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1859
Madras District Police Act XXIV marks the beginning of Modern Madras Police. With the implementation of this act, new recruits were inducted in the police force. District Schools were established in the headquarters of each district to train them. These schools also trained the promoted head constables, who were appointed Station House Officers. No facilities existed for training of inspectors. This rank of officers supervised five or six police stations. The post of Inspector was filled either by promotion of station house officer or by direct recruitment.
1896
On the recommendations of the Inspector General of Police M Hammick, I.C.S., the Government ordered opening of a temporary training school at Vellore for Inspectors. Along with them, Assistant Superintendents of Police of the Imperial Indian Police, who were recruited in England, also attended training.
1897
The scope of the training school at Vellore was expanded to include training for the Head Constables, who had become eligible to become Station House Officers.
1900
A recommendation was made by H.A. Stuart, I.C.S., to make the training school a permanent one.
1902 - 1905
The first National Police Commission was constituted. With regard to training, the Commission recommended that every province should have a well equipped training school headed by a Superintendent of Police for Sub Inspectors and above. The Sub Inspectors were to replace the Head Constables as station house officers. For the training of constables, Central Schools, headed by DySsP, to be established in important towns. The Police Training School at Vellore was made a permanent institution and called Police Training College, based on Commission's recommendations. The probationary Assistant Superintendents, who arrived from England in December 1904, were also trained at the Police Training School at Vellore. The first batch of SIs of the year 1905 consisted of 183 Sub Inspectors. The recruit constables continued to be trained at district head-quarters schools.
1908-1909
At PTC Vellore, a library and reading room were formed. The library was named after D.G Cowie, then Inspector General of Police. In 1909, the police museum, which was located at the Chief Office, Madras, was shifted to PTC, Vellore. A central police recruit school for training police constables was established in Vellore in April 1908. The school catered to training requirements of the districts of North Arcot, South Arcot, Chengleput, Salem, Thirichirappalli, Tanjore, Madurai and the Railway Police, Madras.
1912
For the remaining districts of the erstwhile Madras Presidency, Police Recruit Schools were established in Coimbatore, Vizianagaram (presently in Karnataka) and Ananthpur (presently in Andhra Pradesh). The school at Coimbatore was started in the year 1912.
1930
Four months Training for directly recruited European Sergeants, who supervised the Sub Inspectors in the city police, was also introduced at the Police Training College along with the Sub Inspectors.
1938
Indian Sergeants were recruited for the first time and were trained at the Police Training College.
1948
The first batch of IPS probationers allotted to Madras, who underwent basic training at the Central Police Training College, Mount Abu, underwent a four months course at PTC Vellore.
1976
The 1973-74 Batch of directly recruited Sub-Inspectors was the last batch to undergo training at Vellore. In 1976, the Police Training College was shifted to Ashok Nagar, Madras, and housed in a three storied set of barracks constructed in a five acre plot of land at a cost of Rs.66 lakh, originally meant to accommodate the TN Special Police personnel drafted for duties at Madras city.
1990
The Second Tamil Nadu Police Commission, which submitted its report to the government in 1990, made several recommendations regarding improvement in police training. The Commission observed that the facilities at the existing Police Recruit School at Vellore for constables were far from satisfactory. Similarly, regarding training of police officers, the infrastructure available at the Police Training College, Ashok Nagar, Madras was highly inadequate and outdated. The Commission observed that a detailed blue print for the Tamil Nadu Police Academy should be drawn up.
1994
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, in the budget speech on 25th April, 1994, announced the establishment of a full-fledged Tamil Nadu Police Academy to be established in the state. Land of 68 hectares was identified for the Academy at Veerapuram, located in the suburbs of Madras, near Avadi. A Director General of Police (Training) cum project officer was appointed for the TNPA.
1998
The site at Veerapuram was found to be unsuitable, since it was a water body surrounded by forest, and an alternative new site of 53.3 hectares land (132 acres) was located at Oonamancheri, near Vandalur for the Tamil Nadu Police Academy. This site was allotted to the Police Department in 1998.
2002 - 2005
In 2002, the DG (Training) & Project Officer submitted to the government, a conceptual type design, aimed at training about 800 police officers (Sub Inspectors, DySsP and Addl. SsP). There was a provision to accommodate 161 trainers and support staff in the campus township. The government directed that detailed technical estimates be prepared for the Academy as per the conceptual design, confining the estimate to Rs. 48 crores. The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the Police Academy on 10th November, 2004. Following the preparation of the detailed technical estimate, the government sanctioned Rs. 48.23 crores on 23rd April, 2005 for setting up the Academy.
2005 - 2008
The first phase of Tamil Nadu Police Academy infrastructure was built during December 2005 - March 2008. It includes Administration Block, Library Block including computer & language lab, Academy Block (classrooms), Syndicate Block, Forensic Laboratory, Technology Centre, Model Police Station, Armoury and Motor Transport Block. Amenities include an auditorium, Swimming Pool and Officers club (under construction), Meditation Centre, Laundry and a police Memorial Pillar. Sports and outdoor facilities include a well equipped Gymnasium, an Athletic Track and Obstacle Course, 12 Basket Ball Courts, 10 Volley Ball Courts, 2 Foot Ball Grounds, Kabaddi courts, 2 Badminton courts and 2 Table tennis tables ( Indoor), 2 Tennis courts (under construction) and a ceremonial parade ground with a roller skating rink. The Tamil Nadu Police Academy was inaugurated on 15th March, 2008, by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The 2008 batch of 756 Sub Inspector cadets was the first batch to be trained at the TNPA.