Central Detective Training Institute, Ghaziabad was setup on the recommendations of Gore committee on Police Training (1970) after 03 other similar training institutes viz. Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chandigarh started functioning on 16th January, 2012 under the aegis of Bureau of Police Research and Development, with an objective to provide in-service training to Police Officers to improve the standards of crime investigation in India.

         CDTI, Ghaziabad caters to the training needs of police officers from Northern and Central regions of India viz. MP, UP, Delhi, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and various Central Police Organisations.

        CDTI, Ghaziabad aim to train 1250 police officers in a year. This Institute has a sprawling campus of about 8.37 acres of land equipped with state of art training facilities.