Schoolcraft College celebrates Campus Comfort Companions

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00:00There's Teddy, Starla, Copper, Mocha, and Scout, the five chocolate labs that were born

00:07a year ago and have been busy, very busy, graduating from Doggy College and all now

00:11certified comfort care creatures.

00:14All were born last January and have spent the last year studying very hard and finally

00:18today a big celebration.

00:20All looked after by the members of the campus police department, their goal to bring peace

00:24and comfort to the Schoolcraft community.

00:27Here's campus police chief Mark Ergstrom.

00:29Police dogs, we think of them typically as narcotics, bomb-sniffing, gun-sniffing dogs,

00:35but instead is simply trained on having good manners and being available to people that

00:41might be maybe the victim of a crime or going through an emotional episode where a dog in

00:48the right setting has an intense calming effect on people.

00:53The goal was to get one of these chocolate labs, but then when president of the college

00:57Dr. Glenn Cerny heard about it, he says, get as many as we can get.

01:01The need is great and look at that.

01:03Just a good old belly rub.

01:04Students love it.

01:05I spoke to one from Peru, an exchange student.

01:06She says when she gets anxious about exam, she comes right to the puppies.

01:10You can follow along with these puppies' progress.

01:12They've got their own social media site on Instagram.

01:15It's at sc underscore pups.

01:17What a wonderful story.

01:19Reporting from Livonia, Tim Pamplin, WWJ Newsradio, 950.