Copeland v. Township of Newtown

NARICK, Senior Judge.

Silas S. Copeland (Officer Copeland) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County affirming the Township of Newtown Board of Supervisor’s (Board) one-day suspension of Officer Copeland. We reverse.

The facts as found by the Board are summarized as follows. On January 10, 1991, Officer Copeland and Sergeant Neilsen arrived at a pizza parlor where an alleged assault had occurred. Two women, who had witnessed the incident, approached Officer Copeland in the parking lot while Sergeant Neilsen was inside the pizza parlor. The two women indicated that…