ABOUT RAPO: -
Journey of thousand miles was started with a single step on 09/11/2013, with the establishment of RAF Academy for Public Order on ad-hoc basis in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The then Home Minister Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde inaugurated the country‘s first Police Academy for riot control and public order management training.
The Academy received its formal approval from MHA on 01/11/2019 with a sanctioned strength of 201 personnel and Officer of the rank of DIGP as head of the institution.
Police personnel not only from India but also from all across the world which includes International Police Officers of Myanmar & Zimbabwe, Indian Army, Central armed police forces i.e. BSF, ITBP, Police personnel of various states including Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat etc have been trained at Academy.
Since inception RAF Academy for Public Order has trained more than 15500 Officers / Men in uniform so far on various subjects which includes Crowd Management, Public Order Management, Mob Control, Media Management, Human Rights, Legal aspects concerning police personnel, Less Lethal Weapons / Equipment and various other specialised courses.
The faculty posted at RAPO are highly trained / experienced which have been pooled in with varied educational /training backgrounds to match the requirements of RAPO for maintaining international standards.
Police personnel from Myanmar were the first batch of Foreign Police Officers to get trained at RAF Academy in December 2019 followed by Zimbabwe police in March 2020. The feedback of the trainees had added feather to the repute of the institution and multiplied its pursuit towards excellence in Public Order Management. The academy also conducts pre deployment training for MFPU and FFPU personnel for various UN Missions sent from India.