Police officers in Manassas, Virginia, captured some media attention over the past few days after reportedly being refused restaurant service — because they were armed. The eight cops were on-duty, but were said to be in plain clothes.
According to media reports, when they were approached by a server at Buffalo Wild Wings who saw their guns on display, the worker purportedly told the officers that the establishment was a gun-free zone.
Despite having their badges out, WWBT-TV reports that the server still would not take their orders.
Daryl LaClair, a local, was so outraged by the incident that the resident wrote a letter to the restaurant chain and started what Patch calls a public awareness campaign. As a result General Manager Scott Lupton apparently wrote back to LaClair, calling the entire situation a “huge misunderstanding.”
“There is no reason why those officers should have been asked to leave … police officers are always welcome in my establishment and even though we do have a no gun policy, as a company that excludes off duty police officer,” a portion of Lupton’s e-mail response read. “As a company we are community oriented. We appreciate everything that police officers do for us.”
The general manager wasn’t there at the time of the incident.
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