About North Eastern Police Academy
North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) is the Indian North Eastern institute for training of DySP, Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspectors, before they are sent to their respective state cadres to carry out their duties. Academy have various background checks, Examination, Physical Requirements, Medical Requirements, Legal Training, Driving Skills, Equipment Training, Firearm Training, Swimming Training and Jungle Camp etc. for new police recruits. The academy is in Ri-Bhoi District, Umsaw, Umiam, Barapani, Meghalaya, India. North Eastern Police Academy is the premier police training institution in the India.
In the late 1970s, a need was felt to establish a police training institution dedicated to police personnel of the North-East region of India, to cater the training need and to facilitate the development of police force of the region in line with the modern policing. The ‘Regional Police Training College’ (RPTC) was established with the administrative approval of the President of India on the recommendation of Gore Committee and came into being on 21 July 1978. The college started functioning from 1979 by training the newly recruited ASIs, SIs and Dy.SPs and in-service personnel in two Basic Courses, one Promotion Course, a Refresher Course, and a specialized Course respectively with a limited number of trainees (166). The first training course ‘Understanding Human Behavior’ was held in March 1979 at Lake View Cottage Hotel, Umiam. In May 1980, the name of the institute was changed from The ‘Regional Police Training College (RPTC)’ to its present name ‘North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA)’. Apart from serving as viable institution to impart training to the police personnel of the North East-States, NEPA has done remarkable service in bringing cohesiveness, professionalism, co-operation and uniformity among the states police forces of the region.