Man in custody after confronting Tulsa police officer over alleged speeding

A man who accused a Tulsa police officer of speeding on his way home was arrested after police said there was a warrant out for his arrest.

Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton said an off-duty TPD officer was on his way home from his shift in Rogers County Friday night.

He said a man pulled the officer along and made several angry gestures.

Sheriff Walton said the officer stopped and the man accused him of speeding.

The officer took the man’s information and told him that he could file a report at a nearby police station in Verdigris.

That officer passed the man’s name on to the Rogers County Sheriff’s Office, who determined that the man was a convicted sex offender with an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

Sheriff Walton said there is a safe way to file a complaint against officers.

“I took down the license plate number of the vehicle, called the police and told them I saw this at this time and location. This is under investigation, I promise,” Sheriff Walton said.

He said officers found the man at his home in Claremore with an arrest warrant and took him into custody.