The program is a Federal effort, with individual States providing the first half of the 2-year curriculum, followed by a joint study phase at the Police Command Academy in the second year. Ensuring uniformity and continuity from the State-operated instruction phase to the centralized one posed obstacles met by regulating study hours and subject matter and by establishing coordination workgroups for instructors. The first study year includes 550 hours devoted to leadership, policing interventions, criminalistics, criminology, traffic control, constitutional law, criminal law, procedural law and civil rights, civil service regulations, and police legal limitations. In addition, intensive short-term (e.g., 5 to 13 days) instruction is provided onsite at three specialized agencies -- The Federal Crime Office (Bundeskriminalamt), a training school in police technology, and the border patrol authority. The program has been specifically designed to promote State police coordination and cooperation regarding Federal law enforcement concerns and to ensure States' continuing autonomy over their police training programs while involving them in a shared Federal effort. Tabular data are provided.