Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Residents along Ponce band together to fight crime
Posted on March 7th, 2010 in Atlanta adult entertainment
Neighborhood volunteer Steve Gower sounds resolute as he drives the streets around Ponce after midnight. Seven years ago, he temporarily took the helm as security chief of the new Midtown Ponce Security Alliance, and still cruises the area with a video camera, portable klieg light and a can of Mace. “Someone had to do it,” he figured.
The alliance was created by residents and business owners who pay annual dues to hire an off-duty cop to patrol the area. Gower helps by letting police know what he sees.
There have been victories — the transvestite prostitutes and broken-down hookers have scattered. And crack dealers are no longer so brazen they set out couches. Gower spearheaded the effort to chase out the prostitutes, making himself as big a pain to them and their johns as they were to the neighborhood.
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