In re Appeal of Appel

COLINS, Judge.

Robert Appel and Robert Kuzma, Jr. (appellants) appeal from the April 9, 1990 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (Common Pleas) which affirmed the decision of the Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Ambridge (Commission) suspending appellants for thirty days.

Early in the morning, on August 29, 1989, Raymond Perciavalle (Perciavalle) hung himself while detained in a cell in the basement “lock-up” of the Borough of Ambridge (Borough) Police Department. At approximately 12:45 A.M. on that day, Perciavalle, who was suspected of pointing a gun at several…