Hoops fan arrested by ref

[stosh]

I was working a JV Girls once and a fight broke out in the stands on the side of the gym opposite the benches. Because of the commotion, play stopped so I told all of the players to return to thier benches. I figured I'd stay with the home bench and my partner could stay with the visitors... except I couldn't find my partner!

Yup, he was up in the stands breaking the fight up!

He was a first year guy and a sherriff's officer and the "police officer" side of him overruled the "referee" side. Every time we work together since then we cover "referee" duties in our pregame which includes staying out of the stands during fights.

Turs out the fight was between two kids from the home team and had nothing to with the game.