Where To Find A Police Academy In South Africa

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: 

1. SAPS Academy: Paarl
2. SAPS Academy: Bishops Lavis 
3. SAPS Academy: Tshwane/Pretoria 
4. SAPS Academy: Phillipi
5. SAPS Academy: Chatsworth
6. SAPS Academy: Outdshoorn
7. Tshwane Metro Police Department Academy 
8. Addo Police Academy 
9. DAM School of Policing 
10. 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.