Appeal of Kahle

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by Judith B. Kahle (Appellant) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County, which affirmed a decision of the Foster Township Supervisors to terminate Appellants employment as a police officer with the Township of Foster.

The trial court took its own evidence and found that Appellant had been hired on January 9, 1984 as a part-time secretary-dispatcher for the police department. On August 21, 1984 she was told that she would be assigned the additional duties of serving as a backup police officer and, hence, would become a full-time…