Fall 2025 Crime Analysis Internship
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Closing Date: May 1, 2025
Responsibilities
Interns will assist District and Senior Crime Analysts by performing the following tasks:
- Using record management software to read police reports and create synopses of crimes of importance
- Identification of crime trends, patterns, series, sprees, hot spots, and suspicious people and activity
- Recognizing similarities in offender description, modus operandi and target location
- Using software to produce crime maps and conduct link analysis
- Interacting with patrol officers, detectives and other analysts to exchange information regarding ongoing crime trends
- Assisting in the creation of crime bulletins
Opportunities
Interns will have the opportunity to:
- Earn course credit for the internship under the parameters set forth by the intern’s university
- Participate in ride-alongs with dispatch and/or patrol
- Attend meetings involving other crime analysts and/or other department employees
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