When people think about crime in the city of Cedar Springs, there are certain neighborhoods that spring to mind as “high crime areas.” But when Cedar Springs Police Chief Roger Parent took a look at the statistics for July 2009, he found something many might find surprising.
“My goal was to see how many calls are related to the two mobile home parks—Cedar Springs Mobil Estates and Northland Estates, and on calls related to our two apartment complexes, Red Flannel Apartments and Meadow Creek Apartments,” explained Chief Parent. None showed crime disproportionate to the number of residents.
They had a total of 273 calls or incidents in July. Fifty-six (20 percent) were at Cedar Springs Mobile Estates; seven (2 percent) were at Northland Estates; and 18 (6 percent) at the two apartment complexes on E. Oak Street.
Cedar Springs Mobile Estates has 216 lots with 190 filled. “Averaging four per household, 760 residents would be very close to 24 percent of our city population, and they had about one-quarter of the calls. That makes sense,” said Parent.
“I also found it interesting that five of the 18 calls at the apartment complexes were fireworks,” noted Parent. Northland Estates had one fireworks complaint while Cedar Springs Mobile Estates had two.
The Meadow Creek Apartments have went down hill in the past few years. Such a sad thing to see. Used to be family friendly.
Hope this is under new management.
You can make the #s look any way you want.
Not against the writer I agree with John. If they are so safe lets see him stay in C.S. Mobile Estates for a couple months with his family. I lived in one of the parks for a while and many times people don’t call crimes in and alot of times the police catch people when they are on patrol through the parks.
c.s.mobile estates is an alright trailer park,but it could use a new owner,maitiance,and park managers. they harrass alot of people in the park
I use to go to the trailer park on 18 mile alot. The people that live there know what goes on there, alot of them don’t say anything because they don’t want the trouble. They just want to live there life in peace and not worrie about others harrasing them. When I went to that park I seen what went on there. When the park manager is not held responcable for hitting 2 kids at diffrent times is wrong, one that I know about for sure she backed up and hit him. I am sorry drivers training 101 says you should always look behind you before you back up. Don’t get me wrong I am far from perfect. One time okay maybe an accedent but twice come on. The park managers responce from what I heard was “well they should not have been there”. She might manage it but that does not give her the right to drive how she wants. How can I say that because I was driving throu the park and at one point she almost T-bones me in my truck! What happened I ended up being band from the park. As far as drugs and other things go thats what boostmoble helps do, One beep and everyone knows when the police are entering the park, now wonder police can’t catch them. My suggestion would be unmarked cars and unknown police officers. Crime will never be 100% gone but with the right managment it can be reduced. Talk to the people who live there set up neighborhood watchs,give the people accentive to join and help out. People say crime does not pay well guess what yes it does at least to the ones that don’t get caught. Kid now a days get in more trouble because they have no where to go and nothing to do. It boils down to the people getting over there I am better then the next guy or what ever it is and start getting along. Parents also need to start paying more attion to there kids, if you cant be home when school gets out find some where for your kids to go a friends or any where the parent knows that they can trust and if a child don’t show know they will get a call saying that little Johnny or Sussie never made it there. If i was watching a friends child and they had one of there friends came over i made sure to have the kid call his mom or dad then i made sure to talk to them so they knew where they where and how to get ahold of me and there child. Why do i say this i have seen many parents looking for there kids not knowing where they are, I have experianced this. All it takes is more people paying attion to whats going on and parents being a little more responcable.
From someone who really wants things to get better
I have never lived in the Mobile Home Park on 18 mile Rd. I have been in there on a few occasions. I went there to donate alot of bags of clothing (in the office bldg) a couple times and the other couple times for other reasons I wont mention because then the people will know who I am. Anyways, It has always looked like a bad place. Nobody takes care of thier yards or homes. There are trailers that have busted windows now covered with wood pieces, sheets hanging up for curtains, blinds all…
Seems the addys for most of the convicted sex offenders that come to Cedar Springs are at the trailer park on the north side of town.I for one am glad to have moved out of Cedar, high taxes and all the low life hanging around in P.Run subdivision did not make for a family type atmosphere.When you would call the cops to come take a look at possible criems being committed they claimed to not know where our house was at.We were 3 min from the cop shop.LAZY was the only word I had for them.
“The hoodie park” is what most of use call the 18 mile trailer park. It is way beyond what most would know. Drugs and sex offenders in the same park not to mention everything else. The trailers are usually falling apart with cockroaches.
“crimes” committed as the officer states in this article does not equal the amount of “sex offenders” which I consider much more dangerous to the families and children of this community. A stolen car can be replaced. A child’s innocence cannot. Check out the state of MI website under the security tab and there is a sex offender registry. Type in the zip code 49319 and calculate that. The trailer park on the north end of town by the ice cream shop fills up half of it. The other half are trailers out on the “mile roads” and the apartment buildings in Cedar Springs. I don’t let our children out of my sight. Who cares about a broken window, stolen tv, fire works or whatever. The kids are what counts.
the hoodie park does not have a high crime rate cause drug user and drug dealers dont call the cops i lived their for a few years i know what goes on in their the manager knows to but she dont care as long as you pay the rent $$$$$ yu wantto rid cedar of all its cock roaches burn it down and move the people like the fabbro’s (aleene)to another state that place will never amount to anything i was one of the smart and not broke lazy people that got the f%$# out
cedar springs is going down hill every kid with there pants on the ground there lookin like a fool with there pants on the ground