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[Dan McIntyre]

Oh those poor police officers, forced to expose themselves to that conduct. You can see why the investigation was protracted - clearly they needed time for counselling...

[Anonymous Coward]

Who knows, perhaps the officers involved in the investigation were all 100% gay men (or 100% straight women) who derived zero pleasure from the task.

[Pascal Monett]

Yes, let us salute these courageous officers who put their very lives on the line for months in order to quash this grievous menace to the continuation of our civilization itself. They bravely put aside terrorist investigations, white-collar crime costing billions and street thugs maiming and killing indiscriminately in order to ensure that puritanism lives on. Well done !

[Antron Argaiv]

Body cameras on all officers, of course?

And the video is public record, yes?

[Ian Michael Gumby]

@Anton

Wishful thinking, but no.

They were 'undercover'.

[wolfetone]

Reminds me of the "Hot Coffee" glitch in GTA San Andreas.

Except you didn't pay her in the game.

And she did a lot more to you.

And you never got the coffee.

[wolfetone]

I want my Hot Coffee, like she offered in the game!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Were they flicking beans?

[Chozo]

Thankyou my keyboard needed cleaning

[Fading]

Serve and Protect

I am sure the residents of Everett, Washington will sleep soundly tonight knowing their public servants are willing to go to such lengths to protect them from caffeine related depravity. Though how does the above investigation not fall foul of entrapment laws?

[ITS Retired]

Re: Serve and Protect

Entrapment laws? In this day and age? Surly you jest. We still need to keep the 'For Profit Prisons' full, to extract the proper revenue to keep the owners happy.

[Voland's right hand]

Spoilsports

Puritanical spoilsports.

[Tom 38]

Re: Spoilsports

Yep, that's why they were asked to leave Europe in the first place.

[NorthernCoder]

What was the game called?

"customers threw wadded cash and baristas caught it in underwear or bikini bottoms."

Was it a "Dunk 'n Donuts" type of deal?

[Anonymous Coward]

I am sure the plod had to probe deeply into this...

It's lucky it wasn't a KFC...

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: I am sure the plod had to probe deeply into this...

Depends if you are a thigh or leg person?

[Scroticus Canis]

Re: Depends if you are a thigh or leg person?

Prefer something in between, myself :)

[mics39]

Re: Depends if you are a thigh or leg person?

Ah, a cloaca fetish man!

[Bernard M. Orwell]

Re: I am sure the plod had to probe deeply into this...

"It's lucky it wasn't a KFC..."

Because first there are hot thighs and breasts, but all you're left with afterwards is a greasy box to put your bones in.

[Pompous Git]

Re: I am sure the plod had to probe deeply into this...

"all you're left with afterwards is a greasy box to put your bones in."

I think you misspelt boner.

[ritey]

Sergeant Robert Goetz....

performed a very thorough investigation

[Nick Ryan]

I would like to be the first to point out...

Pictures or it didn't happen.

/slackers

[Vulch]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out...

Or at the very least a Playmobil re-enactment, been a while since we've had one of those.

[S4qFBxkFFg]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out...

"Or at the very least a Playmobil re-enactment, been a while since we've had one of those."

So that's why they're advertising for an intern.

[chivo243]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out...

@Nick Ryan

+1

damn, was in a training session all day... you beat me to it!

[Simon Harris]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out... @ chivo243

"training session"...

You were lucky... I've been in a software specification review meeting all day.

Only this could wake me up now ---------------->

[Velv]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out...

In the hope of finding a humorous reply to your comment I googled "naked baristas".

Top hit was youtube video of said "bikini baristas" in Washington State.

If you're going to be pedantic and want pictures then I guess you'll just need to screen cap

[BebopWeBop]

Re: I would like to be the first to point out...

But to be fair (and yes I did watch it) they gave a warning first. The comments in the front are worth it (probably not on a work machine)

[Cynical Observer]

I'm sure that the police behaved in a most upstanding manner at all times.

[ma1010]

And in other news...

Drug-related murders continue, police baffled.

But they were working this more important, high-profile case!

[Anonymous Coward]

This is one of those rare articles on The Register where a picture or two wouldn't have detracted from the text. Quite the opposite, in fact.

[Mystic Megabyte]

miaow

Is Grab-N-Go a Trump franchise?

[Flocke Kroes]

Re: miaow

Google internet search "Trump models". Far too many articles to link to, but I have yet to find one saying the girls were locked into a pizza restaurant basement. (The usual story they get to stay in an expensive hotel. Each pays the full rent but dozens share the same room).

[Pompous Git]

Re: miaow

"Is Grab-N-Go a Trump franchise?"

More likely a Rump franchise.

[frank ly]

a $20 “whip cream show”

Are they sure it wasn't a "whipped cream show"? There's a big difference...... or is there? I can't figure things out anymore. Did the bikini barristers wear those old-fashioned horsehair wigs?

[Marty McFly]

Can't find the right icon

...you know, the one for "This post is useless without pictures".

[kmac499]

Anything they can do..

Believe it or not there was once a hand car wash staffed by topless young ladies in Coventry.

yeah I know Coventry unbelievable..

It was called Bubbles

[Pompous Git]

Re: Anything they can do..

"staffed by topless young ladies in Coventry."

It's in the nature of the place...

Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon

[Anonymous Custard]

Re: Anything they can do..

There used to be quite a famous one in Dresden. Some of my Japanese ex-pat colleagues there were rumoured to have the cleanest cars in Germany, to the extent that if they visited any more they'd be down to the bare metal...

[The Nazz]

Re: Anything they can do..

I'll see your Peter & Gordon and raise you :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzuVSKbIRQu :

Written by the late, great Shel Silverstein. One of many.

Ray Sawyer on a helium mix, lol.

To add to the equine theme, "Polly In A Porny" is worth three minutes of anyone's time.

[Pompous Git]

Re: Anything they can do..

"I'll see your Peter & Gordon and raise you :"

Back at ya! :-)

Polly In A Porny

Edit: missed your reference below....

[JJKing]

WOW, a real danger to the community shut down. Vicious criminals beware.

They need to change the signs on the cop cars to read, To Protect and be Serviced I guess they were 'on the job', while being on the job.

With all the real crime going on, this is the bet they could do to protect their community. What a joke. I bet the real reason they barista ladies were charged was because they didn't serve real cop food, you know, donuts.

[Suricou Raven]

Re: WOW, a real danger to the community shut down. Vicious criminals beware.

Probably not. I know a bit about that sort of busybody. They usually operate through a local organisation or mailing list. Only one of them has to actually encounter the offensive material. That person then writes up a description of it and sends that out to the group, and the group members in turn use that to get offended second-hand and write up their demands that law enforcement Do Something. So most of the complaints may well be from people who have never had any first-hand experience of the activity are trying to stop.

The FRC actually has a leaflet on their website advising people on how to get offensive businesses shut down. That's one of the strategies they suggest. They actually advise that people refrain from looking at the material before writing their complaint, as it may be spiritually dangerous.

[GrumpyKiwi]

Re: WOW, a real danger to the community shut down. Vicious criminals beware.

They long ago changed the motto on the side of the LAPD cars to "Obey & Survive".

[ukgnome]

You certainly wouldn't get that in Rotherham

[Moosh]

I don't understand how they could even begin to charge prostitution when clearly no such offence occured?

I could imagine indecent exposure as the place was probably not licensed for such a thing and/or the idea that some people might not be expecting it when they go to get coffee. But prostitution?

[Suricou Raven]

In the US, the definition of prostitution varies by state. In some of them it is very broad.

[Herbert Meyer]

starbucks

Used to have tits on the mermaid on their logo. The coffee business never recovered.

[Simon Harris]

Re: starbucks

The notion of Starbucks and coffee in the same post is stretching things a bit.

[Zippy's Sausage Factory]

Nobody's answering the important question.

Was the coffee any good? Was it? Was it? Well, was it?

I'm not being grouchy. I'm just trying to cut down and have only had one coffee today and I NEED TO KNOW THIS! Aarrgghh!

[BeakUpBottom]

This article needs pictures

Please get it sorted while go grab a .... coffee.

[Random Q Hacker]

THIS IS THE WORLD I WANT TO LIVE IN

Fscking prudes...

[hi_robb]

Erm

Does anyone know exactly where this terrible place is located?

It's so I can avoid it, honest...

[David Roberts]

Unless they were very hygenic

I would think twice about drinking the coffee,

Especially with whipped cream.

Come to think of it, did they ever get round to serving coffee?

[DanceMan]

Canadian Comment

Gives the "double double" a whole new meaning.

[JamesPond]

I first read that as Bikini Barristers

And wondered why said lawyers were serving coffee.....it's late, I'll get my coat.