European Police College

Bramshill, United Kingdom

December 22, 2000

The European Police College (CEPOL) (CEPOL, French Collège Européen de Police ) is a European organization providing training of Police, founded by decision of the Council of European Justice and Home Affairs in 2000. It has its seat in Bramshill House in the English county of Hampshire.

In the EPO the various training institutions of the Member States shall cooperate. For Germany, this is the German Police University ( DHPol ) in Münster- Hiltrup. The purpose of the EPA is to strengthen the cooperation between the national authorities in the field of crime fighting and prevention. The EPA also collaborates with national police academies outside the EU. Special cooperation is with the candidate countries and the countries of Norway and Iceland as well as the Central European Police Academy ( MEPA ) instead.