Fla. officer fired for demanding free coffee from local Starbucks
By The Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An internal affairs report says a Daytona Beach police officer demanded free coffee and tea from a Starbucks and threatened employees with slower emergency response times if they refused.
Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired July 8.
According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Chief Mike Chitwood says Garvin recently failed a polygraph test that he insisted on taking.
The coffeehouse's employees claim that since June 2007, Garvin had visited the store as many as six times a night while on duty.
Besides demanding free drinks, workers complained that Garvin also cut in front of paying customers.
Garvin could not be located for comment.
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