WALTHAM, MA — An employee who reportedly refused to serve a police officer in uniform who walked into an independent authorized Verizon retailer on Tower Road was fired Tuesday, Boston 25 News first reported.

It's unclear why the employee reportedly refused service, but a statement from the provider, Cellular Sales, indicated they refused to serve multiple customers, including the police officer.

Waltham Police Officials originally declined to comment on the incident. But later released a statement:

"The Waltham Police Department has been made aware of an incident involving one of our officers where an employee of an independently owned wireless retailer refused service to the officer. The company has reached out to the individual officer and apologized. The officer has relayed to the department that he is satisfied with the company's response to this situation. As the matter has been resolved by the officer and the company, there will be no further comment at this time," Waltham Police Det. Sgt. Tim King said in a statement.

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A representative from Verizon told Patch the employee who was is not actually an employee of Verizon. The store is owned and operated by Cellular Sales, he said, but that Verizon was investigating the reported incident.

"Providing excellent service to a first responder is a privilege. We expect all of our partners to uphold our values and business practices." said David Weissmann a representative of Verizon Wireless in an email to Patch.

No further details were available. Come back to this space for more details as they become available.

Read the Boston 25 report here: Uniformed Waltham Police Officer Refused Service At Verizon

This is not the first time someone has been fired for refusing service to a police officer.

Last month an employee at Dunkin near Cleveland, Ohio was fired for refusing to serve the police officer who drove the police cruiser that his partner, Timothy Loehmann was riding in. Loehmann shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

In February 2018, the owners of a café in Oakland, California said they would not be serving police officers and would be asking them to leave.

Related:

Cops Rejected Service At California Coffee Shop

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