 To shape, temper, and sharpen the finest law enforcement officers in the world, it's what the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center does, and does well. In the past few years, that mission has grown dramatically. INS and the Border Patrol alone are sending 5,000 new agents to train at the center through the year 2001. Substantially higher workloads with a bureau of Indian affairs are also anticipated. The higher number of students means changes, increases in permanent and detailed staff at all centers, more offices, a larger service and support staff, a temporary facility in Charleston, South Carolina to handle overflow. Still, basic training for client agencies remains the center's highest priority. This is the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, growing in purpose, providing a foundation of excellence. The tremendous increase in students and staff has created a need for new construction. Under its facilities master plan, the center is mapping the future. Newly completed, current and long-term construction of general purpose and special use facilities illustrates the center's commitment to excellence. The need for dorm rooms is especially urgent. Dormitory construction in Glencoe and Artesia continues. Until completed, however, hundreds of students are put up in local motel rooms at substantially increased costs. Some students in Artesia must double up, temporary but necessary. The center continues its efforts to accommodate all students on campus as soon as possible. In Glencoe, two new wings were added onto the Steed classroom building. The expansion created 1,440 new classroom seats. That's 12 48-person classrooms, 6 24-person classrooms and 10 breakout rooms per wing. The facilities were designed to accommodate current and future training technology, including computer cabling to each student desk. But training is a dynamic mission. Unexpected law enforcement challenges arise. New national priorities evolve. The center proactively reorders its construction projects to meet contemporary requirements and customer needs. Computer know-how is a pressing need among law enforcement agencies. The center's response? A new computer training facility. Its 12 classrooms are designed to optimize computer and high-tech training. This includes connections to several commercial and governmental telecommunications networks. In addition to the center's financial fraud institute, several agencies including ATF, INS and Customs have relocated their computer training to this consolidated facility. High-tech training requires an advanced infrastructure. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is setting the stage for the full use of technology by laying down a fiber-optic network. This network will connect all the working, training and living areas of the center. Its greater capacity and higher resolution of transmitted images will improve both distance learning and communications. Even traditional training is getting updated at the center. The firearms program has moved well beyond basic marksmanship instruction to realistic simulations, the goal to better prepare officers and agents for surviving potentially lethal situations. In support of this, the center has completed two new enclosed outdoor ranges, part of a plan to add eight new ranges to replace existing facilities. The new ranges permit greater realism with running person-targetry and other unique training technologies. They also meet strict environmental regulations while eliminating numerous operational and maintenance concerns associated with indoor ranges. It's just another example of how the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center builds on its strengths to meet the training needs of tomorrow. Growth and expansion at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center supports one crucial goal, to provide as realistic an environment as possible with cutting-edge technology. Officer survival and safety can depend on realistic tactical training. The center's survival tactics training facility goes beyond static target shooting. Tactical techniques such as dynamic building entry, search and room clearing and situational training techniques prepare students for armed encounters. The facility's live fire shoot house, two-story non-lethal shoot house and single-story non-lethal shoot house allow an unprecedented degree of realism in training scenarios. For both students and instructors, the effect is unparalleled. At the Arteja Center, new driver training technology provides realism plus environmental benefits. Skidcar is a device that enables instructors to safely replicate dangerous skids such as hydroplaning, oversteering and traction braking. It's small, safe and can be set up and used almost anywhere. The instructor sits alongside the driver controlling course and intensity. And because it replicates skids without water, it's both conservation-wise and cost-efficient. In this and in other areas, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center will continue to use the latest technology to make its training realistic, to make it safe, to make it effective. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center continues to fulfill its mission to develop the best law enforcement agents and officers in the world. But despite new construction and new facilities and despite the effective application of new technology, the center is faced with unprecedented training requirements over the next few years. Continuing support and advocacy is urgently needed. With that help, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center can continue to add new dimensions of quality to its law enforcement programs. Moving beyond what you see, to keep providing a partnership committed to excellence.