Police officer stops at Burger King, says he left with a dirt burger. But there’s more.

A Florida police officer alleged that he recently visited a Fort Myers Burger King and received a little something extra on his burger — a dose of dirt.

What did the officer say?

According to the News-Press, a police officer, identified as Fort Myers Police Officer Tim McCormick, said that he visited a Burger King and said that he received a receipt that said "POLICE" on it with his meal.

The burger, according to a Facebook post purportedly created by McCormick, appeared to have dirt in it.

The News-Press noted that McCormick didn't notice the add-on it until he was nearly finished with the meal.

According to the Facebook post, McCormick threw the rest of the sandwich out the window after he saw what appeared to be dirt in the sandwich and returned to the restaurant to speak with the manager.

Prior to entering the restaurant, McCormick wrote that a drive-thru staffer laughed and asked, "[What's] the matter officer, something wrong with your order?"

What did the manager say?

When inside, the manager reportedly asked McCormick, "Sorry, what do you want me to do?"

According to McCormick's post, he contacted Burger King's corporate office, who reportedly told him that it wasn't their problem, and would have the franchise owner contact McCormick over the allegations.

McCormick said that when the franchise owner did contact him, the owner fought back against the allegation and said, "It is impossible for dirt to get into food, you're crazy!"

The outlet reported that McCormick posted his encounter on Facebook on Tuesday night under the name "Mac O'Durham."

In a since-deleted Facebook post, McCormick wrote:

Ladies and Gentleman of the Line!!

I was the Officer who was served a burger at Burger King at 4004 Cleveland Avenue in Ft Myers with dirt in it, At first I thought it was just burned old bacon, I was hungry and ate the burger, at the last bite I saw dirt and grit on the burger. In disgust, I threw it out of the window. I quickly noticed that my receipt had big block letters with the word POLICE on it. this has never been the case previously. I went inside and made contact with the manager who said "sorry, what do you want me to do?" Just before speaking to the manager the staff member from the drive thru asked "what the matter officer something wrong with your order?" Then she and the other staff had a good laugh. Some day we first responders just want to grab a quick bite because we are overwhelmed with calls, and this is how we are treated. I contacted cooperate offices and they said "not our problem we'll have the franchise owner contact you", When contacted by the franchise owner he said "It is impossible for dirt to get into food, you're crazy!"

So to my brothers and sisters I say this. only eat at safe places and check your food before hand. EXCELSIOR!!!!!!

Acccording to the News-Press, McCormick's Facebook post had been shared more than 18,000 times by Wednesday. It is unclear at this time when the post was deleted from McCormick's page.

What did the restaurant have to say?

Dan Fitzpatrick, CEO and chairman of Quality Dining, Inc., the franchisee operating the Fort Myers Burger King in question, said that he was immediately looking into the incident, according to the News-Press.

"This has my full and undivided attention," Fitzpatrick said. He reportedly met with members of the Fort Myers Police Department on Wednesday.

"We invited senior level Fort Myers Police Department officials," Fitzpatrick said, noting that the officers as well as the store's regional manager reviewed video footage of the cooking process from the day the officer received the meal in question.

According to Fitzpatrick, after officers reviewed the footage, they determined that nothing inappropriate went into the food that McCormick received.

Fitzpatrick said that a part of the cooking process includes a salt-and-pepper spice blend, which is applied to the burger, noting that it was possible that the blend, as well as the grilling process itself, could have left residue that McCormick may have believed to be dirt.

The outlet reported that the franchise invited McCormick to view the video for himself.

"We hope the officer will post something, in whatever manner he chooses," Fitzpatrick said, and noted that it is customary for the franchise to use a label — in this case "POLICE" — to identify customers.

"Every one of our guests we ask 'May we have your name to better serve you?'" Fitzpatrick explained.

According to Fitzpatrick, McCormick said "officer" when a Burger King employee asked for his name, but didn't understand, so McCormick was asked to repeat his name.

Fitzpatrick said that McCormick responded, "police officer," and that is why the word "POLICE" was on the receipt.

"It's hard to not go far these days to see first responders put in harm's way and not be respected," Fitzpatrick said, according to the outlet. "We love these guys."

Anything else?

Police Capt. Jay Rodriguez said that the department had been made aware of McCormick's report.

"Burger King took it very seriously," Rodriguez said, according to The News-Press. "We hope it can get resolved. There was no malicious intent."