Brown v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania State Police

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

We granted the petition for allowánce of appeal of Henry H. Brown to consider the propriety of a Commonwealth Court panel’s affirmance of Sgt. Brown’s dismissal from the Pennsylvania State Police. Sgt. Brown was charged with violating state police field regulations concerning unbecoming conduct, conformance to laws and competence.1 The *319facts are aptly set forth in the lower court opinion as follows:

The first two charges arose out of an incident which occurred on February 23, 1983. Although there is conflicting testimony regarding the events of that…