FDLE Internship Program

The mission of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is to promote public safety and strengthen domestic security by providing services in partnership with local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies; to prevent, investigate, and solve crimes while protecting Florida citizen’s and visitors. FDLE employs more than 1,900 members statewide – either at headquarters or in one of seven regional operations centers (ROCs).  Services are delivered by five key areas: Executive Direction and Business Support; Investigations and Forensic Science, Florida Capitol Police, Criminal Justice Information Services; and Criminal Justice Professionalism.

For additional information about FDLE, please visit our About Us section.

Types of Internships

FDLE offers a structured Internship Program for college seniors and graduate students who are enrolled in school during the semester of their potential internship and who are not on academic probation or warning. All internships must be completed for academic credit through the student’s institution.

To help interns get the most out of their time in the laboratory, through meaningful training and hands‑on experience, FDLE requires that interns be on site at least 20 hours per week, regardless of the number of credit hours assigned by their academic program. In our experience, anything less than 20 hours per week does not allow interns to fully benefit from the internship or allow laboratory staff to offer the level of guidance the program is designed to provide.

NOTE: Some internships are only offered in specific areas.
 

Background Check

FDLE requires an extensive background process of all recommended applicants. The elements of a background include: financial credit check, criminal history of applicant and applicant’s immediate family or roommates, personal references, employment verifications, drug screen and fingerprinting. This information will be utilized to make the final hiring decision.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
 
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency’s hiring authority. Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
 
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.