TO THE BOARD AND HE WAS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL. ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WE WILL PASS ALONG TO YOU HERE ON WRAL. >>> GOVERNOR COOPER ASKED LOCAL AGENCIES TO ENFORCE STRICTER COVID RULES AND THEY ARE. RALEIGH POLICE ARE SIGNING BUSINESSES FOR HAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE INSIDE. WE ARE JOINED LIVE TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES. >> Reporter: THE CONSEQUENCES ARE OUT THERE. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC AND WE DID SOME CHECKING AND WE FOUND OUT THAT TWO BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CITED INCLUDING THIS BAR BEHIND ME. OFFICERS WAS DISPATCHED TO A SHOOTING AT THE ROSE BAR IN MILLBROOK ROAD BUT INSIDE OFFICERS FOUND SO MUCH MORE, A PACKED CROWD AND A CLEAR VIOLATION OF GOVERNOR COOPER'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. RALEIGH POLICE HAVE NOT SAID HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INSIDE BUT THE STATE'S CURRENT GUIDANCE IS STRICT. THE OWNERS WERE CITED FACING A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE FOR VIOLATING THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER ON CROWDS. IN THE SAME MONTH AND SEVERAL MILES AWAY, TWO MORE CITATIONS WERE HANDED OUT, THIS TIME TO JONATHAN SPORTS BAR, THE VIOLATION WAS TOO LARGE OF A CROWD. >> I'M TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE ASCENDING LAW- ENFORCEMENT BY. >> Reporter: WE DROVE BY THE ROSE BY THIS EVENING AND IT WAS CLOSED. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO JONATHAN'S SPORTS BAR ON NEWBRIDGE DRIVE, IT WAS OPEN BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. MAYOR BALDWIN WAITING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESSES TO FOLLOW THE RULES AS SHE SAID IN A QUOTE, GOING INTO OVERCROWDED BARS OR RESTAURANTS SIMPLY IS NOT A GOOD IDEA AND WE ALL NEED TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE WEAR A MASK WHEN NOT WITH MEMBERS OF YOUR OWN FAMILY AND FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDELINES. SOME FEEL LIKE RESTAURANTS AND BARS MAY BE UNFAIRLY PICKED ON. >> FOR WHATEVER REASON THE RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SEEMS TO HAVE THIS HIGHER LEVEL OF EXPECTATION OF ABIDING BY THE COVID RULES. >> Reporter: WITH TWO CITATIONS ON RECORD IN RALEIGH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THIS MAY POINT TO A BRIGHTER SIGN. >> IN WAKE COUNTY WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY, WE SEEN OVERWHELMING COMPLIANCE. >> Reporter: JAIL TIME FOR THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS CITED IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THERE IS ANOTHER CAVEAT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD POSSIBLY GET INVOLVED AND SHUTDOWN THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT ARE RESTAURANTS AND BARS.