i receive a flyer on my door last thursday asking if i feel safe in my neighborhood. honestly, i can say no i don't. my children and i moved to cedars east about 1 1/2 years ago. at first it seemed to be nice and peaceful. i use to walk around cedar-springs and elm forest regularly with no problem or fear. that is not the case anymore. we have kids and teenagers either walking around or just hanging out. i normally have no problem with this but their not just walking, their rude and disrespectful, they try to intimidate people for no reason. i recently encoutered a problem with a large group of children playing in the road and when i slowed down to wait for them to move they wouldn't, when they finally did one of them stepped up to my car and another got very loud and disrespectful. there were no parents outside monitoring them. the oldest one of them was about 13yrs. old. i no longer feel safe in my neighborhood when i have walked and the same kids are outside they make racial and violent comments towards me. i have two young children and i don't want them to suffer because of this once school starts back. i would love to see more effort from other parents and whoever needs to be envolved, i think a neighborhood watch would be great.


By Monica

do you feel safe

Monica, I put the flyer on your door. I am so despartely try to take back our neighborhood. We need to come together and work as a team. I have spoken with The Girl Scouts on Idlewild,they are willing to help us. The police are willing to, as well, but we must make and effort. We need at least 50% of our neighborhood to show up for a meeting to start a crime watch association for our neighborhood. However, I will need help putting out flyers to make the peopleof our neighborhood aware. Please let me now if you are will to attend a meeting and are willing to help out in any way. We can do this. I was told by the police that if we see any groups of ''Kids'' doing things like you said to call 911. So do it. Call them, if we get on it maybe they will go somewhere else.

Also Anyone else who is interested please email me.

do you feel safe.

Monica, thank youfor your feedback!