COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. Malizio

CRAIG, President Judge.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dated February 12, 1992, that sustained the appeal of James Malizio from a twelve-month driver’s license suspension for refusal to submit to a chemical test under the implied consent law of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547 (the Code). We conclude that the trial court erred in requiring the police to prove probable cause for the traffic stop because a license suspension matter is a civil proceeding in which the probable cause…