Radosti v. Township of Lower Makefield

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal by the Township of Lower Makefield1 from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County which ordered the Township to reinstate Alfred A. Radosti to the rank of detective and reimburse him for lost wages.

Radosti had been a member of the Township’s police force and had been assigned to serve in a detective unit. When the Township notified Radosti that he would be returning to regular patrolman duties, he filed an action in mandamus alleging that he had been improperly demoted. The Township defended against this charge on the basis that Radosti had…