Posted on 01/03/2013 9:09:24 PM PST by grundle
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KMOX) – Belleville police chief Bill Clay is ordering his officers to get their pancakes from anywhere but Denny’s, calling the restaurant “political stupidness.”
The new orders come after a New Year’s Day clash between five detectives and one Denny’s manager.
The department says the detectives were out of uniform but wearing their badges, when manager David Rice asked them to either leave or put their guns in their vehicle.
Rice, told the detectives that one of their weapons, specifically a female detective’s gun, was making another diner feel uncomfortable.
As the officers were leaving, without their food, General Manager Michael Van walked up and corrected the manager and said it was fine for them to stay, but the officers said it would be too awkward and they left.
Denny’s corporate office has released an apology saying, “Denny’s policy permits law enforcement officials to carry their firearms in the restaurant and we regret any misunderstanding.”
An employee at the Belleville Denny’s didn’t want to talk about the confrontation to KMOX, but some Denny’s customers said the presence of police and their guns was not an issue.
I doubt a diner cared about the guns. My guess is the idiot manager who kicked them out.
Unless I’m mistaken (quite possibly) we got into it back in the primary season. But that was then and it’s a whole new day.
Or I am just wrong and will feel awful sheepish about it ;)
Denny’s acted stupidly. Time for Bambi to call a bacon & eggs summit.
Glad to see Denny’s corporate making amends in good faith. I like their Santa Fe skillets. Hate to boycott them, too.
Illinois is famously uncomfortable about guns among the people.
Ah, but now, just this once, some people are uncomfortable about guns among the governing, but now just LISTEN to the cat-calls and tsk-tsking...!
Fair for me, but NOT for THEE...!!!
The insanity has continued there for so long on the people precisely because the insanity did not fall on the governing class themselves.
I support Denny’s, here.
Oh. May be. We both lost, in the end, I’m sure of that. Thx. Rita.
Years ago I knew a cop who pulled over a teenage girl for speeding. The first thing she said was “I work at McDonald’s and you know we give you free hamburgers, don’t you?”
The cop said “You’ve never given me a free one because I don’t accept them.” Then he wrote her a ticket.
See Denny’s Ad post 29
Denny’s sounds like a criminal magnet. I’ll eat somewhere else.
Depends on the weapon and on the holster and on the clothes. But even if the gun is concealable in principle, why to do so if you can carry it openly, and clothes over the gun will cost you a couple seconds if you have to draw it? Police has to deal with very nasty people. What if there is a fugitive dining at the restaurant?
I know if I were a criminal I’d rob that Dennys.
bfl
The 2nd amendment doesn’t preserve your right to keep and bear arms on other people’s property. It is entirely beside the point.
Screw the chief. I don’t care about him. Tell your officers to not enforce the law somewhere else, if Dennys hurt you’d feelings.
Screw the chief. I don’t care about him. Tell your officers to not enforce the law somewhere else, if Dennys hurt your feelings.
Know this Denny’s and I need to remind myself to write you directly, I will not ever eat at any of your stores again.
I don’t care if this was a rogue franchisee. You are FUp’s and FK’d up in the head.
You ain’t right morally or spiritually.
Drinking again? Police have legal authority to carry their weapons anywhere while on duty, and with a CCP, anywhere, ibid, ipso facto and ad infinitum.
I’d rather have a group of police officers with guns in a Denny’s than have an unarmed group of police officers in a Denny’s. Robbers like Denny’s. Armed cops don’t like robbers. Armed cops capture or kill armed robbers. People can eat in peace.
A piece of pie for desert, garcon!
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