Odishas Biju Patnaik State Police Academy (BPSPA) has won the Union Home ministrys trophy for the Best Police Training Institution in the Gazetted Officers category for 2020-21.
The academy will get Rs 20 lakh aid from the Centre for the national-level recognition. The recognition encourages us to strive for further excellence. Over the past some years, many qualitative improvements has been brought in the police training, saidArun Sarangi, additional DG and director of BPSPA.
The award is given in the three categories of Central Police Organisations, State Police Organisations at theNational Level and State Police Organizationsat the Zonal Level.PSPAhad won the zonal-level trophy in the east zone for 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.