Ensuring the safety and security of everyone within our college is a top priority. Did you know that having quick and easy access to building and room number information can save valuable time for first responders?

We may readily know our own office numbers but may not be familiar with class or meeting room numbers. A little combined effort can go a long way in keeping our community college a safe and secure place to learn and grow.

What can you do? If you are in a room with a whiteboard, we’re asking faculty and staff to take a moment to write the room number and building in an upper corner.

Again, this may sound like a small ask, but it’s an important step to ensuring everyone’s safety on campus. Thank you in advance for participating in this initiative!

Please join the LLCC Police Department in congratulating Officer Scott McDermand at his swearing-in ceremony today, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room.

Ember, LLCC’s newly sworn in “pawfficer,” had an official portrait session yesterday courtesy of Terry Farmer Photography. Looking good Ember!

Ember, the new outreach and therapy dog at LLCC, was formally sworn in yesterday as a “pawfficer” in the LLCC Police Department.

LLCC Police Chief Chris Russell asked Ember to “solemnly swear to provide both students and staff with comfort and to lower stress and anxiety, to be an ambassador for the police department in their outreach to students, and to help build better relationships and increase the overall quality of life at Lincoln Land Community College.” Ember agreed to do so, affixing her signature (pawprint) to the document. She then received her official LLCC police department vest before receiving many congratulatory pets from staff and students.

Dr. Charlotte Warren, president of LLCC, led the ceremony. “LLCC has an excellent and dedicated police department that provides 24/7 security coverage as well as many educational and outreach activities. As part of that outreach, we are very pleased to welcome Ember to the LLCC family. Ember is a two-year-old rescue dog who completed her therapy and outreach training at SIT Service Dogs in Ava, Illinois. Accompanied by Officer Tammy Baehr, Ember has been making friends and spreading joy among our students and staff ever since.”

Chief Russell commented, “I could not have envisioned Ember’s popularity with students and staff. We have had more students visit our office in the last two weeks than in the entire two years before.”

Ember is sponsored by West Lake Animal Hospital and Pup.E.Tails pet grooming.

Ember, the LLCC Police Department’s new “pawfficer,” is being formally sworn in during a brief ceremony today, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. Speakers include President Charlotte Warren and Police Chief Chris Russell. Ember joined the LLCC PD on Nov. 15 after completing training with SIT Service Dogs. She has been hard at work as an outreach therapy dog and making friends ever since!

Ember, the LLCC Police Department’s new “pawfficer,” will be formally sworn in during a brief ceremony Monday, Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. Speakers will include President Charlotte Warren and Police Chief Chris Russell. Ember joined the LLCC PD on Nov. 15 after completing training with SIT Service Dogs. She has been hard at work as an outreach therapy dog and making friends ever since!

Pawfficer Ember has reported for duty! Ember joined the college on Nov. 15 as a pawfficer with the LLCC Police Department. She is a rescue dog and came from SIT Service Dogs in Ava, having completed 1,310 hours of training. Ember is sponsored by West Lake Animal Hospital.

She will be working as an outreach therapy dog, helping the police department with outreach to students and with therapy and comfort to students and staff experiencing stress. Visits from Ember can be arranged by contacting the police department at 217-786-2278.

The LLCC Police Department will welcome their newest member, Pawfficer Ember, on Nov. 15! Ember is a two-year-old mixed breed rescue trained by SIT Service Dogs in Ava, Ill. She will complete her 1,320 hours of training this week and join LLCC as a therapy and outreach dog. Ember is trained to identify individuals coping with depression, PTSD and emotional trauma, and provides comfort and stress relief using a variety of therapy techniques. Her trainers describe her as incredibly attentive and intelligent and say she has excelled at both service and therapy work.