Lower Gwynedd Township v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Walter G. West (claimant), a police officer employed by the Lower Gwynedd Township (Township), remarked to a fellow police officer, on May 18, 1977, that someone was going to get hurt as he was not going to back them up if they did not discontinue harassing him. He admitted to his immediate supervisor, who was also his partner, that he had made the remark. The incident was not reported further, and no warnings were given. No action was taken until December 1977 when fellow officers filed a complaint against claimant with the chief of police and the township supervisors…