At SFCC you will find your path to academic and job success. Discover outstanding faculty, excellent programs, affordable tuition and support throughout your journey. Enroll at SFCC to advance your career, complete a certificate or associate degree, or transfer to a four-year institution.
“My internship was at the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department, and there was no online module for me. It started in January and I went every Wednesday and worked with the Crime Scene Technician. I loved every minute of it. She had given me a syllabus for the class, so I knew what to do each week and she was going to give me exams. In the middle of March, with covid, everything was done. I was considered nonessential at the County…I didn’t want to quit my internship because I was halfway done, I wanted the grade, and I wanted the experience. Working with PILAS coordinator Ya’el Chaikind and my advisor, we decided that I just needed someone to check my work. I ended up creating my own mock crime scenes, and then I had to photograph them as if I were a Crime Scene Technician and write the mock police reports. It was super fun. My neighbor helped me. She played like she was a dead body. Of course, we had masks on. Then I texted my instructor Jerry Archuleta, who’s retired law enforcement, and he called me immediately. I said I needed someone to review my work for my internship and he said he’d help with whatever I need. My work got 100 on everything. That’s what’s great about the college—no matter where you are, no matter what you need, somebody is there to help. You just have to ask.”
~ Lorri Sweat, on track to receive an associate degree in Criminal Justice in May 2021
At SFCC you will find your path to academic and job success. Discover outstanding faculty, excellent programs, affordable tuition and support throughout your journey. Enroll at SFCC to advance your career, complete a certificate or associate degree, or transfer to a four-year institution.