Pinkney v. Civil Service Commission

DOYLE, Judge.

Before this Court are the consolidated appeals of the Civil Service Commission of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Prison System from two separate orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, both issued on May 11,1995.

The facts are as follows. Pinkney was employed as a correctional officer by the Prison System, and worked at the Holmes-burg Prison. In March of 1990, Pinkney was informed by an inmate that certain prisoners had possession of firearms. The informant explained to Pinkney that he had received a letter from another inmate stating that two prison gangs,…