With the systematic training and educational program envisioned, it would be possible to identify appropriate elements of the various training activities that would provide the foundation for subsequent advanced study. A credit system could ensure that these elements are appropriately rewarded, perhaps through integration with appropriate units from other degree programs. It would be important not to trivialize the study program by providing only simple skills learning. If programs were to address particular areas of relevance to police practice, a curriculum could be designed around problems or topics. Courses might cover such issues as the relationship between media coverage of events and subsequent outcome, the role of nonverbal behavior in the assessment of situations, and the social psychology of crowds and public order. Such topics would require a sophisticated discipline knowledge applied to the relevant police activity. The existence of such a curriculum would require the police service to support research that would yield relevant knowledge. The recommended approach lends itself to parttime study, which provides financial advantages. Officers with various ranks and responsibilities would logically participate in those courses that provide a sophisticated base of conceptualization for job policy and tasks. Twelve references are listed.