Halfway There

I can't believe my internship is already halfway done. It has flown by! Not much has changed since the beginning besides becoming quicker inputting reports and knowing where to locate the information. Although two weeks ago I did start working for the Victim Services Program in South San Francisco because they needed a lot of help. I do the same things (inputting information into the database, making facesheets, filing, the usual..) but they have a whole lot more for me to do here so the day goes by a lot quicker and they don't need to make projects for me to do if they run out of stuff for me to do, because they never do!

Yesterday, I actually helped Patty (one of the ladies I'm working under) look over applications of victims who have applied to the program. It was pretty interesting to see the process of how one is accepted into the program and the flow of it after they are accepted. I'm still trying to mull over if I want to start making phone calls to victims but I have to admit that's kind of intimidating. So we will see where I am at in maybe in a few weeks.

I'm very excited for the next upcoming two weeks. Next week I actually get to attend a pre-trial for one of the victims and see how everything works there so that should be pretty interesting. I'll try and give you as much detail as possible but again the whole confidentiality thing so no promises. I'm also going to a monthly meeting they have and we get to take a tour of a forensics lab (where they process evidence, the morgue, etc.) so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Probably won't be like an episode of CSI but still very cool. I never thought that I would get to go to events like that so it was a nice surprise that I was invited to attend.

That is how my internship has been progressing. More to come in the next few weeks!