Email: thiggins@icc.edu
Phone: 309-251-7803
Office Hours and Availability:
My office hours are: 11 am-12:30pm Monday and Tuesday during the Fall or Spring semesters, or Tuesday 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 during the Summer if I am teaching. During those times, you can contact me at the number listed above. If you call or text me at the number provided above during or outside my office hours please leave your name, phone number, and reason for calling.
I may see an email before I get a phone message. In either case, I will respond within 24 hours on normal business days during the semesters. It may be longer during the semester breaks.
Current Employment/Public Service:
Professor - Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Studies and 911 Dispatch, Illinois Central College, since 1996.
Instructor - Criminal Law and Procedure for the Central Illinois Police Training Center and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
Peoria County Board Member, District 7, effective December 2026
Past Public Service: Administrative Hearing Officer (Peoria, Pekin, East Peoria, Creve Couer and Marquette Heights), Fire and Police Commission, City of Peoria, Trustee, Peoria Firefighter’s Pension Board, Precinct Committeeman, Peoria County Democratic Party
Education: Master of Online Teaching Certificate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Juris Doctor, University of Illinois Chicago, Bachelor of Science, Bradley University, Administration of Criminal Justice, Associate of Applied Science, Illinois Central College, Law Enforcement.
