Civil Service Commission v. Saladino

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jb.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County of April 7, 1978, which reversed a Philadelphia Civil Service Commission (Commission) decision dismissing the appellee for conduct unbecoming a police officer.

Appellee had been dismissed from the Philadelphia Police Department on March 20, 1976, by the Commissioner and had appealed his dismissal to the Commission. On December 14, 1976, after a hearing at which appellee did not testify, the Commission concluded that the appellee’s conduct warranted a period of suspension without…