Philadelphia Housing Authority v. Fraternal Order of Housing Police

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) appeals from an order of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (trial court) that affirmed an arbitration award setting aside the discharge of PHA Police Officer Donald Green (Green). Instead, the arbitrator ordered a 90-day suspension, and PHA asserts that the collective bargaining agreement did not authorize the arbitrator to modify Green’s discipline in this way. We affirm the trial court.

This case arises out of an arrest made by Green and a fellow PHA officer, Olney Johnson (Johnson), of Charles Duncan (Duncan), who was…