Starbucks Apologizes After 2 California Police Officers Were Denied Service

Starbucks Apologizes After 2 California Police Officers Were Denied Service
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Paula Liu
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Starbucks apologized for an incident that happened on Dec. 12, where two Californian police officers were denied service, according to multiple reports.

The incident happened at a Starbucks located in Riverside, according to a tweet from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. In the tweet, the Sheriff’s Department wrote, “we are aware of the ‘cop with no coffee’ incident that occurred in Riverside on 12/12/19 involving our @RSO deputies. We are in communication with [Starbucks] Corporate addressing the issue of deputies being denied service.”