Jamaica Police Academy
The National Police College of Jamaica , also known as the Jamaica Police Academy is a training school of the Jamaica Constabulary Force located at Twickenham Park in Spanish Town. It is the institution where force applicants undergo physical activities to ensure that they are fit for the specific jobs that they will be doing after their 6-7 months at the training school.
History
Twickenham Park was home to the Jamaica School of Agriculture from 1942 to 1981. The school was defunct in 1981. Simultaneously, there was a push to urbanize the Twickenham Park Area. This urban development gave some land to the JCF. Under the guidance of Commissioner Bill Bowes, police school from Port Royal was relocated to Twickenham Park in 1982. After its relocation, in 1982, the institution was renamed the Jamaica Police Academy (JPA). The lecture theatre of the JPA was unveiled in July 1987 by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher. The National Police College of Jamaica was established in June 2014.[1]