# Veterans in Public Safety (VIPs) - Internship

Provider: [Colorado Department of Public Safety](https://programs.cccareers.org/providers/colorado-department-of-public-safety)

- Program type: Internship
- Branches: All branches
- Format: Hybrid
- Length: Duration not listed
- Locations: Lakewood, CO
- Website: https://publicsafety.colorado.gov
- Contact: Colby Vo, cdps_skillbridge@state.co.us
- Page: https://programs.cccareers.org/programs/colorado-department-of-public-safety-veterans-in-public-safety-vips-q63irg

## Summary

CDPS has 55 owned office and operational spaces around the entire state of Colorado. CDPS oversees the Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Bureau of Investigations, Fire Prevention, Criminal Justice, Emergency Management Administration, and School Safety Resources for the state. All in-processing must be completed at the Executive Directors Office in Lakewood, CO but depending on conversations with HR about desired skills training and location preference, the applicant may be placed in any space based on mutual agreement between them and the state. CDPS will try to be as flexible as possible to match the applicants desired skills training and location preference.

## Job description

CDPS oversees the Colorado State Patrol, Colorado Bureau of Investigations, Fire Prevention, Criminal Justice, Emergency Management Administration, and School Safety Resources for the state. To run such complex missions we employ professionals in almost every field. Logistics and service support, intelligence, maintenance, firefighting, administration, communications, legal, HR, finance and accounting, management are just some of the skillsets CDPS utilizes. We encourage anyone interested to contact HR!

## Locations

- Lakewood, CO, 80215

Source: public DoD SkillBridge listings via CCC Programs. Confirm details with the provider and your chain of command.