 1 April 2007, Bramshill became part of the

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, which replaced Centrex. The NPIA supported 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. In November 2012 the professional body for policing was created, called the College of Policing. Meanwhile, the historic main building at Bramshill was proving very expensive to maintain and it was decided to sell the Bramshill site. The College closed the site in March 2015 and the site has had planning applications to be redeveloped as housing development with 350 homes. To date (June 2020) these plans have been refused.

Governance

The Staff College was headed by a Board of Governors, half appointed by the

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and half by local authorities. Sir Frank Newsam was the founder chair of the board. The academic and administrative head of the College was the

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. There was also a Deputy Commandant, who was of the rank of

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, and an Assistant Commandant. Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Command Courses were run for

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s/ Chief Inspectors, Superintendents and

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s respectively. There was also the Special Course for

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Notable Alumni

* Adel al-Fadhel - soldier and politician

References

External links

Bramshill Venue – NPIA

Bramshill House Photographs courtesy of Geoff Cheshire – Pbase
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History

Governance

Notable Alumni

See also

References

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