Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'n

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) asks us to expand the narrow certiorari scope of review applicable to matters arising under what is commonly known as Act 111,1 to include review of those matters that are repugnant to public policy or shock the conscience of the court. We are bound by the Supreme Court’s decision in Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass’n (Smith & Johnson), 559 Pa. 586, 741 A.2d 1248 (1999), to deny the PSP’s request. Accordingly, we affirm.2

The PSP employs Corporal Joseph Vazquez as a state trooper.3 In January 2003, while on…