“We have had two rounds of mystery shopper (visits) on weekends we select, and of the 50 permit holders checked, 49 passed,” he said.
The test involves not only preventing underage patrons from entering, but also dealing with intoxicated drinkers.
Some mystery shopped have faked drunkenness to see how employees deal with it, according to Curme.
“It’s an important step in cutting off intoxicated patrons,” he said.
He said studies have shown more than 80 percent of students, nationally, possess fake IDs.
There is now a computer program that determine if IDs are genuine, he said
The issue of fake IDs has another ramification for Miami students.
“Fake IDs are a ‘dishonesty’ and two dishonesties, you’re suspended,” he said. “That gets students’ attention.”