An off duty LAPD officer allegedly found a tampon halfway through drinking his Frappuccino from a Starbucks in Diamond Bar, California, on Friday.
Bill Melugin of Fox LA reports that the officer used his police credit union debit card to pay for his order.
Food tampering is a serious crime and the incident is now being investigated by the sheriff’s department. California Penal Code Section 347 states that any person who knowingly adds poison or a harmful substance to any food, drink, medicine, or pharmaceutical product where another person could be harmed, is guilty of a felony punishable by a prison sentence of two to five years in prison.
Police officers have been demonized by politicians and the media to the point where it has become unsafe for them to eat and drink in public.
