LPS to launch “service investigation” into Star Wars Day stormtrooper arrest
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) will be looking into the way officers handled a call for service at a local Star Wars-themed restaurant on Monday, May the Fourth.
LNN reported that an employee at Coco Vanilla Galactic Cantina was outside the store dressed as a stormtrooper for a promotion.
Two members of the public had phoned 911 to report a weapons complaint, apparently believing the plastic toy blaster she was carrying as part of the costume was a real firearm.
Store Owner Bradley Whalen told LNN about his recollection of the incident.