CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The Clarksville Police Department (CPD) and city officials have gathered sufficient evidence to revoke the business permit for Druski’s Bar and Lounge, an after-hours establishment in Clarksville.

The After Hours Establishments City Ordinance (ORDINANCE 41-2014-15) was recently put in place to regulate BYOB clubs in the city. These clubs allow customers and patrons to bring beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption which are purchased or obtained off the premises. In Clarksville, they are also known to stay open past 3 a.m. or normal bar hours, but, according to the new ordinance, not operate at any time between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 p.m.

Before the After Hours Establishments Ordinance was created, in July 2014, Club Magic was closed because it was determined to be a public nuisance. However, closing Club Magic, even after reports of weapons on scene, shots fired, multiple fights, and gang activity, took almost a year of work and compiling evidence between the CPD and the District Attorney’s Office, which led to the new ordinance.

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Druski’s was approved to open on December 21, 2015. On Jan 1, 2016, three 911 calls were made reporting weapons on the scene with shots fired, multiple fights, and an ambulance call stating that an individual inside the bar was “busted up.”

Police said two calls came from the owner, Andrew Moore, and one call came from one of his employees. There were three additional 911 calls made in February by the employees at Druski’s.

The following are some of their statements to 911 Dispatchers:

o January 1: “Our armed security has lost integrity. We have had shots fired.”
o January 1: “I have multiple fights, weapons on the scene, I can’t maintain them, inside and outside, we can’t contain it.”
o January 1: “I need an ambulance. Someone’s busted up.”
o February 16: “We’ve got shots fired at Druski’s. 10-12 shots.”
o February 20: “We have a crowd that won’t cooperate. We can’t control the entrance to the club anymore.”
o February 28: “I got fights in the bar outside. I need cops. I am the manager.”

Police reported the following violations at the business: weapons, threats of homicide, cocaine possession, aggravated assaults, shots fired, domestic violence, marijuana usage condoned inside the building, possession of weapons while intoxicated, people arriving at medical facilities severely beaten, subjects drinking without identification, and sexual battery.

These actions violated several provisions within the ordinance.

Druski’s permit was revoked on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 — less than 90 days from its approval to operate.

“It is imperative that we maintain control over after-hours establishments, due to criminal activity that can be associated with them. Part of the CPD’s Mission Statement says that we are dedicated to providing a safe environment by targeting quality-of-life issues in our neighborhoods, using community-based policing strategies. I feel, in this situation, by taking control of a business that is a public nuisance, we stood behind our Mission Statement,” Captain David Crockarell said.