TOPIC
You are assigned to a walking beat downtown, and every
morning you stop into a breakfast shop and have a cup of
coffee only. The owner does not charge you. After some
citizen complaints about the parking situation in the area,
the station has directed you to ticket all illegally parked
cars. As you are tagging the cars in front of the breakfast
shop, the owner comes out furious and asks what are you
doing? He states rather loudly, "I give you free coffee every
day and this is how you repay me"?
• How would you respond?
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• Was there an implied consent that the free coffee
would be reimbursed by granting favors to the owner?
On a larger scale, could this lead to a perception of
corruption of the officer looked the other way or
warned customers that if they were parked illegally
and didn't move their cars they would be ticketed?
What would be a solution to this issue?