BELLEVILLE, Ill. (KMOX) -- Belleville police chief Bill Clay is ordering his officers to get their koffee and pancakes from anywhere but Denny's, calling the restaurant "political stupidness."
The new orders come after a New Year's Day clash between five detectives and one Denny's manager.
The department says the detectives were out of uniform but wearing their badges, when manager David Rice asked them to either leave or put their guns in their vehicle.
Rice, told the detectives that one of their weapons, specifically a female detective's gun, was making another diner feel uncomfortable.
As the officers were leaving, without their food, General Manager Michael Van walked up and corrected the manager and said it was fine for them to stay, but the officers said it would be too awkward and they left.
We're off to Cracker Barrel, be sure to give us a call if you.... ever have any trouble. The restaurant is a private enterprise and is free to establish its policies. And consumers are free to make their opinion of those policies known via action and word. Just saying.
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| "Excuse me, waiter, but could you ask those officers to take their guns and leave? They make me really uncomfortable, and it's so much harder to rob you guys while they're here." |
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