Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department officers confiscated a firearm, Saturday, following a traffic stop where police drew their guns in the arrest of a suspect.
The San Jose Police Department shared information about a vehicle it said was connected to a man suspected of pointing a gun at another person in San Jose. They sent out a “be on the lookout” alert at 9:44pm and police located the vehicle in Los Gatos at 10pm.
The vehicle was found with the help of an automated license plate reader system, Katherine Mann, a spokesperson for LGMSPD, told the Los Gatan.
Police conducted a high-risk traffic stop, which is when “commands are provided to the driver, and any passengers if present, to exit the vehicle while the officers have their guns out,” Mann said. In this case, the vehicle pulled over without the use of weapons and complied with police commands.
“This is usually for cases involving stolen vehicles, guns or other weapons,” the official said, adding this approach is used, as well, for certain in-progress crimes.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and discovered a revolver hidden under the front passenger seat, according to a LGMSPD Instagram post. There were no other people in the vehicle.
A man in his 40s was taken into custody, the police spokesperson said.
The LGMSPD turned the case back over to the SJPD, since it was their case initially.
