Winschel v. Scott Township

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issues presented in this appeal require us to determine what rights an appointee to a township police department is entitled dining his probationary period.

Edward Winschel (Winschel) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that dismissed Winsehel’s appeal from his discharge as a probationary police officer by the Scott Township Board of Commissioners (Board). We affirm.

By letter dated February 10, 1993, the Board notified Winschel that he had been hired to a full-time police officer’s position with a one-year probationary period.…