I totally agree. The 3 times that I ran into LE at the Potato-Head Spa (which has a holistic license), the LE there were really nice. Once, they came in the afternoon (the 2 female inspectors), and twice (male cops), they came at night. All 3 times that they were there, they were really polite. We even had customers all 3 times that they came in, and they didn't bother them at all. They just knocked on our door, and told us to come out to show them our licenses. They took down our license number, and our name, and left. Didn't harass the customers or anything. Didn't go into the rooms at all. All 3 times, they were gone within 10 minutes. The two times that they came at night, they even told us to lock our second door, because several MPs have been robbed lately, and they even told us to be careful.
So yes, LE do treat properly licensed establishments differently than unlicensed ones.... or ones with previous charges.
One of the places I worked at last year... the LE there were there all the time because our spa had previous charges. Plus, they hated my ex-boss 'cuz she was always trying to be smart with them. So they threw her in jail twice.
So it all depends on whether the place has a good standing with them or not. One licensed place that my friend works at... they had a VERY, VERY bad customer a little while ago. He took a BS from one of MPAs there, was all over her... really grabby and everything... and when she tried to collect the money from him, he refused. She tried blocking the door to prevent him from leaving, he ended up somehow knocking her to the floor. When she threatened to call the cops on him, you'd never guessed what the a**hole did!!! HE went and called 911 himself, then had the nerve to tell the MPA that he's gonna tell the cops, when they come, that she did a BS for him and wanted money. She starts crying... and you'd never guessed what happened next...
There happened to be a cop car right around the corner of where the spa was, so the cops were there within 3 minutes of the call. When they came in, and the saw the MPA on the floor crying, they handcuffed the customer right away. He tried telling them how she did a BS for him and wanted money... and you know what the LE told him? "Sorry sir, all I see is a lady on the floor crying, who's obviously hurt because you hit her... you need to come with us..."
So do LE treat licensed establishment differently? DEFINITELY!!....