Center Director Ralph Basham said this week the facility is gearing up to provide the specialized law enforcement training that might begin as early as next month when the new fiscal year begins.

''We're not sure if it will be done here or at one of our other two training facilities,'' Mr. Basham said, adding that government officials are working out details of the training programs.

The Glynco facility provides training to agents and officers from 74 federal agencies, including the Marshals Service, Customs Service, Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service, as well as investigators from domestic and international police departments.

Instructors provide training in behavioral science, law enforcement procedures and techniques, financial fraud detection, computer crimes, firearms and defensive and pursuit driving techniques.

About 17,000 students annually graduate from the Glynco center. It also has satellite facilities at Artesia, N.M., and Charleston, S.C. Those centers graduate a combined total of about 3,200 students, authorities said.

Mr. Basham said agents and students assigned to the Glynco center from the Marshals Service, Border Patrol and Immigration Service were dispatched last week to assist with security and investigation into the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Citing security concerns, Mr. Basham declined to comment about how many center personnel have been deployed or to specify their duties or areas of expertise.

Mr. Basham discussed the center's role in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks during a crisis management plan meeting involving about 30 city, county, state and federal law enforcement, military and other government officials at Brunswick City Hall.

Mayor Brad Brown said the Tuesday meeting gave officials a chance to review and update each other as well as the community about how each agency has responded to the attacks and its future readiness.

''Our purpose is to get the community aware of the last week's events and how the different agencies are prepared to handle such emergencies in the future,'' Mr. Brown said.

Chief John Sesta, commander of the Coast Guard station in Brunswick, said they have increased patrols along the coast, especially the shipping lanes and harbor for the Port of Brunswick, which is the second largest in Georgia.

''We've established more random patrols of the harbor. We're not taking anything for granted,'' Chief Sesta said.

The Coast Guard is working closely with the customs service and immigration to check ships entering and leaving the port, where Georgia Ports Authority officials also have tightened security.