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What the fuck is even a "business dispute call"? The police are not supposed to be involved in "business disputes" at all. If he thinks his deputies are supposed to speed through city streets to placate some Karen at Burger King, then he's beyond educating and should just be removed from his position.
The police aren't supposed to be involved in business disputes? Isn't shoplifting a business dispute? But if a company steals from a customer, then it is a civil dispute? Do you see how that works?
A business dispute wherein public safety or property theft are involved, sure... but not when someone is irate about their service. Unless that escalates to the former, it should not require police presence.
If I pay for X and don't receive what I paid for, is that not theft? If the police are going to get involved then it should go both ways as a company stealing from customers is every bit as wrong as customers stealing from a company
It could very well be an innocent mistake made by an over-worked, underpaid staffer.
Do you really think the best way to resolve that situation is to call some bored gun-toting police officer to wave their metaphorical dick at them so you don't have to be nice and ask for something instead of demanding satisfaction like a medieval fop?