![]() “The big thing is information sharing,” Shellhammer said. It also builds relationships between deputies and people who live and work along the corridor. Having the same deputies assigned to the corridor on a consistent basis results in better communication and intelligence gathering within the sheriff’s office, he said. Keeping manpower on MulberryĪt least one sheriff’s deputy is assigned to the East Mulberry Corridor on every shift, although that deputy might be called away at any time if needed in another part of the county, Shellhammer said. The site is owned by Texas-based G6 Hospitality Property LLC., which did not respond to Coloradoan emails seeking comment and information. The Motel 6 property was visited 981 times in 2015, the most of any location on the corridor. View Gallery: Larimer County Sheriff's deputies on East Mulberry In 2012, deputies were at the Plaza Hotel 1,374 times, according to county records. ![]() “We are doing everything we can to not have a bad element there,” he said.ĭeputies “visited” the motel 760 times in 2015, either in response to calls for help or as part of regular patrols. Getting the national brand names will help in efforts to turn around the hotel’s fortunes and attract a better class of customers, Rahmani said. The franchises were awarded to the hotel after making cosmetic improvements, such as new carpeting, paint and furniture and passing an inspection, said longtime owner Bruce Rahmani. ![]() The Plaza Hotel became a combination Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn in 2015 and was renamed. Mulberry St., have traded spots as the top two locations for sheriff’s deputy service calls along corridor the last four years. The motel complex formerly known as the Plaza Hotel, 3836 E. The corridor is home to a string of cheap motels that tend to attract both a criminal element and weary travelers pulling off Interstate 25. “That’s a lot of resources and a lot of time every single day.” “It’s still pretty busy out there,” he said. But that’s still a substantial workload for deputies, said Lt. STANDOFF: LCSO deputy cleared in officer-involved shootingĮven with the uptick, deputies responded to 500 fewer calls on the corridor last year than in 2012. Last year, calls rose to an average of 13.67 per day. Some improvements have been seen along East Mulberry, with the average number of daily calls for sheriff’s office service dropping from 15.02 in 2012 to 13.09 in 2014. Prostitution, drug use and trafficking, thefts from vehicles, fraud and disturbances still plague the area between Timberline Road and County Road 5, according to sheriff’s office records. Mulberry crimeįour years after law enforcement officials launched an anti-crime campaign along the East Mulberry Corridor, the heavily traveled entryway into Fort Collins remains a trouble spot.Ĭalls for service to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, which has jurisdiction over the area along East Mulberry Street outside of Fort Collins city limits, increased in 2015 after steadily declining since 2012 and the start of a ramped-up police presence on the corridor.
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