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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
I don't know how comfortable I feel as a citizen being protected

Hey Adam, the police don't have a duty to protect you, they only have a duty to take a report after something has happened, and maybe arrest the bad guy if they can determine who it was.
You have the responsibility and authority to protect yourself.

21 posted on 07/17/2008 9:00:21 AM PDT by ASA Vet
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To: Huntress
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,"

I want someone protecting my streets who isn't going to Starbucks 6 times a day.

Abuse caffine much?

22 posted on 07/17/2008 9:00:55 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

I didn’t REALLY think so, but it just seems like such a waste to throw away your career over something so trivial.

I can’t image a SANE or INTELLIGENT person doing such a...
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23 posted on 07/17/2008 9:01:12 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: stuartcr

Sounds like there was only one fool, the cop.


24 posted on 07/17/2008 9:02:12 AM PDT by kenth (Just think, .000001783% of the population is screwing it all up for the rest of us.)
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To: frankiep
And some people here wonder why so many people don’t trust “law enforcement officers”.

A few bad apples is almost unavoidable.
What is more troubling is that it took 15 years to identify this petty(?) crook.
Where were all the other cops all this time?

25 posted on 07/17/2008 9:02:19 AM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: Huntress
looks like all Garvin's are whores:

"Fred Garvin: Male Prosititute"

26 posted on 07/17/2008 9:02:23 AM PDT by thefactor (the innocent shall not suffer nor the guilty go free...)
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To: I see my hands

"It's outrageous!" < /seinfeld >

27 posted on 07/17/2008 9:02:43 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Huntress

GUARANTEED this ain’t the first time this “officer” has abused his office. “To protect and to serve” seems to sometimes become “to oppress and to be served”. Screening process may need to be tweaked a bit...

Colonel, USAFR


28 posted on 07/17/2008 9:03:16 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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To: kbennkc

>>“Man this extorted coffee tastes like pee “

LOL!


29 posted on 07/17/2008 9:03:21 AM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: WayneS
I didn’t REALLY think so, but it just seems like such a waste to throw away your career over something so trivial.

It does seem trivial. Someone else had posted that this likely wasn't the only place he did this. He probably had a wider range of extortion activity.

30 posted on 07/17/2008 9:03:29 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Publius6961
Where were all the other cops all this time?

There is a code of silence. They don't out the rats in their midst. And then they wonder why, like the moderate muslims, they are lumped together with the bad apples.

31 posted on 07/17/2008 9:04:00 AM PDT by weegee (Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
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To: Huntress

When I worked at convenience stores, 3rd shift, I always offered the police officers their coffee for free. I never had one accept that offer. I was actually very impressed by their professionalism in declining “perks.”


32 posted on 07/17/2008 9:04:01 AM PDT by CSM (Hey if a small tax increase didn't work, a bigger tax increase should not work even BETTER!)
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To: Huntress
FRED GARVIN:

Male prostitute!
33 posted on 07/17/2008 9:04:13 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Coffee200am

He’ll probably sue and get his job back because “he only did this thing because he was an addict and he had to support his habit”.

He’ll go into rehab, “get better”, and then demand to be returned to the force.


34 posted on 07/17/2008 9:04:20 AM PDT by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: Huntress
I'm sure the guy's a jerk, but polygraphs are as reliable as a Ouiji board.
35 posted on 07/17/2008 9:04:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Public policy should never become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. -- Ike Eisenhower)
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To: WayneS

Who cares if he was “joking”? If thats his sense of humor then he needs to be fired anyway. Joke or not its not what we need.


36 posted on 07/17/2008 9:05:29 AM PDT by driftdiver (No More Obama - The corruption hasnÂ’t changed despite all our hopes.)
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To: mkjessup

Another fine Florida LEO walking in the footsteps of Gerard John Schaefer.


37 posted on 07/17/2008 9:05:35 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: 4yearlurker

“So this assclown cop is willing to put Starbuck’s employee’s in danger for his 6 cup a day coffee habit?”

In addition, he probably revels in busting pot smokers and calls them lowlife drug addicts.


38 posted on 07/17/2008 9:05:35 AM PDT by CSM (Hey if a small tax increase didn't work, a bigger tax increase should not work even BETTER!)
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To: Huntress

Redundant.


39 posted on 07/17/2008 9:05:41 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Huntress

I can’t see that it would be worth my job for a cup of burnt coffee.

I’d make my own first.


40 posted on 07/17/2008 9:05:46 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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