McClintock v. Township of Penn Hills Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Jugde Wilkinson,

On September 14, 1974, appellant, employed by the Penn Hills Township Police Department as a *327police officer, had been working the 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. shift when he was ordered by his shift commander to work an additional eight hours from 4:00 p.m. to midnight. The order was given in accordance with a procedure, initiated by the police department due to a manpower shortage, whereby officers were “drafted” to work extra shifts on a rotating basis. An officer so “drafted” was required to work the overtime shift unless he could persuade a fellow officer to take his…