Ethiopian Police College
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The Ethiopian Police College is a public institution of higher education in Ethiopia
dedicated to training police officer
s. Its main campus is located in Sendafa
, a town 38 kilometers north of Addis Ababa
.
instructors, although since 1960 the faculty has consisted entirely of Ethiopians who were police college graduates. Candidates for the two-year course had to have a secondary school education or its equivalent. Officers usually were commissioned after completion of a cadet course. After the Derg
took power, the government increased enrollment to bring new blood into the national police; from 1974 to 1979, about 800 graduates received commissions as second lieutenants.
Instruction at the college includes general courses in police science, criminal law, tactics, traffic control, sociology, criminology, physical education, and first aid. Practical training was offered midway in the program and sometimes entailed field service in troubled areas. Those cadets who had passed their final examinations with distinction were selected for further specialized training. The police college also offers short-term courses and refresher training for service officers. By the end of 1990, the police college had graduated a total of 3,951 officer cadets in the years since its establishment in 1946.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
dedicated to training police officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
s. Its main campus is located in Sendafa
Sendafa
Sendafa is a town in central Ethiopia and the administrative center of the Berehna Aleltu woreda or district. Its name is taken from the Amharic name for a kind of thick, jointed grass or reed which grows in swampy areas. Located in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, Sendafa has a latitude...
, a town 38 kilometers north of Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
.
History
The College opened in 1946, staffed by SwedishSweden
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instructors, although since 1960 the faculty has consisted entirely of Ethiopians who were police college graduates. Candidates for the two-year course had to have a secondary school education or its equivalent. Officers usually were commissioned after completion of a cadet course. After the Derg
Derg
The Derg or Dergue was a Communist military junta that came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I. Derg, which means "committee" or "council" in Ge'ez, is the short name of the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army, a committee of...
took power, the government increased enrollment to bring new blood into the national police; from 1974 to 1979, about 800 graduates received commissions as second lieutenants.
Instruction at the college includes general courses in police science, criminal law, tactics, traffic control, sociology, criminology, physical education, and first aid. Practical training was offered midway in the program and sometimes entailed field service in troubled areas. Those cadets who had passed their final examinations with distinction were selected for further specialized training. The police college also offers short-term courses and refresher training for service officers. By the end of 1990, the police college had graduated a total of 3,951 officer cadets in the years since its establishment in 1946.