There have been several cases of late of fast food restaurant employees telling on-duty, uniformed cops that they, as employees, will not serve the police.
One of those incidents happened earlier this month in Pembroke Pines, Florida at an Arby’s restaurant. Officer Jennifer Martin was refused service at a drive through window by Kenneth Davenport. She sought the manager and asked why, and the manager told her it was because she was a cop.
After a back and forth, Officer Martin was served, but she elected not to eat the food, fearing it was tainted. She left the store and bought food elsewhere, and documented the incident in an informational report.
(Daily Caller) – A Pembroke Pines police officer went through the drive-through of a local Arby’s around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, but when the officer pulled up, one employee refused service.
“I don’t have the exact quote, but something was said to the effect of ‘We don’t want to serve you because you’re a police officer’” Pembroke Pines Major and Public Information Officer Carlos Bermudez told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Their CEO and senior VP of operations contacted our chief and apologized for the incident and said they would address the matter,” Bermudez told TheDCNF.
Arby’s idea of addressing the matter was to give the employee who initially denied her service a paid vacation. The employee, Kenneth Davenport, remains part of the Arby’s family. He’s still collecting a paycheck.
To their credit, they did fire the manager who said the reason for the denial was that because she was a cop.
Kenneth Davenport says the whole matter was just a “joke”. How stupid does he think we are?
(Daily Caller) – The Arby’s employee who was suspended more than two weeks ago for allegedly refusing to serve a police officer is still getting a paycheck from the company, two weeks after the incident.
A spokesman for Arby’s told The Daily Caller News Foundation that the company and the employee, Kenneth Davenport, 19, mutually agreed that the he would go on temporary paid leave.
Arby’s and its franchise owners have every right to conduct business as they see fit. They even have a right to deny service to police or allow their employees to do the same.
So, ladies and gentlemen: You can do your part to show support of local police everywhere.
Don’t eat at Arby’s until and unless they take what you consider meaningful action to remedy this problem.
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