As adults, they may never wear a badge or gun or question witnesses in a courtroom, but 16 Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office summer interns are getting a close-up look at the jobs of the criminal justice system for the next month.
According to officials at the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office, the high school students will undergo physical training, learn about car stops and narcotics investigations, then get even more physical training and marching drills, much like recruits do at the Gloucester County Police Academy.
According to officials, after two weeks that will include instruction on hand-to-hand combat, simulated firearms training, and functions of the SWAT team, the interns will move to the offices of the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.
While there, they'll learn the evidence-gathering work of the office’s Crime Scene Unit officials said.
The interns will be brief by assistant prosecutors and detectives about victim’s rights, Megan’s Law, juvenile law, high-tech crime investigations and how to conduct a criminal trial.
Officials say on August 8th, the interns will then play the roles of prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses in a mock trial by using the gathered evidence.