Commonwealth v. Firman

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals the trial court’s order suppressing the evidence seized by an Allegheny County Port Authority Transit (PAT) Officer following the warrantléss arrest of Appellee for violating the motor vehicle code. The suppression court determined that the PAT officer did not have jurisdiction to arrest Appellee and suppressed the evidence. In so ruling, the suppression court relied primarily on this Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Mundorf, 699 A.2d 1299 (Pa.Super.1997) (per curiam). On appeal, the Commonwealth argues that the PAT officer was empowered to arrest…