Officers hot as a pistol over arena’s gun ban BY AUSTIN GELDER ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE A policy banning off-duty police from carrying handguns inside Alltel Arena is under fire from local officers who say they’ll boycott arena events rather than part with their weapons. Ten deputies with the Pulaski County sheriff ’s office resigned from their part-time security jobs at the arena this week in protest of the gun ban. Their decision to quit was also driven by disappointment that they have not been called to work very many arena events. "Most policemen I’ve talked to are highly offended about this"...
