McKinley v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

SMITH, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from the May 11, 1997 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County that sustained the statutory appeal of C. Larry McKinley from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege.1 DOT questions whether the trial court erred in holding that an airport authority police officer employed by the Commonwealth lacked authority to make a valid extraterritorial arrest; whether a Harrisburg International Airport police officer is a “police officer” within the meaning of Sections 102 and 1547 of…