{"id":458,"date":"2015-10-08T10:59:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety\/?p=458"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:50:32","slug":"spc-crime-scene-technology-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/spc-crime-scene-technology-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime scene technician gets practical experience at SPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crime Scene technician,&nbsp;Shannon Winkler, is a graduate of St. Petersburg College of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/cpsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Safety Administration<\/a>. Winkler acknowledges the hands-on experience she attained at SPC which prepared her to become a Crime Scene technician for the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Watch Shannon Winkler\u2019s success story.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Start Your Success Story: Shannon Winkler\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjqDek_PXxo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a certified Crime Scene Technician, Winkler goes out to crime scenes and collects evidence to take back to the lab and analyze and document what was collected.<\/p>\n<p>Winkler has a few degrees from SPC. After high school she attended SPC and then returned to get her Associate of Science and Crime Scene Technology certificate.<\/p>\n<h3>SPC Crime scene program is one of a kind<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThere aren\u2019t any programs like it in the state of Florida that are very hands on and come from an accredited college\u201d such as SPC, states Winkler. Faculty in the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/cst-ct\/\">Crime Scene Technology program<\/a> are professionals that work in the field and teach at night, so their field experience of how things are currently done in that profession are shared in the classroom with SPC students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t just say, \u2018this is how you dust for a fingerprint.\u2019 They say \u2018now you try\u2019\u201d explained Winkler.<\/p>\n<p>Winkler also expresses that \u201cI don\u2019t think you can learn as much as I learned in such a short time anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/cpsa\/\">College of Public Safety Administration<\/a> offers a <a href=\"http:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/courses\/program\/cst-ct\/\">Certificate in Crime Scene Technology<\/a> and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/cstas\/\">Associate of Science degree in Crime Scene Technology<\/a>, which can be transferred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/publicsafetybas\/\">Bachelor\u2019s degree in Public Safety Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crime Scene technician,&nbsp;Shannon Winkler, is a graduate of St. Petersburg College of Public Safety Administration. Winkler acknowledges the hands-on experience she attained at SPC which prepared her to become a Crime Scene technician for the Manatee County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Watch Shannon Winkler\u2019s success story. As a certified Crime Scene Technician, Winkler goes out to crime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/spc-crime-scene-technology-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crime scene technician gets practical experience at SPC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,81],"tags":[],"coauthors":[197],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-scene-technology","category-public-safety-all"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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