--- description: Arby's fired a manager and suspended a clerk after an incident when the employees allegedly delayed serving a police officer in Pembroke Pines, Fl. title: Arby's Fires Manager After Clerk Allegedly Refused to Serve Police Officer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12242f23cdecfd28/698862562dce01601d9e5615/arbys-sign-restaurant.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arby's Fires Manager After Employee Allegedly Refused to Serve Police Officer  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 4, 2015 2:57 PM CUT  An Arby's restaurant sign is displayed in Cutler Bay, Fla. on March 1, 2010. An Arby's restaurant sign is displayed in Cutler Bay, Fla. on March 1, 2010.Wilfredo Lee—AP  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 4, 2015 2:57 PM CUT Arby’s [fired a manager and suspended a clerk ](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/04/florida-arby-fires-manager-suspends-clerk-who-refused-to-serve-police-officer/ "undefined")after an incident when the employees allegedly refused at first to serve a police officer in Pembroke Pines, Fl. The national fast-food chain announced the disciplinary action on Thursday, following the Tuesday night exchange and a [statement](http://fl-pembrokepines.civicplus.com/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/333 "undefined") from the Pembroke Pines Police Department on Wednesday, Fox News reports. Sargent Jennifer Martin, 34, tried to order food at the store’s location when clerk Kenneth Davenport, 19, wouldn’t accept her credit card, and manager Angel Mirabal, 22, explained Davenport didn’t want to serve her because she was a police officer. Martin later received her order, but returned it for a refund because she wasn’t comfortable eating it. “We take this isolated matter very seriously as we respect and support police officers in our local communities,” said Arby’s spokesman Jason Rollins in a [statement](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/02/arbys-apologizes-refuses--serve-florida-police-officer/71580310/ "undefined"). Davenport told the [Sun-Sentinel](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-pembroke-pines-arbys-flap-20150902-story.html "undefined") that the comment was meant as a joke. “We don’t hate cops,” the clerk told the paper. “We don’t hate anybody.” Arby’s announced that any police officer who shows up to an Arby’s in Broward or Miami-Dade counties in uniform on Friday would [receive a free combo meal](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-pembroke-pines-arbys-flap-20150902-story.html "undefined"). \[[_FOX News_](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/04/florida-arby-fires-manager-suspends-clerk-who-refused-to-serve-police-officer/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/"},"headline":"Arby's Fires Manager After Employee Allegedly Refused to Serve Police Officer","datePublished":"2015-09-04T14:57:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:42:08.672Z","description":"Arby's fired a manager and suspended a clerk after an incident when the employees allegedly delayed serving a police officer in Pembroke Pines, Fl.","url":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12242f23cdecfd28/698862562dce01601d9e5615/arbys-sign-restaurant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12242f23cdecfd28/698862562dce01601d9e5615/arbys-sign-restaurant.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Arbys sign restaurant","caption":"Arbys sign restaurant","creditText":"Wilfredo Lee—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/","name":"Arby's Fires Manager After Employee Allegedly Refused to Serve Police Officer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat French Fries?","description":"A record number of experts weighed in on this one, and regretfully, 7 out of the total 9 give French fries a firm thumbs down.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kL7utfHP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-10T22:49:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kL7utfHP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4022919/arbys-fires-manager-after-employee-allegedly-refused-to-serve-police-officer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```