In 1978, consolidated federal law enforcement functions[3] were transferred to Glynco, Georgia, and the Secret Service obtained exclusive use of the Beltsville site.

The core curriculum is augmented with training in marksmanship, control tactics, water survival skills and physical fitness.

For Secret Service officers, training focuses on coursework in police procedures, firearms, physical fitness, psychology, police-community relations, criminal law, first aid, laws of arrest, search and seizure, physical defense techniques, diplomatic immunity, international treaties and protocol.

The JJRTC has a 439-acre, federally owned property in Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately 2.5 miles outside the Capital Beltway.

Since there was no previously disturbed land available for the location of this new facility, the USSS sited it in close proximity to other developed parts of the campus.