Town of McCandless v. McCandless Police Officers Ass'n

OPINION * BY

Judge LEAVITT.

The McCandless Police Officers Association (Association) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) vacating an arbitration award issued against the Town of McCandless (the Town). The trial court held that the arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to hear the grievance filed by the Association or the power to order the Town to schedule all police officers to one set shift per month, without deviation, regardless of manpower needs in a given week. Concluding that an adjustment to one officer’s schedule, which was necessitated by another…