Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Revised to include Whataburger statement and to reflect employee has since been fired.

A Whataburger employee was fired after she refused to serve two Denison police officers early Saturday morning, the company announced Saturday afternoon.

The woman had claimed her boyfriend was “beat up” by cops, the Denison chief wrote in a Facebook post Saturday. The chief said the allegation was found to be untrue and no one was injured in that routine arrest.

The female employee cursed at the officers and the on-duty manager’s response was “I don’t get into politics,” the post said.

"I guarantee you when they call 911 and need us, we'll come running," Chief Jay Burch's post said. "That's what cops do."

While Burch did not name the restaurant, another Denison officer identified it as the city's Whataburger in a separate post.

Whataburger's corporate communications office released the following statement Saturday afternoon:

"We took swift action and this person is no longer employed by us," the statement read. "We've also reached out to the police sergeant to apologize and plan to speak with the other officers involved to apologize in person and make this right. Whataburger truly appreciates our law enforcement and their efforts to protect and serve our communities."

As for the manager, a company rep said, "retraining will occur for all other Family Members involved."

"There's no need to curse us and make a scene, just let us know you don't want us there and we'll go somewhere else," the chief's post said.

The officers didn’t have many options for places to eat since they were working overnight, Burch said in the post. Officers will no longer patronize the business.

“What really gets my goat with such an incident is that while most of us are sleeping — sleeping! — the officers are out there working hard to keep us safe and when trying to take a break to eat, they face this type of reception from an employee of a local business and management calls it 'politics'?" the post said.

The employee had said she would continue to refuse service to officers, according to the chief's post.

A police supervisor went to the restaurant and asked to talk with the employee to understand why she felt that way towards police, the post said. She told him “cops beat up my boyfriend and are racists,” the post said.

The supervisor went to the station, found the incident information and watched the video footage, the post said. It was a “‘routine’” arrest with no injuries.

The chief added that many Denison businesses and citizens "greatly support ... what we do to try to keep our community safe."

Sgt. Holly Jenkins with Denison police also wrote a Facebook post about the incident, the Herald Democrat reported.

"I am saddened, disappointed and angry about the treatment these two officers received this morning. However, when Whataburger or their staff call, we will respond," Jenkins said in the post. "We will not hesitate. We will respond with courage, compassion and professionalism."