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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: peggybac

Jessie Jackson will be all over this one....


61 posted on 07/17/2008 9:18:26 AM PDT by texan75010
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To: Coffee200am

Oh. He’s not white.


62 posted on 07/17/2008 9:19:25 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: TLI

“Got himself fired from a 90K a year (guessing) job over a lousy cup of coffee.”

After reading the thread, I think the following numbers are about right.

6 coffees/day * 5 days per work week = 30 coffees/wk

30 coffees/wk * 50 work weeks a year = 1,500 coffees/year x 2 years = 3,000 coffees over the time discussed.

3,000 x $3 (assumption) = $9,000 theft.


63 posted on 07/17/2008 9:19:25 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

Dude, forget Starbucks. When they change the oil in your cruiser just tell’em you’ll take care of the disposal. Tastes better and doing your part for the environment.


64 posted on 07/17/2008 9:19:47 AM PDT by bereanway
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To: jagusafr

Hmmmm, percolated perks! That is funny.....


65 posted on 07/17/2008 9:20:43 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

Guys like this make it really hard for me to defend my profession.


66 posted on 07/17/2008 9:20:58 AM PDT by Crapgame (There's no place I'd rather be than right here, with my FRedneck, white socks and Blue Ribbon Beer)
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To: stuartcr
Sometimes it is easier to give in to petty extortion....if you are a SLAVE. Free men will not stand for such things.

Why should management give in to this petty extortion? I don't care if it is more trouble to buck the system, the system of threats and intimidation of this jerk threatening to not do his job unless he got free coffee every day (or six times a day)needed to be bucked; and this guy needed to be thrown out of his “job” (extorting Starbucks six times a day and harassing barrista’s apparently).

A gold star for the new management in getting this particular ass hat out of uniform. If I was in the neighborhood I would have a new coffee shop!

67 posted on 07/17/2008 9:22:53 AM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: Huntress

Bad cop, no donut.


68 posted on 07/17/2008 9:23:40 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Here they come boys! As thick as grass, and as black as thunder!)
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To: HIDEK6

Black cops can be jerks too! So can “Latino” cops. I had a run in with a “Latino” cop in Austin back in 82. I passed him when his yellow lights were on on Interstate 35...he pulled me over...gave me the third degree about passing a cop with yellow lights on....He was on the shoulder...


69 posted on 07/17/2008 9:26:42 AM PDT by Coffee200am ("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
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To: pgyanke

copy = coffee

*sigh*


70 posted on 07/17/2008 9:27:21 AM PDT by pgyanke ("Huntered"--The act of being ignored by media and party to prevent name recognition)
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To: CSM
= $9,000 theft

You are absolutely right. He should be indicted, arrested and put on trial.

71 posted on 07/17/2008 9:32:23 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: allmendream

I was looking at it in a more perks for the job and saying thanks view, then extortion.


72 posted on 07/17/2008 9:32:32 AM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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To: CSM

THEN we can laugh at him!


73 posted on 07/17/2008 9:32:53 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Huntress

Looks like the old police shakedown is still out there. What does the fire department get?


74 posted on 07/17/2008 9:32:56 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: Publius6961
Where were all the other cops all this time?

I would guess that they were covering for their buddy. And don't tell me that this doesn't happen. I have worked with many former LEOs (state troopers, deputies) who openly told stories about how they, or others they worked with, bent, twisted, and broke the law, or blatantly abused their authority all the while covering for their "brothers" if questions were ever raised about such activities. It is sickening and scary.

75 posted on 07/17/2008 9:33:09 AM PDT by frankiep (Every socialist is a disguised dictator - Ludwig von Mises)
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To: Huntress

As a business owner I would GLADLY offer free coffee to any officer- unless they demanded it, then I would turn them in.


76 posted on 07/17/2008 9:33:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: frankiep
And some people here wonder why so many people don’t trust “law enforcement officers”. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hey, it's written in stone. You just don't mess around with coffee and donuts when it comes to police. Starbucks should know better.
77 posted on 07/17/2008 9:34:02 AM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: frankiep
people here wonder why so many people don’t trust “law enforcement officers” - dated a lady for a couple of years whose father was retired Boston cop. She said he was the basic street cop, worked 20 years in the 60s and 70s. This basic street cop retired with an apt building, a home in Boston, a place at the beach, another place on the beach in Miami, and two boats (sail and power boat) at each beach house. Kinda thought he was a pretty good investor for a street cop.
78 posted on 07/17/2008 9:34:04 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Huntress
I am willing to bet he was a Florida transplant. When I lived in Florida while in the Navy, I found it was the people who moved there from someplace else, (mostly from the NE) that were the jerks.
79 posted on 07/17/2008 9:34:13 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: stuartcr
And if the Coffee shop was happy to provide it for having him around then it would be just a ‘perk’ of the job. But when he started demanding it, threatening to not do his job, and harassing barristas six times a day it becomes obvious what it really way, EXTORTION and PETTY THEFT from a corrupt and brainless thug in a uniform.
80 posted on 07/17/2008 9:35:11 AM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke, and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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