SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy - NPA was established on September 15, 1948. The primary purpose of the academy is to prepare leaders for the Indian Police, who will lead/command the force with courage, uprightness, dedication and a strong sense of service to the people. The NPA, trains officers of the Indian Police Service - IPS, who have been selected through an All India based Civil Services Examination. The trained officers will be posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police - ASP in their respective states under whom the other sub-ranks of police force will be working. The IPS cadre is controlled by the Home Ministry of the Government of India and the officer of this service can only be appointed removed by an order of the President of India. The academy is affiliated to Osmania University for conducting courses on police subjects for IPS officers.. Its emblem is crested with Ashoka lion pillar in purple suppor