In order to drive campus owned vehicles, you must undergo a ‘Background Check/Drivers Record Check’ which can be filled out at Security during business hours Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license from any state/country as you must make a copy of the front for the required form.

If you know you’ve had multiple infractions on your driver’s record, please ask about the requirements before submitting a check.

A ‘Drivers Record Check’ is required once per year.

Once your Drivers Record Check clears, you will need to schedule a Driver’s Training with Security. The training lasts between 30-45 minutes on average and can be scheduled between 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Monday – Friday, with few exceptions. If you are unable to undergo training within these hours, we will try our best to accommodate you.

The training consists of having you drive one of Security’s 12-passenger vans while a Security Officer sits in the passenger seat. This is done to familiarize you with the vehicle’s controls and how it handles. This training is only done once per driver and lasts for your entire tenure with the college. If you get trained as a Freshman, you don’t have to be trained as a Sophomore, Junior, or Senior.

Faculty/Staff have reduced requirements which do not require them to take the Driver’s Training unless you request it. We recommend doing so if you are nervous about driving larger vehicles or have never driven one. This is so you can be confident with the vehicle before a trip.

Vehicle keys can be picked up and dropped off by the certified driver at the Security Office in the north hallway in the basement of Pearsons Hall.

• The certified driver will be given a trip ticket to record mileage, the account number, and other various information.
• We will check to make sure the certified driver has their driver’s license with them, then issue the keys for the reserved vehicle.
• If you are going on a club/department trip, you are also required to give us a legible passenger list with the first and last names of all the occupants.
• Security will not issue the keys to a different person that is listed on the Trip Ticket / Reservation request, or someone who does not have their driver’s license physically on them. A picture of your license does not count.
• Each driver should do a pre-trip inspection of the vehicle before departing the parking lot. This is done to identify any new damage, which you were not responsible for. If you do not report damage before leaving, and Security finds damage after it’s returned, your club/organization may be held liable for the damage even if you did not cause it.

Vehicle keys should be returned by the certified driver to the Security Office in the north hallway in the basement of Pearsons Hall.

• It is expected that each driver will fill the vehicle’s gas tank if it is less than ¾ full at the end of the trip as a courtesy to others. You will often need to prepay inside the gas station AND swipe the card twice for it to accept the card before entering the PIN/Driver code. The use of the chip or first card swipe usually gives an error due to updated card readers & bank regulations.          
  
  • Van 2 has a 20-gallon tank. Vans 3 & 7 have 31-gallon tanks.
  • The Community Connections Car has a 13.2-gallon tank and should be refueled if it is below half.
    
• The beginning and ending mileage of the vehicle shall be recorded by the driver on the provided trip ticket. Make certain that you turn the trip ticket in at the end of the trip.
• Each driver should do a post-trip inspection of the vehicle at the end of the trip for damage and to remove any debris from the interior and exterior.