Rachel Tomlinson, Austin Police Department

My internship with the Austin Police Department’s North Bureau Investigations Unit involved performing many different tasks.  I either started the day by following a detective on one of their many cases or assisted the administration with various tasks.  When job shadowing with the detectives, it includes having any witnesses and/or the victims come to the… Continue Reading Rachel Tomlinson, Austin Police Department

Paulina Acosta, Operation Identification

  Introduction In Brooks County, the bodies and remains of more than 500 migrants have been found since 2009 (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/04/us/texas-border-migrants-dead-bodies.html). Operation Identification (OpID) aims to facilitate the identification and repatriation of human remains found along or at the South Texas border through scientific analysis and collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental organizations. completed an internship with… Continue Reading Paulina Acosta, Operation Identification