In Britain, police training is part of a cumulative process which begins at the constable level and is geared to a national career development strategy. Career development, which is both horizontal and vertical, benefits individual officers, the police force, and the entire community; its purpose is to ensure the best possible police service for the public. But to enable officers to reach the top ranks within the 30-year career span, the potential for senior officers must be identified at the earliest possible stage. Police training in Britain is targeted to specific needs; new recruits are provided with basic, practical training alongside work experience under supervision. The national Police Staff College, at Bramshill, offers command courses at the junior, intermediate, and senior levels as well as a chief police officer course. The Special Course was designed to develop young officers who have been specially selected for accelerated promotion. The contributions of the College to the quality of police are maximized through a carousel program of courses in which the program is periodically modified and each force is given an allocation of units to be spent in the way it deems most effective. Greater emphasis is being placed on the training of European police officers; British police are sent to colleges in other countries with a view toward integrating policing throughout Europe.