Law, Public Safety and Security

Internship with Ada County Sheriff's Office - Video Production-Community Information

Shoot Footage during ride-alongs, jail and other events and develop video or videos for areas of the Ada County Sheriff's Office.  Students, please see your Department Internship Advisor within your major for details on how to register for credits. 

~Preference may be given to those students who have strong excel skills and are either currently taking or have taken a research methods course.

~Be at least 18 years old

~Currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above

~Knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling

~Knowledge of modern office equipment, practice and procedures

~Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

~Ability to maintain confidentiality of data

~Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

~Complete an interview, a background investigation, and a polygraph examination

Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Technical Communications, Mass Communications (Video Production), Information Technology Management, Statistics, and Computer Science.

Unpaid

Ada County Sheriff's Office

Please submit an application located at www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/.

Angie Fisher afisher(at)adaweb.net

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

208-577-3554

9/11/2009

Ongoing Opportunities

Internship - Crime Research & Planning Unit-Jail Research

Students, please see your Department Internship Advisor within your major for details on how to register for credits.  Work on a variety of projects related to jail research.  Projects may include the following:  Review history of inmates who had attempted/committed suicide, analyze our inmate discipline and/or grievance process, explore whether an increase in our jail population influences use of force, and others.  The intern would also be able to work on projects related to their own interests in law enforcement. 

~Preference may be given to those students who have strong excel skills and are either currently taking or have taken a research methods course.

~Be at least 18 years old

~Currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above

~Knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling

~Knowledge of modern office equipment, practice and procedures

~Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

~Ability to maintain confidentiality of data

~Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

~Complete an interview, a background investigation, and a polygraph examination

Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Technical Communications, Mass Communications (Video Production), Information Technology Management, Statistics, and Computer Science.

Unpaid

Ada County Sheriff's Office

Please submit an application located at www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/.

Angie Fisher afisher(at)adaweb.net

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

208-577-3554

9/11/2009

Ongoing Opportunities

Internship with Ada County Sheriff's Office within the Crime Research & Planning Unit - Business Systems Development

Work with a project management team and our patrol deputies, booking deputies, records technicians, County IT and other partners to document and improve the connection between our business practices and data systems.

Students should apply if they are interested in technical communication or IT.  The intership will be for at least one semester.

~Currently enrolled as a degree-seeking student at a college or university or recent graduate

~Currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above

~Knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling

~Knowledge of modern office equipment, practice and procedures

~Ability to communicate effectively

~Maintain confidentiality of data

~Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

Unpaid

Please submit an application found at www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/

Angie Fisher

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

208-577-3554

afisher(at)adaweb.net

9/9/2009

Ongoing Opportunities

Customer Service/Kuna, Idaho Substation

Customer Service, grant projects, misdemeanor case status, quality assurance, crime prevention programs, and job shadowing with Patrol.  An unpaid internship with Ada County Sherriff's Office allows students to get professional experience, typically while obtaining credit for school.  If you are a student, please see your Department Internship Advisor within your major for details on how to register for the credits.

~Currently enrolled as a degree-seeking student at a college or university or recent graduate.

~Currently have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or above

~Knowledge of English grammar, punctuation and spelling

~Knowledge of modern office equipment, practice and procedures

~Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

~Ability to maintain confidentiality of data

~Ability to follow written and verbal instructions 

~Complete an interview, a background investigation, and a polygraph examination

Unpaid

Ada County Sheriff's Office

Please submit an application on our website at www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/.

Angie Fisher

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

208-577-3554

afisher(at)adaweb.net

9/9/2009

Ongoing Opportunities

Legal Intake Internship

Interns will pre-screen written requests for legal assistance and make an initial determination of whether the request falls within the ACLU's guidelines.   Summarize complaints for legal staff, putting information into the intake database, drafting response letters to complainants, referring complainants to appropriate organizations if the ACLU of Idaho is unable to offer assistance, and conduct legal research.  With experience, interns occasionally communicate directly with clients in order to gather necessary information to evaluate a case.

Applicants should have an interest in civil liberties, good interpersonal and analytical skills, excellent writing skills and computer knowledge

A minimum of 10 hours per week is required, but daily schedules are flexible.

Internship is unpaid, however, students have the opportunity to earn credit through his/her university.  Valuable letters of recommendation are available upon completing of internship.

ACLU American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho

Please submit a cover letter, resume, writing sampled (analytical course paper preferred), and list of three references to the address or fax listed in this ad.  Qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.

ACLU American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho

P.O. Box 1897

Boise, ID  83701

(208)344-9750

(208)344-7201

lfawcett(at)acluidaho.org

8/25/2009

Rolling deadline in accordance with semesters; however, please have materials submitted as soon as possible for fall internship.  

Student Internships/ADA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Criminal Justice, Psychology Sociology, Political Science, Technical Communications, and Mass Communications (Video Production)

Kuna Sub-Station:  Customer Service, grant projects, misdemeanor case status, quality assurance, crime prevention programs, and job shadowing with Patrol .

Alternative Sentencing Program:  Assist with electronic monitoring program - hook ups, monitoring, and file audits.  Conducting pre-trial release assessments and possibly some work with placement management.

Planning & Research:  Field Report Writing for Police - Work with patrol and booking deputies, records technicians, County IT and other partners to help develop a paperless field report writing system for departmental reports.

Community Resources:  Developing Youth Yellow Pages and Officer Resource Cards, and the Ada County Bicycle Registration Program. 

Community Information - Video Production:  Shoot footage during ride-alongs, jail and other events and develop video or videos for areas of the Ada County Sheriff's Office.

Juvenile Investigations:  Research best practices nation wide for school safety plans and develop school safety plans for Ada County.  This would include interviewing school admin., teachers, and school resource officers and then writing the plan.

STEP (Selective Traffic Enforcement Program:  Work on an unbiased policing project performing some data analysis and preliminary studies on traffic issues.  May also include traffic studies.  Intern may also assist with VIN number checks and abandoned vehicle coordination.

Flexible to Student Schedule

Please submit an application at http://www.adasheriff.org/Jobs/

Please visit: http://www.adasheriff.org/jobs/standards.asp

UNPAID

Angie Fisher

HR Selection & Internship Coordinator

(208)577-3554

afisher(at)adaweb.net

6/23/2009