Officer Accused Of Threatening Starbucks Managers For Free Coffee

Local 6 (Orlando, FL) ^ | 7/17/08 | Unattributed

[ASA Vet]

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.

[weegee]

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?

[WayneS]

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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[kenth]

Sounds like there was only one fool, the cop.

[Publius6961]

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?

[thefactor]

looks like all Garvin's are whores:

"Fred Garvin: Male Prosititute"

[weegee]

"It's outrageous!" < /seinfeld >

[jagusafr]

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

[MarineBrat]

>>“Man this extorted coffee tastes like pee “

LOL!

[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.

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.

[weegee]

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.

[CSM]

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.”

[evets]

FRED GARVIN:

Male prostitute!

[WayneS]

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.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'm sure the guy's a jerk, but polygraphs are as reliable as a Ouiji board.

[driftdiver]

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.

[Joe 6-pack]

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

[CSM]

“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.

[Old Professer]

Redundant.

[Conan the Librarian]

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

I’d make my own first.