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Newsline: Peoria, IL
A new job is opening up in The River City.
Peoria police officials say it’s a fellowship lasting six months, where you could make up to roughly $26,000.
The police department has been studying violence trends for years done by uniform crime reporting and statistical analysis, but the department received a grant allowing them to study crime reduction in new ways.
This job posting called a “public health fellowship” is made possible through a Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Grant.
“This particular grant allows us to go outside the realm of regular law enforcement grants and interactive with other community agencies. The health department is one of those agencies we’ve partnered with,” said Captain Douglas Theobald, with the Peoria Police Department.
Theobald said the chosen candidate must have a Masters of Public Health, Science or a PhD because the job requires doing a lot of research.
The research will focus on if violence is a contributing factor to public health.
For example, Theobald said the outcome of a violent act like trauma, and being around violence on a daily basis, can impact kids in school.
The health department would be the home-base for this job.
“They have a little more experience in this area to deal with how the research will be developed,” said Theobald.
The candidate will have access to police databases.
“They’ll be able to use that along with the research from the health department to piece this together to see if there is any contributing factor,” added Theobald.
He went on to say, “That research could be developed and followed for anything that could be used for later crime prevention or strategies that could be implemented not only here, but somewhere else.”
They asked for specific examples about how this might benefit their department, but they won’t know more until the research is done.
The posting says candidates can make anywhere from $22 to $25 an hour, depending on credentials.
(Information Courtesy Of WEEK-TV)
