Baltimore’s “The Block” bars and strip clubs may dodge early last call under revised legislation

Bars and strip clubs on The Block in Baltimore would be able to dodge a threatened 10 p.m. early closing time by meeting a slate of security requirements under a revised version of a bill cracking down on the city’s adult entertainment district that passed the Maryland Senate on Tuesday. The bars and clubs would no longer face the possibility of having to pay for two off-duty city police officers to patrol the short stretch of East Baltimore Street during the busiest 15 hours of each week.