Where can I get an internship at a crime lab near me?
920451
Yes...three ways that I have used in past to hire lab employees.\n1)   Go to local  4-year college and ask at their CJA department, for student intern programs.\n2)    Apply at your local law enforcement agency.  We have a CPA,  Citizen Police Academy and also a Law Enforcement Explorer Group administered by the Boy Scouts of America.\n3)   Go to your state's Central Crime Lab, and ask about employment opportunities.  Many hire part time workers with no experience and just a High School Diploma or GED.  In my state, turn around on most evidence is 8-9 months before the state lab can do the work.  So...they will at time hire part time Techs to handle the overload.  The last "BIG" case this state had involved several double and triple Homicides.  Because of the workload the state lab hired 4-7 techs to handle the "Grunt" work, while their trained techs focused on the "Media Sensitive cases" (meaning the newspapers and T.V. reporters were giving them grief for not having solved the crime in an hour like they do on CSI)
567169
Post an ad on http://www.monstertrak.com\nI'm a college student and that is where my school (and most schools I think) tells students to go to find internships. \n\nOr you could contact local schools directly to have them pass the word on to students looking for internships.
725651
First please remember there are very few of these job openings, most police departmetns do not have crime labs,  they merely process evidence, pack it up and send it to the state crime lab.\n\nBut you go to college and major in one of the science feilds or have a major in foresnics from a few colleges that offer it.\n\nOften while waiting for a better opening you may be a evidence tech, just collecting evidence.\n\nNormally no, youare not a cop first,  totally different field.\n\nAlso the crime techs don't go out into the field chasing the bad guys, they stay in thier labs doing reports
743976
http://www.fbijobs.gov/611.asp
340220
if you want to be a forensic scientist (aka criminalist) that works in a lab analyzing evidence, then you need to have a 4 year degree in a natural or physical science.  that would be chemistry, biology, etc.  you must have a science degree and take certain courses like quantitative analysis to be hired by any crime laboratory.\n\nif you want to be a police detective, then you must first be a police officer and work your way up to the rank of detective.\n\nthere are jobs that give you access to crime scenes without requiring a science degree.  an example would be a latent fingerprint analyst, where you would go to the crime scene to dust for prints, lift them and then take them back to the lab to analyze under the stereoscope.  also being a crime scene photographer doesn't require a degree in science.\n\nhope this helps.  good luck!
1039354
There will be thousands of procedures and practices.  A good start would be to review the web page for the FBI lab.\n\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/labhome.htm
973985
Mostly crime lab support.  It is very hard to get an entry level federal job.  Most entry level jobs are with city and county goverments.  Best place to start for the county that has a big city (e.g., Los Angeles county not Los Angeles city).  The salaries you quoted sound way to low (assuming you have at least a BS degree).
328152
the medill school of journalism at northwestern in evanston is a really good school.  i'm not sure about internships though, but i would definitely check it out.  good luck!
982346
Call a local rent-a-cop place.  They'll certainly be able to tell you, and may offer training and licensing for you.
400543
Try searching in your local police station and they will tell you where to find.
478885
the usual way is to get an internship with a local paper, radio or news station. perhaps you could volunteer for your local paper to get a portfolio together.
1179513
(909) 597-1821 is the phone number for the facility.  I would try calling them and inquiring on job openings.
796240
no,  remember that many police departments don't have crime scene techs,  the actual officers do all of thier own work,  or they are just dectives that do the investigations.\n\nAll my years in uniform, from robberiers to fraud, to theft, to assult,  we always did our own crime scene investigation and collected our own evidence.  We then checked them into evidence storage, and the evidence supervisor took them and sent them into a crime lab.\n\nAnd most small departmetns ( I would bet and it is a guess) I would bet about 90 percent don't have crime labs or crime scene techs.\n\nSo you are left with first a small number of departments scattered all accross the US.  And each one will have various degrees.  Some may require thier own state POST training and certification from POST as thier requirements.\nOthers will look for those trained at state crime labs.\n\nI have not checked in years, but Southeast Missouri University, used to have a progam that worked with the MO State Crime lab, where students could work on actual cases and evidence.\n\nI don't know if they still offer it but they used to
177080
I'd go check it out at Sinclair Community College.  I think they might have a program leading to law enforcement...  www.sinclair.edu
106874
Visit these FBI-related websites to learn about employment opportunities with the FBI:\n\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/employment/employ.htm\nhttps://www.fbijobs.gov/
1054897
You can get hired on with an existing investigation firm as an apprentice, and learn the business from the ground up.  That would be the best way, you can earn while you learn.
980243
Hell yes.\n\nAlso, once you gain experience, you can go tend bar in Hawaii, Miami, New York...the possibilities are endless.\n\nEither that or become a private investigator.