An off-duty police officer, and his family, went to McDonald's in Brenham, Texas and was refused service because he was an officer, according to a story by KPRC/NBC.

The woman that refused to serve the officer was fired immediately and another employee stepped in to serve him and his family.

The woman (employee) didn't have a good view of law enforcement, apparently, because her son was in jail.

Regardless of the tasteless incident, the Brenham Police Department took the high road - as you'll see in the Facebook post below.

A recent incident in which a Brenham police officer was refused service at a local restaurant was the exception rather...

Posted by Brenham Police Department on Wednesday, July 27, 2016

To our brothers and sisters in blue, we support you - always.

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