"I pay attention to what kind of shoes they are wearing to see if they're trying to sneak up their height," Dicks said.ĭicks said there are key physical features such as eye color, weight and ears that show that someone is using an ID that is not their own. He said people often try to change their physical appearance to look more like the person in the ID. Michael Dicks, who works door security at Wasted Grain in Old Town Scottsdale, said he has also seen an increase in people trying to pose as someone pictured in a legitimate ID. The bar seizes at least one fake ID per night and averages four to five IDs per night on the weekend, Thomas said. She said officers investigate and if they determine the ID to be either "counterfeit, altered, or in fraudulent use," they act accordingly whether it be seizing the ID or impounding it for evidence. "Likewise, a Tempe Police Officer, during the course of operations, may identify an individual in possession of a fraudulently used ID," Enright wrote. “We tell them: ‘We’re going to check with the police really quickly,’ and if we’re wrong, we buy them a drink,” Thomas said.Įnright wrote that staff serving alcohol will call police after speaking with the individual if they suspect the ID is fake. When Thomas suspects an ID is not legitimate, he said the bar’s procedure is to have Tempe Police validate whether the ID is usable. Ryan Thomas, a security worker for Mill Cue Club in downtown Tempe, said the majority of underage people trying to get into the club present someone else’s legitimate ID, and many are often expired. People often look to their older friends for a legitimate ID to present as their own, Enright said, even though it is possible to purchase them online. "The majority of fraudulently used and seized IDs are authentic, but may have been stolen - in a majority of fraudulent use cases the IDs have been borrowed from a 21 or older friend or sibling."
“A distinction important to note: all seized IDs are not ‘fake’ - in fact, forged IDs are in a minority," Enright wrote. The news release said this funding will go toward enforcement, education and funding an existing Covert Underage Buyer (CUB) Program, through which police can send an underage person to buy alcohol and bust the sellers if the undercover person is successful. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety issued $60,000 in grant funding to the Tempe Police Traffic Bureau Officers to aid in the seizing of potentially misused or fraudulent IDs, according to a news release.
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However, Arizona legislatures and city officials are still on a mission to crack down on the issue.
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