I understand that, and applaud that- and I would do it myself too- but the way he just waltzed in and poured himself a drink looked just awful to the people there standing in line.
He should have said “Hello” to the clerk, at minumim
Honest cops shouldn’t accept all the gifts and bribes that the retail people offer them, I used to raise cain in restaurants when I saw this where the cops just received their food and take out for free, I even got to the point of letting the cops know what I thought of it.
This is corruption and like the broken window syndrome, it is rust that has no good, only bad comes from it.