High-Tech Check

By: Michael Harrelson


Time was when a nightclub or bar’s best defense against underage individuals trying to get into their venue and partake of some adult libations was a no-nonsense bouncer with keen eyesight outside and a bartender or cocktail server inside with the wherewithal to ask for and carefully scrutinize an ID.

Today, both those folks are still crucial to the process, but their efforts are now supported by age identification technology that ranges from wristbands with a wire sensor that sends out a signal when tampered with to a scanner that can see in the dark.

Not only can high-tech systems for checking IDs prevent the underage crowd from crashing the party – which can result in fines and the possible loss of a valuable liquor license not to mention untold beverage revenues -- but they may also serve as the house’s best insurance against the subsequent jeopardy that comes with the youngster who might actually slip inside.

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