Two Officials Arrested During HS Football Game

[Adam]

Originally Posted by hbk314

I believe one article I read said they were being paid by the school.

I was actually wondering if he just showed up, during his regular shift, to watch his kid play, planning to return to his shift after the game.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by Adam

I was actually wondering if he just showed up, during his regular shift, to watch his kid play, planning to return to his shift after the game.

That's what I'm thinking. His son's team was the visitors. So my guess is though possibly on duty, he was there as a fan, not in official school employed security.

[HLin NC]

he was there as a fan

But he "flashed the tin" and bought along his pals. This may not go well for him although I doubt its a hanging offense. Probably gets written up and told to park his butt in the seats with the rest of the fans for a while.

Any lawsuit gets settled quietly, as mentioned above.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

But he "flashed the tin" and bought along his pals. This may not go well for him although I doubt its a hanging offense. Probably gets written up and told to park his butt in the seats with the rest of the fans for a while.

Any lawsuit gets settled quietly, as mentioned above.

I don't know. The sitting mayor fired the police chief in March for corruption within the department. My guess is this isn't going to sit well with him.

[HLin NC]

My guess is this isn't going to sit well with him.

Yeah but let's face it, we are about as popular as drunken uncle at Christmas dinner. In the big scheme of things, the voting, taxpaying public won't give a rat's rear end that some overzealous cop flexed his muscle on a couple of HS FB officials. Had they been cute little babies or fluffy kittens, yeah, dude's going down.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

That's what I'm thinking. His son's team was the visitors. So my guess is though possibly on duty, he was there as a fan, not in official school employed security.

It always strikes me as a little odd when the visiting team brings their own police officers. I've seen that a few times here.

There was an incident at a game here in the Beaumont area either last year or the year before that resulted in a bench clearing brawl between both teams. Each team had their own police officers and there are some stories of confrontations between even them during the fight.

[CT1]

Originally Posted by Welpe

It always strikes me as a little odd when the visiting team brings their own police officers. I've seen that a few times here.

It's pretty normal around here when the visitors are from out-of-town. They escort the team to & from the game.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Welpe

It always strikes me as a little odd when the visiting team brings their own police officers. I've seen that a few times here.

I cannot recall that I have ever seen that at the high school level where the visiting school brings their own police. If it does not happen, it is not something I have ever noticed. Usually there are enough GM people around that most places have almost no police or not a major presence.

Peace

[CT1]

Further update:

Arrest of two football prep officials still under investigation by LHSAA | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

[SCalScoreKeeper]

I'm a volleyball official but if this were me I'm taking the rest of my crew off the field,suspending the game,and filing the appropriate reports with the state and my area.If I'm not getting cooperation from the cops I'm not going to argue about it just leave and deal with a boatload of paperwork.

[Canned Heat]

I can't imagine being one of the guys that stayed and officiated the game after that. How do you look at your crew members again after that...? Because you know full well how they're looking at you going forward.

[BktBallRef]

For anyone that's interested in writing the mayor of Covington, his name is Mike Cooper. You can write him at [email protected]. I've already written.

[InsideTheStripe]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

For anyone that's interested in writing the mayor of Covington, his name is Mike Cooper. You can write him at [email protected]. I've already written.

I hope you have more information than has been published in these sorry excuses for newspapers...

[hbk314]

Originally Posted by InsideTheStripe

I hope you have more information than has been published in these sorry excuses for newspapers...

Covington Police Department interim chief Jack West didn’t return phone calls on Saturday, but gave a statement on Friday following the incident.

West said the referee was asking that a group of people on the sideline be moved, but the officer said he should handle the situation if someone needed to move. The referee allegedly became confrontational and was later removed from the field, along with Gambino, West said.




Interesting how he seemed to think that was a defense of his officer's actions, when it fact it's an admission that the officials were right and the officer failed miserably at his job.

[InsideTheStripe]

Officials Association weighs in...

Football association supports refs arrested in Northshore game | wwltv.com New Orleans