The Honolulu Police Department's Scientific Investigation Section (SIS) is now offering a new, accelerated 3-week training program designed to introduce students to the fast-paced world of contemporary scientific testing in criminal investigations. This intensive program is designed to serve as a forensic crime laboratory "boot-camp", providing hands-on training and experience working with industry standard scientific equipment and the real-world methods and procedures used in crime laboratories today. Participants will be given the exclusive opportunity to complete activities and mock case scenarios in several of the HPD: SIS's specialty areas, including the Forensic Biology, Latent Print, and Drug Unit Laboratories.

Program Duration

  • July 1 - 24: 40 hours of self paced, virtual assignments

  • July 19 - August 2 (7:45am to 4:30pm): 40 hours of on-site activities in the laboratory

  • August 5 - 9 (7:45am to 4:30pm): 40 hours of on-site activities in the laboratory

Interns will be under the close supervision of experienced laboratory scientists, complete a rigorous and accelerated training program in general criminalistics.

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