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| Cpl. William Rishel, K-9 Storm and Forrest Center student interns |
The second-year Criminal Justice students from
the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center completed their
2022 internship program with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on May 4,
2022. This year’s session marked the
return of the internship program for the first time since 2019 because of
COVID-19 restrictions in place during the 2020 and 2021 school years.
Twenty three students interned twice a week over a six-week period,
working at Sheriff’s Office Headquarters, the Detention and Rehabilitation
Center, the District III Station, the Circuit Courthouse, and as special guests
of the St. Mary's County Department of Emergency Services. The internships culminated with a trip
to the K-9 Training Center to meet K-9 officers and learned about their duties
through demonstrations and questions and answers. The students were allowed to
interact with the non-patrol dogs. The students also met some members of the
Emergency Services Team and learned about the duties and functions of the team,
as well as seeing a static display of the agency’s EST equipment.
After enjoying a lunch of pizza donated by Chief’s in Tall
Timbers, the students were presented Sheriff’s Salute certificates in
recognition of their participation in the internship program, and for their
completion of two years of study of Criminal Justice at the Forrest Center. As he has since
the inception of the internship program 15 years ago, Captain Steven Hall both
welcomed the students to their internship at their orientation in March and
provided parting words to the students after presenting them with their
certificates at their culminating event.
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| Capt. Steven Hall addresses the interns |
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| Members of the Emergency Services Team make a presentation |
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| Capt. Hall congratulates Micah Purnell for his Sheriff's Salute |
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| Madelyn Dunbar receives her Sheriff's Salute |
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| Lesly Moran Castillo receives her Sheriff's Salute |
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| Alexander Seskar receives his Sheriff's Salute |
