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Officer Accused Of Threatening Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee
Local 6 (Orlando, FL) ^
| 7/17/08
| Unattributed
Posted on 07/17/2008 8:49:47 AM PDT by Huntress
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A police lieutenant in Daytona Beach was fired over accusations that he threatened slower emergency response times if he was not given complimentary specialty Starbucks coffee drinks.
An internal police investigation found that Daytona Lt. Major Garvin received free coffee for about two years from a city Starbucks coffee store.
However, when recently denied free coffee from new management, Garvin allegedly told managers that he could change the police department's response time if they refuse to give him complimentary drinks.
Garvin is accused of saying, "If something happens, either we can respond really fast or we could respond really slow. I've been coming here for years and I've been getting whatever I want. I'm the difference between you getting a two-minute response time, if you needed a little help, or a 15 minutes response time."
However, when confronted about the comments, police said Garvin agreed to take a polygraph test.
When asked whether or not he threatened managers with adverse response times, Garvin responded, "no."
But polygraph test results suggested that the officer was lying, Local 6's Tarik Minor reported. Garvin was then fired.
Starbucks employees said Garvin visited the Starbucks store six times a day during his shifts and intimidated some workers during visits.
"I want somebody protecting my streets who is honest and trustworthy," Starbucks customer Adam Cuddy said. "So, if he is going to fail a polygraph, whether it is about coffee or anything, I don't know how comfortable I feel as a citizen being protected."
The investigation also revealed that Garvin requested the complimentary coffee even when he was not on duty.
Garvin was hired by the department in 1993.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badcopnodonut; caffineabuse; codeofsilence; coffee; cultureofcorruption; donutwatch; extortion; floriduh; hypertension; jbts; protectionracket; roidrage; shakedown; starbucks; taxdollarsatwork; thugwithabadge; youpayforthis
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To: Huntress
Fired?? How about a whole list of felonies! Why wasn’t this “police officer” arrested and jailed??
To: stuartcr
The first one’s free. Right?
He was up to a six cup a day habit.
Wonder if he also was partial to steroid abuse and roid rage.
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posted on
07/17/2008 10:11:22 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
To: RicocheT
Please No Squeeza Da Banana
Please no squeeza da banana
When you squeeza the plum
Ah you put em on the bum
You toucha this you toucha that
You toucha everything
You pusha this you pusha that
Then ya bada bing
Please no squeeza da banana
If you squeeze ah officer please
Ah Squeeza the coconut
Oh please no squeeza da banana
Because when you do that
The banana you make em flat
Please no squeeza da banana
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posted on
07/17/2008 10:16:28 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
To: weegee
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posted on
07/17/2008 10:17:15 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: Emmett McCarthy
I've never set foot in a Starbucks or even had a cup of their coffee. I have heard that a slang name for Starbucks is “Fourbucks.” So your calculation is not that far off.
To: allmendream
But extortion is nothing compared to the nightly assault that goes on down at booking/holding in many major cities.
And those wearing the uniforms, those working as lawyers, and those working as counselors are all aware of it.
With everyone on payroll being aware of the violation of basic rights and injury, they are leaving the cities open to a big lawsuit settlement.
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posted on
07/17/2008 10:22:13 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
To: 4yearlurker
I think I went into one once to buy a gift certificate for someone I know who liked the stuff, but I can’t recall ever having had one myself. Different folks, different tastes and habits, I guess. Of course, nobody describes me as “trendy and fashionable”, either, so I could be missing a lot. Funny, but it’s never bothered me.
To: Larry Lucido; Huntress; sit-rep; Squantos
Larry Lucido wrote:
"but it is Florida. If it was my store I would arm the employees and tell the cops to take all the time they want responding." Har! That's scathingly brilliant!
You could even make firearms skills part of your hiring evaluation...
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posted on
07/17/2008 10:55:24 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: frankiep
109
posted on
07/17/2008 11:02:20 AM PDT
by
pgyanke
("Huntered"--The act of being ignored by media and party to prevent name recognition)
To: Joe Brower; Cap'n Crunch
Perfect quals means better pay !......well there is a life long dream job !
110
posted on
07/17/2008 11:03:43 AM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Huntress
“...threatened slower emergency response ..”
That’s ok officer, my calls will only be “cleanup calls” anyway. See’ins how the Constitution allows me to provide my own security.
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posted on
07/17/2008 11:07:49 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Fight B.O. with RIGHT GUARD! Vote McCain!)
To: stuartcr
let me ask first- you’re not condoning the cops behavior are you?
Whether he ‘can afford it’ or not is not up to me and you to decide.
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posted on
07/17/2008 11:21:25 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: Artemis Webb
If your job requires a clearance, it may be necessary also.
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posted on
07/17/2008 11:26:40 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: Mr. K
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posted on
07/17/2008 11:28:49 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: Huntress
Arrogant, humorless, demanding payment and threatening to cut off public services otherwise, sounds exactly like an elected Dem around budget time to me.
115
posted on
07/17/2008 11:32:30 AM PDT
by
CGTRWK
To: weegee
I saw those presses in Australia when I was there a couple of years ago. Wife vetoed it.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:02:34 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
To: DariusBane
tomorrow they will be extorting money from citizens for real or imagined traffic violations.
Or sexual favors from good looking women who "just happen" to have a tail light out. "Here mam, we'll work this out so we don't have to write a citation, you promise to take care of the light, and I'll take care of your tail, ok?"
Yep, that sounds about right.
And this isn't the first time Volusia County has been caught flatulating it's lack of ethics into the public view. Back in 1990, former Sheriff Bob Vogel was running himself a real sweet scam as described in an article published in (of all sources) the Seattle Times:
Sheriff Bob Vogel of Volusia County, Fla., is particularly forthright in using forfeiture laws.
On Interstate 95 in Daytona Beach, the sheriff's deputies assigned to the Currency Interdiction Program routinely stop cars for traffic violations and, if the officers think the cars may be carrying contraband money, they obtain consent to search them.
The stops are all videotaped, Vogel said. While the searches are under way, the cars' occupants are asked to sit in a squad car equipped with a hidden microphone. It sometimes picks up conversations between the driver and riders that help lead the officers to hidden contraband or give them evidence to use in a forfeiture proceeding.
A drug-sniffing dog is brought to the scene if money is found that appears to deputies to be drug money - a classification based mainly on the amount of cash, the way it is packaged and the driver's story about its origin. If deputies think they have enough evidence to convince a judge that the money is related to illegal activity, they seize it.
There is a subsequent hearing in which the government presents its case and the owners of the money may try to prove that the money was obtained legally. If the government wins, as it almost always does, the money becomes the property of the government.
Yep, Volusia County Florida has quite a reputation, most of it not very good. And the good people of that county are the ones that suffer.
They deserve better than the Vogels and Garvins of the world.
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:03:56 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Fred Phelps? It's HELL on the phone! It's for YOU! They say "COME ON DOWN!!!")
To: 4yearlurker; Emmett McCarthy
If you look at the menu real close they have regular coffee in small print for something like 1.90. It still has the burnt taste and is delivered with an attitude.
118
posted on
07/17/2008 1:37:45 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
To: Huntress
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:40:26 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: Emmett McCarthy
Isnt 6 cups a day at Starbucks near $30?Or more. Not counting the pastries, sandwiches and who know what else he extorted that's $150.00 a week. $600.00 a month. $7,200 a year. Doesn't seem too petty to me.
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:45:53 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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