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Caffeinated Cop

A police lieutenant with 25 years of the force, and who made nearly $90,000 a year, was fired for extorting coffee from Starbucks.  According to the report, he would stop by the Starbucks six times a day for "specialty drinks."  That's a lot of lattes.  And more here. UPDATE: It seems the police chief admitted that Lt. Major ("Major" is his first name, not part of his rank) Garvin was not put into his position because of merit: "I'm personally hurt by this," the chief said. "I trusted him, and I personally put him in charge.  I skipped over other officers for his promotion." You mean it's a bad idea to promote unqualified people to high-ranking government positions

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 17, 2008 (boomark / email).