Angry sheriff calls for backup after Burger King messes up his order

He wanted it his way.

A Georgia sheriff got so angry when Burger King messed up his order that he called for backup.

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens’ Whopper-sized beef at a fast food restaurant was captured in recently released bodycam footage – which shows the top cop escorting his staff out of the restaurant after employees allegedly got their order wrong. I was sending. WSB-TV News report,

Three deputies were dispatched to the scene with flashing lights and sirens.

“Hey, do me a favor,” Owens says to a deputy while sitting in his truck in the parking lot of a local fast food outlet. “I just need the name of the owner who owns this facility, or the manager.

“I wanted (to pick up his female passenger) a Whopper, no mayo, cut in half, right?” He said. “I don’t want any more money back. I just need to find out who owns this place so I can make an official complaint.

Deputies were seen approaching the restaurant, where panicked Burger King employees had locked the doors and had to convince police to let them inside.

“No one is in trouble. We just want to get some names,” a deputy tells the assistant manager. “That guy over there, he’s just going to file a complaint for his food.”

The incident occurred on March 4, 2023, but came to light last week in the midst of Owen’s re-election bid — the sheriff’s challenger for the job, David Cavender, posted three bodycam videos online on Friday.

“I think this is an abuse of power,” Cavender spokesman Mike Dondelinger told WSB.

“I’m amazed that the Sheriff feels so flippant about this issue that he has his deputies turn on lights and sirens, putting citizens and his deputies at risk, just so he can get information from a business owner.” Which clearly could have been followed any other day,’ Dondelinger said.

Meanwhile, Owens told the outlet that it was just a business dispute.

“I was not in my uniform and at no time in my interactions with staff did I identify myself as a member of the law enforcement community,” the sheriff said.

Owens said, “At no point did I indicate my position, nor did I ask the respondents to do anything that they would not do, have not done, or have done to someone else calling a business dispute.” Is.” “Whether as a command sergeant major, or as a chief in the Cobb Police Department, or as sheriff, I have always worked to build trust and confidence in leadership.

“It’s clear to our citizens and residents that I need to work harder and I pledge to do so,” he said. “Anything that takes away from that mission is a distraction, and for that I am deeply sorry,” Owens said.