By Police1 Staff
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Mount Pleasant police have spoken out about a “miscommunication” that led to community members advocating for the firing of a deli employee, WCIV reported.
Police found a report of an officer being denied service at a Publix Super Market deli April 12 to be inaccurate.
A Facebook post went into detail about the allegations: “The African American deli clerk stated he would not make the officer a sub because he ‘doesn’t serve cops.’ The officer then went to speak with the customer service manager on duty, who refused to talk to him, citing that the ‘store was busy.’”
Community members advocated for the firing of the employee. However, after investigating the situation, the deli released a statement on their Facebook about the miscommunication.
“We have conducted a thorough investigation and found that at no time were services refused to any customers,” Publix spokeswoman Kim Reynolds told the news site.
Police spoke to the officer involved and found the company’s statements to be true.
“With all of the information gathered, we feel that this was a case of miscommunication that created a misunderstanding,” department officials said on Facebook. “We do not believe there was any malicious intent on the part of Publix or their employee. Our officer was provided service by another employee before he left the store.”
Commenters on the Facebook post seemed forgiving of the incident.
“We are all humans and no one is perfect too,” Matthew Roberts wrote. “I have nothing but respect for all police officers and I love Publixs [sic] too.”