Centrex (police training agency)

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Centrex was replaced by the National Policing Improvement Agency on the 1 April 2007.

Centrex, the common name of the Central Police Training and Development Authority (CPTDA), was established under Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, and was the primary means of police training in the United Kingdom. It was based at Bramshill House, formerly known as the Police Staff College, Bramshill. Centrex had the responsibility for many aspects of police training and development. There had been a move away from running Police Training Centres to running Police trainee/intial probationer courses in-house under the auspices of Centrex.

Centrex was responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of probationer training, investigators training and other key areas. Centrex was also responsible for evaluating police training to see if it actually works. Centrex also set the national police promotion exams, probationer development tests and advised on the assessment of recruits.

Centrex was staffed by a mixture of non-police officers (civil servants) and seconded police officers.

Centrex was formerly known as National Police Training (NPT)

From 1 April 2007, the functions of Centrex and other bodies were merged into the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). The NPIA will support and work in partnership with forces and policing bodies, to improve the way they work across many areas of policing.

The NPIA will also take on much of the work of PITO (Police Information Technology Organisation), parts of the Home Office which currently support the police service in rolling out operational change programmes, and a number of smaller ad-hoc projects.