Daniel Huggin Named Chief Of Limestone University Campus Safety

Daniel Huggin was recently named as the new Chief of Campus Safety at Limestone University.

Huggin came to Limestone in 2016, following his career with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department. During nearly eight years with the Sheriff’s Department, he served in various roles, including Shift Corporal at the Cherokee County Detention Center and Corporal over the Transport Division within the Sheriff’s Office. Prior to his promotion to Chief, Huggin served as Lieutenant with Limestone Campus Safety.

Huggin said he always wanted to be a police officer and added that his mother even has his certificate from the Police Academy framed right next to a drawing he did in kindergarten of himself as a police officer.

After two years of retirement from the Sheriff’s Department, Huggin decided to get back to what he had always wanted to do and, as he put it, all he had ever known.

"When I came to Limestone, I didn't look at it as taking a new position, I looked at it as being adopted into a new family,” explained Huggin, who now serves as the President for the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators. “I am honored to be able to accept this position of Chief at Limestone, and to be able to protect my family and provide those resources to keep our community, our family, safe.” 

In his time at Limestone, Huggin says Campus Safety has come a long way, and each officer has increased their training. As Chief, Huggin intends to keep the staff improving every year, and to continue to send all officers for as much training as possible. He hopes to win awards and grant money for training and other departmental needs. Ultimately, his desire is for Limestone University Campus Safety to be a model for other campus safety units in South Carolina.

Huggin is a 2002 graduate of Gaffney High School and received his associate degree from Gardner-Webb University in 2004. He also received his Emergency Medical Technician certification from Spartanburg Community College in 2003, and his Class 2 Officer certification from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 2006. In 2021, he became a Certified Police Officer (Group 1 State Constable), again from the SCCJA.

In addition to his role as Chief, Huggin is certified as an Axon Conducted Energy Weapons Instructor (for tasers) and an Oleoresin Capsicum Aerosol Projectors Instructor. He also serves as the President for the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Campus Safety Administrators.

“We are so pleased to name Daniel Huggin as our new Chief of Campus Safety,” said Limestone Interim President Dr. Monica Baloga. “His professionalism and his love for the Limestone campus is evident in everything that he does. We know he is going to do an excellent job in this expanded role.”