Following Refusal of Service, NYPD Stops Running on Dunkin���

The ���hate cops��� narrative in America remains in full effect, apparently.

A report surfaced last week of two plainclothes NYPD officers, with visible badges, who were denied service at a New York City Dunkin��� Donuts because they are police officers. The employee at issue allegedly said, simply, ���I don���t serve cops.���

In response, Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives��� Endowment Association, a police labor union, declared the employee���s treatment of the officers to be ���disgraceful,��� and said that ���it should not go unattended,��� at which point he called for NYPD detectives to boycott Dunkin��� until the company issues an apology.

Although Dunkin��� corporate has since made a statement saying ���the franchisee who owns and operates this restaurant���contacted one of the police officers involved to personally apologize for any negative experience he may have had in his store,��� that���s not the level of apology Palladino is demanding from the company.

���I know that Dunkin Donuts supports law enforcement, which is why I am disappointed that their official statements are weak and suggest denial,��� said Palladino.

According to the New York Post, the NYPD boycott of Dunkin��� has spread well beyond the Detective Bureau. There���s even a report of a patrol officer at Union Square refusing to provide directions to the nearest Dunkin��� Donuts, responding to the inquiry by saying, ���I���m not allowed to do that.���

Exacerbating the issue is an additional claim made by Dunkin��� corporate that the brouhaha was essentially the cops��� fault because they tried to order at a closed register. Police unions have referred to that explanation as ���an insult.���

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large