Fox v. Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This appeal results from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, affirming a decision of the appellee, the Civil Service Commission of the City of Philadelphia (Commission), which sustained the dismissal of appellant, John F. Fox, from the Philadelphia Police Department.

On May 29, 1980, appellant, then an officer of the Philadelphia Police Department, responded to a police radio call concerning a problem at 627 South 19th Street in Philadelphia. Upon arriving at the scene, appellant was told by a Philadelphia Gas Works employee that a fellow officer was…