Monday, July 21, 2008

Florida Officer Fired for Demanding Free Coffee

According to the Associated Press, an internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach [Florida] police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused.

Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired July 8. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Chief Mike Chitwood says Garvin recently failed a polygraph test that he insisted on taking.

The coffeehouse's employees claim that since June 2007, Garvin had visited the store as many as six times a night while on duty. Besides demanding free drinks, workers complained that

Garvin also cut in front of paying customers.

A telephone listing for Garvin could not be found

I guess he wanted FREE coffee to help wash down all those doughnuts. It's a good thing that a liquor store wasn't on his route, he probably would have demanded free booze.

Another dirty cop off the streets.

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