i had the cat removed all all my old turbo cars i used to own, got pulled over constantly, i was part of a large community and most of them had the cats removed in the name of performance, not once have i ever seen a copper get down on his guts and look for a cat that's been removed!
on some of the larger cruises they'd make a blockade and go over every single car, sometimes up to a hundred cars, not once did they look for it.