Florida Cop Fired After Demanding Free Starbucks Rehired
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An arbiter has ruled that a Daytona Beach police officer fired over accusations by local coffeehouse employees must be rehired and given all his back pay.
Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year veteran, was fired in July 2008. Starbucks employees claimed 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. Chief Mike Chitwood says Garvin was fired after failing a polygraph test that he insisted on taking.
Arbiter George Mayer criticized an internal affairs investigation and ordered that Garvin be rehired.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Garvin says he was elated when he learned of the ruling.