Last Friday the police spent half of the day at the marijuana dispensary.
They sat in the back of the store and our regular security guard was replaced by a law enforcement officer.
There were rumors of several reported stolen IDs and fake IDs and it was here in the area where they were reported. I had to work the shift when the police officers were present and it was a very unnerving experience. I felt very unsettled with police officers sitting in the back of the marijuana dispensary just waiting for something to happen. The police officials had people staked out at all of the local marijuana dispensaries as well as the liquor stores. The sting must have been much bigger than they were letting on. I honestly thought it was a lot for a fake ID scam, but the law enforcement officers were taking it very seriously. After law enforcement caught two people with fake IDs, our rules and regulations changed. Monday morning we had a huge meeting with the boss and the owner of the dispensary. From now on we have to check all IDs twice. We have to run the identification card through our regular process and then we have a special camera and scanner that looks at the license for any flaws or problems that would be an anomaly. Then we take a picture of the identification card. We used to only take pictures once when customers come in, but now we are required to take a picture of every ID, every single time a customer walks through the doors.