BAUMHOLDER, Germany — The new MPs made their way down the hall, following the shouts and the menacing pulse of an Eminem rap.

A “domestic disturbance” was in full swing and a “husband and wife” were at each other’s throats.

“Every night I come home to this,” screamed the apparently drunken husband, angry that dinner wasn’t on the table.

Though the wife was the victim of an “assault,” she wasn’t any more agreeable. “Stop resisting, stop resisting,” said Pvt. Natasha Keller, struggling to control the flailing wife.

A group of 25 soldiers newly assigned to the 92nd Military Police Company were gathered in Baumholder last week for Europe’s first “Community Law Enforcement Academy.”

The program, which involves an assortment of real-life scenarios, is designed to prepare inexperienced MPs for the hostilities they’re likely to encounter. All incoming 92nd MP soldiers now attend the academy’s two-week course, honing their skills before heading out to patrol the roads in the military communities of Baumholder, Darmstadt and Hanau.

The course, created by 92nd company commander Capt. Charlie Green, held its first class in August and is geared to soldiers newly assigned to the unit.

Too often, soldiers are not sufficiently trained for the challenges they encounter while on patrol, according to Green. Though soldiers receive lessons in law enforcement during basic training, the lessons learned erode over time, he said.

“The problem was our law enforcement skills had degraded,” Green said. “I’d notice that we had a rise in accidents. We felt like we weren’t doing a good enough job.”

Whether it is learning how to intervene between fighting soldiers or driving in hot pursuit of a suspect, the academy gives soldiers a chance to get some hands-on experience.

“Before you would pretty much go right out on the road,” said 1st Lt. Samuel Arnett, a 2nd platoon leader for the 92nd.

“They get that good training aspect now and they’re able to say, ‘Yeah I’ve done this before,’” Arnett said. “The training will set off that trigger.”

Last week, soldiers ran through a variety of scenarios. There was a drunken driver acting disorderly. To make the scenario authentic, one role player enjoyed a few Mickey’s beers during the course of the day.

Field sobriety tests were conducted. Fights between soldiers doing battle over a girl were broken up. Tedious matters such as filling out paperwork and dealing with lost identification cards also were tended to.

In some cases, the scenarios involved getting physical and applying handcuffs with aggressively noncompliant suspects.

“Hands on your head,” shouted one MP, forced to draw his weapon.

Throughout, the soldiers were evaluated by officers and NCOs, who decide if the MPs are prepared for duties on the road.

After the initial domestic dispute scenario, the new soldiers received high marks for their performance. The MPs quickly separated the fighting couple. Spc. Bobby Vanlandingham immediately went for the husky loud-mouthed husband while Keller went for the wife.

“Domestic violence is the most volatile situation you’ll run into,” Arnett told the soldiers.

In this case, it was the wife who made the most trouble and put up the biggest fight.

“She surprised me a little,” Keller said.

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