A police academy, also known as a law enforcement training center, police college, or police university, is a training school for police cadets, designed to prepare them for the law enforcement agency they will be joining upon graduation, or otherwise certify an individual to become a law enforcement officer.
Becoming a police officer takes dedication and hard work. The duration of a basic police learning program is usually 24 months, of which 12 months will be at the Academy and 12 months in the workplace.
Here is a list of Police Academies where you can undergo training:
- SAPS Academy: Paarl
- SAPS Academy: Bishops Lavis
- SAPS Academy: Tshwane/Pretoria
- SAPS Academy: Phillipi
- SAPS Academy: Chatsworth
- SAPS Academy: Outdshoorn
- Tshwane Metro Police Department Academy
- Addo Police Academy
- DAM School of Policing
- SAPS Academy: Benoni
To become a police officer, you don't need a degree or a diploma but you must have passed matric with the compulsory languages and mathematics or mathematical literacy.
You can familiarise yourself with the entry requirements to join a Police Academy before applying.