Established in 1991, the Department of Public Safety is compromised of the community college district #505. It includes the following counties: Champaign, Coles, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt and Vermillion. The department consists of 13 full-time police officers (which includes the Chief and three Sergeants), 6 full-time civilian employees (which includes the Associate Director, Telecommunicators and Security Patrol Officer) and 6 part-time civilian employees.