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Department of Public Safety
Jackson State University

Traffic Rules and Regulations for the Campus
and Streets of Jackson State University

Introduction
The purpose of these regulations is to facilitate the safe and orderly conduct of University business and to provide parking facilities within the limits of available spaces. The University Department of Public Safety is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of these regulations.

I. Policies

1. Regulations are published in the Blue and White Flash and posted in accordance with the law, and ignorance of any regulation is not an acceptable excuse for any violation.

2. Jackson State University assumes no responsibility for care of any vehicle or its contents at any time it is operated or parked on the campus or streets of the University.

3. The University reserves the right to regulate the use of all vehicles on the campus and to forbid the use of a vehicle by a student, faculty/staff member, employee, or visitor whose conduct in any manner indicates he/she is not complying with the University regulations.

4. The University does not guarantee a parking space, except reserve parking. Registration of a vehicle and display of a decal does not guarantee a parking space, except reserve parking.

5. The University reserves the right to: (a) designate the exact area that any vehicle may be parked on campus, and (b) restrict the number of decals issued for any area.

6. It is a violation of state laws to willfully refuse to obey any lawful order given by the University officers of the Department of Public Safety or any other law enforcement officer.

7. Unpaid and unexcused fines for violations are cumulative throughout a person's stay at the University.

8. Any student who fails to pay his/her parking and traffic assessments to the University prior to the end of a semester will not be allowed to re-register in the University or to secure a transcript of credits until the assessment(s) is/are paid.

9. The Department of Public Safety may, upon special occasion, temporarily appropriate for visitor use exclusively, any parking area normally designated for use by other categories of people, except reserved parking.

10. Rain or inclement weather will not alter any of the provisions of the traffic and parking regulations.

11. The University is authorized by law to remove and/or impound any vehicle that is parked in such a way as to cause hazard to predestrains or vehicular traffic or equipment.
Owners of such vehicles will be required to pay all costs involved in removing, impounding, and storing such vehicles.

12. The officers of the Department of Public Safety are commissioned by the University and the State of Mississippi and are authorized to make arrests and issue traffic citations for all types of violations of State Laws and University regulations.