LeTourneau University is a “walking campus”.  Due to its compact structure and close proximity of classrooms to the living facilities and a limited availability of parking, driving motor vehicles to and from classes is strongly discouraged.  In order to better facilitate the high volume of pedestrian traffic a “Zone Parking” procedure has been established which requires all students to park in designated areas from 7:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday.  The Tyler East, and Trinity Dorms as well as Durham House, Carpenter House, McKinley House, and Howe House parking lots are under parking restriction 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week. 

The LeTourneau University Handbook contains a number of rules for operation of any type of motor vehicle on university property.  In addition to the rules that are published in the handbook, all laws of the State of Texas are applicable and enforceable by University Police.  While violations observed by University Police are not recorded in your state driving record, fines can be assessed by the Chief of Police and attached to your student account.  All members of the University Police Department have full enforcement authority of the University whether they are on duty at the time they observe an infraction or not.

Traffic citations may be delivered to the driver or passenger of a motor vehicle at the time of an observed infraction.  Citations for parking offenses may be affixed to the windshield or other part of an unattended vehicle in a conspicuous location.  Under certain circumstances a citation may be mailed to the owner of a vehicle.  In all such cases, the owner of a vehicle is responsible for the payment of all fines associated with his or her vehicle. 

Traffic offenses for which a person is cited may be appealed to the Chief of Police.  All appeals must be submitted in writing and received by the office of the Chief of Police within 10 working days of the date of the offense.  Appeals received after ten days will not be considered.  The decision of the Chief of Police concerning the status of a traffic charge may be appealed to the office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs in the same manner as the initial appeal. 

Our traffic enforcement efforts focus on the goal of maintaining the safest possible environment for all of our community members.