Opinion
October 5, 1962.
January 8, 1963.
Municipalities — Townships — Second class — Police officers — Words and Phrases — Regular full time police officer — Act of June 15, 1951, P. L. 586.
A police officer who is employed by a second class township on a part-time basis but who is on call at any and all times for normal police duties is "a regular fulltime police officer" within the meaning of the police tenure Act of 1951, P. L. 586, § 2 (which provides "No person employed as a regular full time police officer in any . . . township of the second class . . . shall be suspended or removed except for the following reasons . . .") and cannot be removed at will.
Before BELL, C. J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, and KEIM, JJ.
Appeal, No. 270, March T., 1962, from order of Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Nov. T., 1961, No. 196, in case of Edward Petras v. Township of Union. Order affirmed.
Same case in court below: 28 Pa. D. C.2d 687.
Petition by dismissed police officer for reinstatement. Before WEINER, J.
Order entered directing township to reinstate officer. Township appealed.
Thomas J. Terputac, for appellant.
Sanford S. Finder, for appellee.
The order of the court below is affirmed on the opinion of Judge WEINER of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, reported in 28 Pa. D. C.2d 687.