I owned a bar and most of the time ( actually never in 10 years) regular cops wouldn't charge the bartender or establishment with anything ( even though they could) if the bar made any real effort to check the I.D. They know there are some great fake I.D.'s out there that can pass most any tests so they don't make a thing out of it and don't require you to do some 5 minute super check with black lights and lie-dectecter tests. A Random ABC sting probably wouldn't bust you as well for good fakes. Most of the time no ones going out of their way to jam up the bar.

Another thing is bars are a cash cow for a city as cops can park next to one, make up reasons* to pull you over leaving and get easy D.U.I.'s. and wet recklessness (compared to a random group of cars). Shut the bar down and pull people over at random their easy arrest numbers go down and fines go down even more ( since that's usually the biggest fine they can get, I.E. best return on investment per hour for the city.)

But if you are a establishment with lots of violence requiring police calls or especially if you are unliked by someone with power in that city, ABC will suddenly do stings that are almost impossible to pass without them getting you on something. Then it can be one more strike and your out, no more liqueur license. That's when bars start doing the elaborate I.D. checks but by then it's to late, they already have you on probation and halfway to sold or closed ( their goal) and it won't be that hard for them to finish the job with a few over-serving charges that are impossible to fight.

• make up reasons: it's as bad or worse than you think. The head of the DMV advanced driving academy, driving a brand new car, would easily be pulled over by a fresh cadet and that's by design. Just how the N.S.A. wants to know what anyone is doing at all times on all devices and will stop at nothing to accomplish that, if the police want to know who you are and what's in your car no civil right or amendment is going to stop them before or after the fact 99.9% of the time. Lying to you, their superiors, the prosecutors and judge, it's all part of the game that lets them do what they want and everyone with power looks the other way not because of corruption but because that's how it's designed to work.

1) your taillight is out (not out). You want to check it, they say its unsafe. You check it anyways, ohh it must have just come back on, still a legal stop. 2) to fast out of a parking lot or speeding when not. Prove otherwise. 3) you swerved when didn't. 4) smelled marajana when didn't ( this gives them probable cause to do a dog search with no time limit on your detainment or when the dogs show up, as opposed to pulling you over for speeding, no probable cause- then the dogs need to be there in 10 minutes or so).

They are not going to ever give you a ticket for the b.s. charge or even mention why they pulled you over half the time (since up until the point of time you ask they don't care). If your not drunk they throw you back in the bar and pull over the next one who walks out.