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Police enjoying a cup of coffee were kicked out of a Starbucks coffee shop in Tempe, Arizona on the Fourth of July. Why? Because a customer complained they “did not feel safe” with the cops present, according to reports. The five officers were sipping coffee at the Starbucks before their shift started. That’s when a barista asked them to move out of the complaining customer’s line of sight or else leave. The Tempe Officers Association shared the report in a series of Twitter messages.

Rob Ferraro is the president of the police union. He said things like these seem to be happening more and more these days.

“It’s become accepted to not trust or to see police and think that we’re not here to serve you, and again, it goes back to — we take great pride of the level of customer service we provide to citizens, and to be looked at as feeling unsafe when you have law enforcement around you is somewhat perplexing to me,” Ferraro said. The union puts the blame square on the individual store, not the Starbucks corporate. The union added that it looked forward “to working collaboratively with them on this important dialogue.”

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/cops-kicked-out-starbucks/