IT’S NOTHING LIKE TELEVISION

For Lindsey Miller Warren, who was in the first graduating class of Florida State CSI students, summer labs and program mentors helped her land her dream job as a criminal analyst for the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

This program doesn’t sugarcoat anything. You are exposed to the real deal, you get your hands dirty and see what CSI really is.

— Lindsey Miller Warren, ’17

“The summer labs were hands down the best,” she said. “You get to participate and experience real cases and get a feel for what the work is like in the real world as a crime scene investigator.”

Warren helped solve a homicide within the first few months as an intern in 2016. By 2017, the sheriff offered her the full-time position. “I have an uncanny ability to identify people and vehicles, and that was a strength that the Investigations Division was missing,” she said.

In her first year, she helped solve 122 of the 123 missing persons cases assigned to her.