WILLIAMS, Ariz. (AP) — A California man on vacation with his daughter in Arizona says a local state trooper was out of line after pulling him over at gunpoint because the license plate on his rental car was reported stolen.
Ken Walton of San Francisco says the Thursday incident was overly aggressive and terrifying for him and his 7-year-old daughter. Walton and the girl were driving in Northern Arizona when an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper pulled him over.
Walton says the trooper approached the car with his gun drawn and at one point pointed the weapon at his daughter. He was let go after police found his rental car had the license plate by mistake.
DPS says the trooper followed all protocols and that the stop was considered high-risk because of the stolen plates.
