Tomayko v. Bethel Park Municipality

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Bernard J. Tomayko, a police officer for the Municipality of Bethel Park, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) which dismissed Tomayko’s appeal from the decision of the Bethel Park Civil Service Commission (Commission) upholding an eight-day suspension of Tomayko, without pay, for not residing within a radius of five air miles of the police station. The order also required To-mayko to comply with the residency requirement within six months.

Tomayko, who has been a Bethel Park police officer for fifteen years, lived with his family…