Commonwealth v. Fetsick

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8951 et seq., authorizes a borough police officer who is seated in a patrol car outside his primary jurisdiction to pursue and stop a vehicle which is operated in a suspicious manner as it leaves the borough and enters the jurisdiction in which the policeman is seated.

Following a hearing de novo in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Ronald J. Fetsick was found guilty of driving a motor vehicle while his operating privileges were under suspension because of a prior alcohol related…