Union home ministry recently sanctioned the launch of the National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP).
The country’s first national academy to train police forces to effectively safeguarding the Indian shoreline will start functioning in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat from April 2018.
It is to be situated in Gujarat's Fisheries Research Centre located in coastal Okha in Devbhoomi Dwarka district.
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD), Home ministries’ policing think tank, will pilot the establishment and running of the academy.
The first-of-its-kind national coastal policing academy will be created and run by a team of paramilitary and defence forces, the academy will sharpen the skills of marine forces of coastal States.
The Border Security Force (BSF), Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will form core to run academy. The BSF will also provide security to campus.
It will have faculty from Indian Navy, ICG and BSF.