Blackwood LEMIT Center

1600 Bobby K Marks Drive Map | News | ID#: 0242 Timeline Jun. 10, 1999 Groundbreaking Nov. 2, 2000 Building dedicated Namesake Bill Blackwood Architect Molina Walker Architects, Inc. Contractor(s) Beck-Ford Construction, Inc. Links Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas An aerial photo from the mid-1980s of the U-shaped CJ Center and adjoining University Hotel. At the northeast corner is where LEMIT would be constructed fifteen years later. Looking up the front of the building in some attempt at artsy photography. The dedication plaque outside the front entrance to the LEMIT center.

The Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas was created in 1987 by the 70th Texas Legislature to develop the administrative and executive skills of current and future law enforcement officials. In September 1993, the Texas Legislature placed LEMIT under the control of SHSU and moved the headquarters to Huntsville; at this time the institute was renamed in honor of State Representative Bill Blackwood.

The 75th Texas Legislature (1997) called for the creation of a LEMIT headquarters in Huntsville; construction began in 1999 on a 38,000 square foot three-story building to house classrooms, meeting rooms, and offices in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Center.

In 2013 the Texas Department of Criminal Justice donated 78 acres of land to SHSU along Highway 75 north of campus. Initial plans for Innovation Plaza are to build a criminal justice complex with structures for the Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, the Correctional Management Institute of Texas, and a training facility for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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