Madhya Pradesh Police Academy is located at Bhauri near the suburb of Baigragarh , about 25 km from Bhopal city the beautiful capital city of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The academy was established in 2013 as an Integrated Training Center for all training and capacity building requirements of the Madhya Pradesh Police and its various specializations. Its campus is situated on an area of about 100 acres, which is a treasured green landscape of ornamental trees and natural beauty. The campus has number of training buildings, administrative buildings and residential buildings dotted amidst a green landscape interposed with playgrounds, parade grounds and open training areas. It’s a nationally recognized center of excellence. The Ministry of Home Affairs for its 2018 evaluations selected the MP Police Academy as the best training institution in the Western Region and awarded the institution with the Union Home Minister’s Trophy. The National Police Academy has selected the MP Police Academy as a regional center of excellence and has entrusted the responsibility of running premium courses of professional interest for six central/north Indian states. With its very recent inception in the training realm, the Academy has grown fastto acquire a reputation based on its dedicated staff and proactive approach in police training, research, innovations and police reforms related orientation and capacity building endeavors.

The Academy is a hub of training activities. Its mandate is to act as the center for training of police officers who undergo their basic induction training, for police officers who undergo professional in service training, for mid carrier training programs, for carrier linked training programs, for specialized training designed for specific police specializations and areas of police practices, for organizing customized training events based on specific job related demands and for organizing workshops and seminars for professional areas on behalf of the police headquarter, for which the Academy is its primary training and research outlet It is a premier institution for the Law Enforcement related training for all other government departments who have a law enforcement mandate and need for specialized training related to the policing, law enforcement, weapons, tactics, law and order, investigation, forensics, security management, governance and criminal justice administration. This is also a hub of activities around training and capacity building for all other stake holders who work or have an Interface with law enforcement, governance, public service, security and justice administration. The Academy has a research mandate which is structured through the development of a specialized research center housing the DG’s Research and Policy cell which has collaborations with leading research institutions, think tanks and universities worldwide. The internationally acclaimed institutions collaborate with the Academy to conduct research activities, evaluations, police job related surveys, and action research to inform policies and better practices.

Certain conceptual and innovative approaches are also dealt by this research center which caters to the needs of improving police practices in a particular area of policing and its expanding role in cybercrime investigation justice administration, human rights, security of women and children and victim oriented policing among other areas of public service and policing. The Academy research profile is getting enhanced by expansion of research center in its related mandates of Gender Resource Center dedicated to research, capacity building and training in Gender Justice and the area of protection of women and children and the Digital Security Research center with its mandate of training, research and capacity building in this areas.

The Academy is a hub of training activities. Its mandate is to act as the center for training of police officers who undergo their basic induction training, for police officers who undergo professional in service training, for mid carrier training programs, for carrier linked training programs, for specialized training designed for specific police specializations and areas of police practices, for organizing customized training events based on specific job related demands and for organizing workshops and seminars for professional areas on behalf of the police headquarter, for which the Academy is its primary training and research outlet It is a premier institution for the Law Enforcement related training for all other government departments who have a law enforcement mandate and need for specialized training related to the policing, law enforcement, weapons, tactics, law and order, investigation, forensics, security management, governance and criminal justice administration. This is also a hub of activities around training and capacity building for all other stake holders who work or have an Interface with law enforcement, governance, public service, security and justice administration. The Academy has a research mandate which is structured through the development of a specialized research center housing the DG’s Research and Policy cell which has collaborations with leading research institutions, think tanks and universities worldwide. The internationally acclaimed institutions collaborate with the Academy to conduct research activities, evaluations, police job related surveys, and action research to inform policies and better practices. Certain conceptual and innovative approaches are also dealt by this research center which caters to the needs of improving police practices in a particular area of policing and its expanding role in cybercrime investigation justice administration, human rights, security of women and children and victim oriented policing among other areas of public service and policing.