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Clean Sweep Targets East Kingsfield, Chemstrand Road Area
September 20, 2013
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies conducted an “Operation Clean Sweep” Thursday morning in the Ashland Park area. The sweep was conducted around East Kingsfield Road from Chemstrand Road to Rodney Street.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office reported four arrests, four state probation warrants served, 10 code violations cited, 21 addresses verified by the Sex Crimes Unit and 2.5 tons of debris collected.
The focus of “Operation Clean Sweep” is to work with Neighborhood Watch groups, residents, churches and business owners to control and prevent the damaging effects of criminal activity, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Pictured top: Volunteers from the U.S. Navy pick up trash in the Ashland Park area Thursday morning as part of an Operation Clean Sweep in the area. Photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Clean Sweep Targets East Kingsfield, Chemstrand Road Area”
I’ve lived in this neighborhood for fifty years-raised my family here. So sad its not safe for other children to get out and run the streets and play. We still have a lot of good people here that care. Our thanks to the Sheriff’s Dept. and all involved for taking time to help make our neighborhood a cleaner, safer, place for the younger families moving into the neighborhood. (So sad after fifty years we have to have locks on everything we own to keep these sorry people coming into the neighborhood from stealing what we have worked for. )
The Neighborhood Watch groups and the Sheriff’s department response is making some good changes in our neighborhoods throughout Escambia County. Thank you to David Craig and the ESCO and Sheriff Morgan for all their efforts to help us help them! If you don’t have a Neighborhood Watch group and want to start one contact David Craig. Call 436-9630 (information) and they will help you contact David Craig or someone who can help you. You are always welcome to come to the MidCounty Neighborhood Watch which meets the 4th Monday of every month at the Molino Community Center at 6:30pm. If you don’t live in Molino but want to see what happens at a Neighborhood Watch group, come on by….everyone is welcome!
I can think of a lot of places which need cleaning up a lot worse than Kingsfield and Chemstrand…
Is Kings Road subdivision next?
This neighborhood has gone down in quality residences in the past few years. I know many people that live in that neighborhood that keep their doors locked due to “suspicious trafficking” throughout. The neighborhood watch program was recently put together within the past year and it has really helped. There are a lot of older citizens that live in this area and many have passed leaving their homes to younger families. It’s unfortunate how people trash neighborhoods and the good standing citizens have to deal with it. It looks like there is drastic change going on. This is great!
For the life of me I don’t understand why ESCO, US Navy personnel and other volunteer organizations have to go out and pick up peoples’ trash. Granted there may be a few houses with seniors and/or disabled occupants that need help, but the majority of folks simply need to get off their ….. and take some pride in their neighborhood. Picking up debris costs nothing, It’s a choice for rich and poor people alike to live with litter in their yards.
A hearty “Thank You” to all involved, especially the U.S. Navy personnel who volunteered to serve our community and especially to serve our constitutional republic.