Fulton County

commissioners could vote in less than a month to prohibit alcoholic beverage

sales at any adult entertainment businesses.

The commission

conducted a public hearing Wednesday on the ordinance and heard a damning

report from Chief of Police George Coleman on the correlation between

crime and alcohol at the establishments.

Coleman said

the Fulton County Police Department instituted an extensive operation

in 1998 to combat vice in the Fulton Industrial Boulevard corridor.

The department

had received numerous complaints from business owners who were near three

adult entertainment establishments.

In its sweep,

the department made 167 arrests and convicted all but one person. The

overwhelming percentage of the crimes were sex related and the second

highest percentage of crimes was drug related.

Coleman also

showed the board a report of criminal incidents from the Coronet Club

in north Fulton County, which does not sell alcohol.

The Coronet

Club accounted for only 4 percent of the crime around adult entertainment

businesses, while clubs that did sell alcohol represented 96 percent of

the crime reports, he said.

Coleman also

said the department has been doing surveillance at the clubs this year

and has discovered no criminal activities at Coronet Club, but have made

arrests at two of the Fulton Industrial clubs for masturbation for hire.

The ordinance

as written would prohibit the consumption or sale of alcoholic beverages

at any adult entertainment business.

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